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The Refuge Fall Banquet & Auction

The program will feature Jared C Wilson as the keynote speaker and testimonies of lives that have been changed while at The Refuge.

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Authority Issues and Addiction: What’s the Connection?

I haven’t always linked these two matters together, but as I’ve matured and examined my own heart, I see the connection in a way I wasn’t able to before. All glory goes to God in using HIS Word and HIS Spirit to open my eyes to see this accurately. Let’s start by understanding the terms biblically. The Bible is not silent on these issues. The big question is, will we hear it and submit to it? Authority issues are primarily…

Habits and Addiction

We are all habit-makers. A habit is defined as “a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.” Habits are repetitive actions, patterns, and practices and we are constantly making them. Habit-making is unavoidable. God made us to be habit-makers. Jay Adams says, “In considering the past, we have seen how lifestyles and patterns set by habit may become so much a part of one’s personality and behavior that he may confuse them with…

Addiction, Shame, and Regret

The Super Bowl and addiction have one big thing in common: Constant, high-def replays.          At a typical NFL game, TV networks capture the action with 15-20 cameras around the stadium. But at the 2023 Super Bowl, Fox tucked 94 cameras into every corner of State Farm Stadium in Arizona. With all those lenses and replay technicians watching, there wasn’t a bobbled catch or toe out of bounds that escaped notice.          When it comes to our addictions and past…

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