Breath of Life - A Free Course

Day 1 - Part 1

Welcome! My name is Mike Cleveland, founder and president of Setting Captives Free. Chad Degenhart is helping to write this course, and will be taking over from here. Chad writes, although I was once a compulsive cigarette smoker, I am NOT a recovering addict. As Jesus said in John 8:36, "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." I found REAL FREEDOM from not only my compulsive smoking habit, but from other sins that once mastered me as well. Looking back, my life was much like the man who was delivered of a Legion of demons in Luke 8:26-39. Like the chains that the townspeople tried to restrain this main with, none of the many methods and teachings that friends and "experts" tried to help me with had any lasting success. Perhaps you've experienced this as well. If so, don't be discouraged!

Man-made methods, philosophies and techniques are no match for the pull of sin, but I found something that is, the grace of Jesus Christ. Now, like that man who was freed from the many demons that controlled his life, I too want to give Christ the glory for what He has done in my life and obey His instructions to go and tell "all the wonderful things God has done for you." (Luke 8:39) That is why Mike Cleveland (Founder and President of Setting Captives Free) and I have written this sixty-day Bible study called Breath Of Life. Throughout this course we'll learn about how to find freedom from nicotine addiction and live in Christian liberty by becoming accountable to Bible-based truth. I'll share with you from my own experience how God enabled me to do that, as well as insights from others who have done the same.

This course is not as much about giving up cigarettes as it is about gaining that which God wants you to enjoy, things that cigarettes are keeping you from enjoying. Consider for a moment all the things that you are giving up by continuing to smoke. We must choose ...

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