When we are working toward changing our hearts during an addiction, we must have faith that the one true God can change us and our addictive behavior.

The strength to change cannot happen under our own power. We will fall on our faces if we rely on our own power to change our behavior.

Only God supplies the power to make a big, lasting change.

When we have Jesus in our hearts, it makes this type of change possible. The Hope we have to grow and change our behavior comes from God alone.

When we try to change our behavior to be what God sees as holy, he wants to support us because he loves us.

Do you have faith that God can change you? I do.

While trying to change my behavior, I have realized just how far I walked away from my Lord. My wants had become my focus. I had totally lost my joy that God gives, and I hadn’t even noticed it. I was blaming my unhappiness on my husband and anyone else I felt had wronged me. I never pointed a finger directly at myself.

Do you believe that God loves you?

Do you believe He wants the best for you?

These are all questions that are good to ponder on.

Even when things aren’t going well, and it feels like we are taking steps backwards in our progress, the Lord is still at work in us.

It tests our faith when we can’t see the progress we expect.

He loves us and never leaves us. We are the ones that take steps away from God. The good thing is that he is always ready to take us back into his arms. I am so thankful I have had people in my life that have pointed me back towards Him.

Will you choose to believe that God is at work in you even when it seems impossible?

Have no doubt, God will mold us into the beautiful people he has designed us to be.

In what ways do you see God changing you?

I will leave you to ponder on these questions. May the time you spend with God today be a blessing to you.