EPISODE · Sep 10, 2020 · 22 MIN
#62 - God's Love For The Addicted (Dean Greenwood and Dr. Shaw)
from The Addiction Connection Podcast · host theaddictionconnection
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.
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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.
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