2 Empower U with Thomas A. DeLoach
Religion & Spirituality
STRONGHOLDS OF ADDICTION
Today is the 15th of the month, which means that we are halfway through March. For our third 2 Empower You episode this month, Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach will talk to you about one of the ages-old issues that can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, and social status – addiction.
Drugs, alcohol, sex, food, smoking, and porn are only some examples of addictions that have a negative impact on your life – and these are all the things that the Pastor will talk about today. He’ll explain to you how addiction can change your life – from enjoying freedom to being trapped in bondage, and all the scary, dangerous things that can happen to you.
Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach will tell you what can cause these addictions and how you can be delivered from such life-altering bondage.
“And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped Him, and cried with a loud voice, and said, ‘What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.’
For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit!”
- Mark 5:2-8
“Addiction does not bring about LASTING and GENUINE FREEDOM.
- Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach
RECEIVE LOVE, GIVE LOVE
Love yourself first before you can love others – this is one of the things that Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach wants you to accept, believe, and do.
“I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I love me. You have to learn to love you.”
- Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach
Pastor Thomas wants you to know that most addictive behaviors are the result of a lack of love.
BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE WORTHY
Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach will help you realize that you are worthy. You are loved and accepted. The pastor encourages you to break the wall that hinders you from seeing and enjoying your self-worth. Break the walls that fill your mind with negative thoughts and feelings. Believe in yourself and your worth. If you don’t, self-issues will prevent you from going the right path and you’ll fall into the traps set by addiction.
“If you begin to love yourself, you will attract loving people.”
- Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach
“We need to stop holding ourselves accountable for that which Jesus has set us free from.”
- Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach
GOD’s LOVE FOR YOU
“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth, and his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Jesus answered, neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.”
- John 9:1-3
Pastor Thomas A. DeLoach assures you that with God’s love, staying away from addictions and other temptations is many times easier. God’s power, strength, mercy, and love will keep you safe.
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Let Pastor Thomas DeLoach know how this message has inspired you. Connect with him by sending him an email at info@thomasadeloach.com
You can also interact with him by visiting and liking his Instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/thomasadeloach/
The pastor also has a website, https://www.thomasadeloach.com/ where you’ll find more information about ministry and advocacy; where you’ll learn about how he can help to empower you.
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