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CRACKING THE CRACK HABIT
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There's an epidemic in our midst!! A plague so ominous, so black, so evil
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hovers over this modern day age. Its victims are consumed, to the very depths
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of their being. They are snared and held in bondage, tormented and tortured
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inside out. This plague knows no social barriers. It consumes rich and poor
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alike and is color blind as it grabs one's life, and gains control of the
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depths of the soul.
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This vile disgusting creature is called CRACK or rock. Technically it's the
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derivative of cocaine base. It promises you the moon and gives emptiness and
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misery instead. It deceives you. It holds you in a demonic bondage of twisted
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satisfaction, pain and torture. It offers you a fleeting euphoria that turns
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in the end to despair and emptiness. Like a deadly cobra it spits poison:
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fear, paranoia and mental insanity. Its victims become prisoners held in
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bondage to the craving for the need for a taste, for that momentary elusive
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euphoria or high. Prisons are full, grave yards packed to testify of the
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heinous effects of crack or rock cocaine.
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The fact is that this plague is Satanic. The Bible portrays the character of
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Satan and his influences. For instance in John 8:44 he is described as a
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murderer from the beginning. This is evident as we see the deaths caused
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through drugs and alcohol, violence and sin. This verse also states that Satan
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is a liar, this is also true. He is the master of deception and has deceived
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multitudes to seek false satisfaction through a drug or alcohol high. But this
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is all a lie! There is no real satisfaction in a drug high. It's all Satanic
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deception and the end result is pain, emptiness and inner misery. The final
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end is torment of the soul, not peace, joy or tranquillity.
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Further on in the Bible in John 10:10 Satan is called a thief who has come to
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steal, kill and to destroy. Crack, cocaine and the drug high, the partying
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lifestyle is one of the numerous tricks he utilizes. I see and talk to the men
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incarcerated in prison. I've seen the pain as I've looked in the eyes of 17
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year old prostitutes, and the young people who will steal from their parents
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in order to get high. Yes, I've seen and experienced the reality of Satan's
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tactics. He' s out to rob, kill and destroy. But there's a cure! There is a
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solution to the plague that rumbles in our midst. There's a source that will
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supply the Joy, Peace and Freedom for which the soul of man craves and cries.
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My friend that source is JESUS CHRIST. As one comes to HIM and experiences His
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love and the forgiveness that's through His Blood shed upon Calvary's CROSS,
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they find freedom and satisfaction. John 8:36 says, "If the SON therefore
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shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." Only in Jesus can we find the
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peace, joy and liberty the soul seeks. He is the ROCK that never falters. As
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one comes to Him, admitting they are sinners, and asking God's forgiveness,
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receiving his love, mercy and redemption they taste of God's Grace. As one
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repents or turns from his sinful wickedness and turns toward God he
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experiences the peace of Christ's righteousness, the joy of salvation.
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Jesus is the cure. He is the solution to the emptiness and pain of your soul.
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Pray and ask God to set you free, trust fully in the Blood bought redemption
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of JESUS CHRIST. There's freedom in Him and peace that passes all
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understanding.
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Other Bible Helps:
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Matthew 11:28-30
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John 5:24; 14:6 & 27
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Romans 10:9-10
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I Corinthians 1:25-31
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Ephesians 1:7, 2:8-9.
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by Bro. Mickey Park - inmate missionary
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Set Free to Serve
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