We are all Hostage to something...

I was given the blessing of speaking again at all of the services this past weekend. South Hills Church is in our HOSTAGE series and I had the chance to teach on addictions. God really helped me share some things that I trust really brought some freedom and understanding to a lot of our people.

Usually when the word addictions comes up, the things that come to our mind are druggies, dark alleys, dingy shantys in the dirty places of the city, the so-called degenerates of our society, gamblers, alcoholics etc. The reality is that we are all addicted to something, and we are in desperate need of rescuing. We all have a secret sin, or a characteristic about ourselves that seems to just 'own' us. Be it co-dependency, gossip, lust, control, success, attention, power, or whatever, it is the the area that proves how much we are in need of Christ.

This week, I'm going to dedicate each day to blogging more in depth about the issues we discussed this past weekend. I always like to say that there is no such thing as someone needing Jesus more than someone else, only needing Jesus different. No one needs him more, nor less, we just have different reasons for needing His healing, forgiveness, & love.