#62 - God's Love For The Addicted (Dean Greenwood and Dr. Shaw)

Dr. Mark E. Shaw and Dean Greenwood discuss the nature of the love of God and how to love people through biblical counseling. 2:00 Love is a gift God gives. 2 Corinthians 13 is an exclamation point to Paul's writing on spiritual gifts. 3:01 God the Father identifies Himself as love. 3:40 The key to proclaiming the Gospel. Our actions can be even more powerful than our words can express. 4:25  How does Dean serve the people of the local church at Grace Fellowship Church? 5:55 Letting the Holy Spirit use us. 7:30 Love increases the counselee's receptiveness to the correction offered by a biblical counselor. 8:20 Running to an addictive pursuit is a common way people react after being hurt in some way. 8:56 How addicts are hurting and how to help people deal with their hurt. 10:25 Teaching counselees about addiction. God gives us everything we need for life and godliness The way out of temptation. 11:40 The thorn in the flesh and an admission of weakness. 13:34 A Nicotine addiction. 16:20 Addiction as idolatry. Do we worship God or go get our peace, strength, encouragement from a drug? 17:55 How to help people who are failing to see God's grace and love in their own lives.