yuhanna 1 - KIB1967 & APD1927

Addictions come in many shapes and forms, whether it’s lust, alcohol, substances, gambling, gaming, or even excessive use of your mobile phone and social media. There is professional help to get as well as counselling from your priest or pastor.

Also, read the Bible and lay your addiction before God in prayer. Here are some passages from the Word of God to reflect upon.

James 1:14-15 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

We all have weaknesses within us that can make us fall and lead to an addiction. Acknowledging this, and admitting that you struggle with addiction is an important step to be free from it.

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

Addictions don’t come from God, but from the world and our desires, lusts and pride. We can rely on God wanting us to be free from any addiction.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

You may feel that you can’t break your addiction. But the Bible tells us that God can. God will provide the way of escape. Turn to God, turn from your addiction. Let God fill you with his presence.

1 Corinthians 6:12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

Addiction is many times when something takes control over you. Those things that are not helpful in your life and dominate your thoughts and desires you may need to cut out of your life.

1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

Addictions come from this world and not from God. In the end, addictions replace God as the number one in our lives. It’s not just about addictions, but also about our souls.

Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Lay your struggles before God. Ask for God’s protection and deliverance.

John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

This is the promise of Jesus Christ, that when he sets us free, it is real freedom.

This article is not intended as a replacement for medical or therapeutic help or treatment for addiction, but a complement and inspiration to those who battle addiction.

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ŋeḏi kwɔnkwɔnŋw

1 kwɔnkwɔn eṯi ŋiɽaŋal ŋir yilim nanni, na eṯi ŋiɽaŋal ŋir yilim nanni nani gwu Allah, ner eni Allah. 2 na ŋundu-ŋa Allah yi ner orɔ linani duŋw kwɔnkwɔn. 3 nuŋw orɔ kwuruwa kwɔmne tatap, na kwɔmne ere kwere kwuruḏelu oɽeny mac, kwiira ŋunduŋwu-na. 4 eṯi kwɔmne tatap kwuruḏelu miiḏi ŋimiiḏa ŋi ŋuŋun, na ŋimiiḏa ŋu orɔ fori kweḏi lizigwunaŋ. 5 eṯi fori ṯiŋana lu kirim-na, na eṯi kirim ere rii too.

6 na kwor kwete ruwene lu kwuza Allah, kweni yuhanna. 7 kwunderṯa kwumila eḏi ŋi unḏi ki, eḏi zi ŋi unḏizi ki ŋeni fori, mindaŋ eŋgir ma orɔ tatap leḏi ṯəmna ŋundu ŋgi. 8 kwiti kwiri ŋundu fori ŋgwu mac, lakin nuŋw ila eḏi zi ŋi unḏizi ki ŋeni fori. 9 fori kwir rerem, kweṯizuɽi lizi ndendeṯ, ŋgwa kwinḏi ki ṯurmun-na ki lomur ṯa kla. 10 kweṯinanni ki ṯurmun-na, lakin na ṯurmun, ṯiketine ŋundu ŋgi, ṯime ŋunduŋwu. 11 nuŋw ila ki duənu kwuŋwun, na leni luŋwun ner ta ere enji kiloɽu-na mac. 12 lakin kla tatap limenji ŋunduŋwu kiloɽu-na eḏ inyizi ŋunduŋwu nana, linderṯa limɔŋw zi inḏeḏa zulṯa eḏorɔ nyor nyeḏi Allah, 13 nyeḏi ṯa ŋelŋe ŋiti ŋir ŋeḏi ŋin mac, ŋiti ŋir ŋeḏi zurum kweḏi aŋna mac, ŋiti ŋir ŋeḏi ṯugwor ṯeḏi kwor kwere mac, lakin ŋeḏi Allah ṯuɽuk.

7 Bible Verses About God’s Grace

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

na ŋiɽaŋal ruwene lu ŋir aŋna, nuŋw ila eḏi nanni deŋgeri-na, ner ecice, nyiŋa, ŋiniṯi ŋuŋun, ŋir kaka ŋiniṯ ŋeḏi Tor tutuput tinḏi nani gwu Papa, teḏi ṯimeca-na ṯeḏi ŋimɽi ŋir minmin, na ŋirlalu ŋir minmin tɔk. 15 eṯi ŋi yuhanna unḏi ki ŋeni ŋundu, nuŋw ofna, nuŋw aru ŋwu: kwunderṯa kwari nyi gi ŋwu, ŋgwu kwinḏi kwukwaḏaḏinyi, kwunderṯa kwuṯemḏinyi la, kaka nannuŋw gwu kwizatuk, iti ilŋiiḏir nyi gwu kinna mac. 16 na ŋeḏi ṯimeca ṯuŋwun ṯeḏi ŋimɽi ŋir minmin, timer afi nyiŋa tatap, kḏa ṯeṯikindeḏi dɔk dɔk. 17 kaka mer zi gwu inḏeḏa kuruu muuza ŋgi, lakin na ṯimeca ṯeḏi ŋimɽi ruweḏe lu ŋirlalu ŋi, Yecu ŋgi kweni Kwruztu. 18 kwizi kwende kwere kwiza Allah lamin lere eḏelŋece ŋunduŋwu. lakin, na Tor teḏi Allah tutuput tukwazuŋw lu, teṯinanni Papaŋw ki ṯugwor, tinderṯa timɔ ruwezi ŋunduŋwu lu.

ṯunḏiza ki teḏi yuhanna kweni baptizt ŋeni Yecu

19 ŋinderṯa ŋir ṯunḏiza ki ṯeḏi yuhanna, ma gwu yahuuḏ yeḏi urzaliimŋw uza yiziiza lizi li lir laawi nanuŋw gwu eḏuṯizelu, eḏeca ŋwu: ŋa, a kwiri ṯaŋ? 20 nuŋw andazi, nuŋw ere nyindini mac, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: nyi kwiti kwiri Kwruztu mac. 21 ner uṯizelu kwokwony: ta na ma orɔ pa aḏa? a kweni iliiya? nuŋw aru ŋwu: nyiti kwiri tɔk mac. a kwiri kwiɽi a? nuŋw zi eŋnici, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: beri. 22 ner eca: na ma eni piza eya? mindaŋ enyi ŋi ma aɽi ŋete, enyji andaci kla luzanyji. ta na ma ari ḏa pa ki rɔgwɽɔ rɔŋwa? 23 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu:

nyi kwiri ṯɔgwɽɔ ṯeḏi kwete kwari kwuḏer-na ŋwu:

rillizer Kwelenyi ṯay lu,

kaka andiza gwu kwiɽi kweni izaya. 24 na lɔkwɔ lir lifarzi limerzuza, 25 ner uṯizelu, ner eca ŋwu: na a kwɔḏɔ kweti baptazi pa, iti ur ŋa gwu Kwruztu mac, ya iliiya, ya kwiɽi tɔk mac? 26 nezi yuhanna eŋnici, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: nyi kweti baptazi ŋaw ŋi. kwete kwirilli daŋgal-na, kwiti kwilŋiiḏi ŋa mac, 27 ŋgwu kwukwaḏaḏinyi. nyi kwende kwofḏana edi kedici ŋunduŋwu nyamin nyeḏi yiḏwan. 28 na kwomne ŋgwu errini beyṯanya, urdunŋw ṯoɽu ṯi la, weṯi gwu yuhanna baptazi.

29 ma ŋurpu ŋgwa orɔ, nuŋw eze Yecuŋw kwilaḏa nana, nuŋw ari: izarṯi, Ṯirany teḏi Allah ca kra la, tidimica ṯurmuna ŋikyaŋi kiṯay. 30 kwunderṯa kwari nyi gi ŋwu: ŋgwu kwukwaḏaḏinyi kwete kwuṯemḏinyi la, kaka nannuŋw gwu kwizatuk, iti ilŋiiḏir nyi gwu kinna mac. 31 nenyi ta, nenyi ere elŋece ŋunduŋwu mac, lakin ne nyi ta ila eḏi baptazi ŋaw ŋi, eḏi zi ruwenizi izrayiila lu ŋeni ŋundu. 32 na yuhanna unḏi ki, nuŋw aru ŋwa: nyi kwumeze Ṯigɽima ṯidapḏalu kilerena kaka kwurru, nuŋw gwu omi-na. 33 nenyi ere elŋece ŋunduŋwu mac, lakin ŋgwa kwuzanyi eḏi baptazi ŋaw ŋi eca nyuŋwu ŋwu: ŋgwa kweze kwoɽaḏi gwu Ṯigɽim la, muŋw omi ŋunduŋwu-na, kwunderṯa kweṯibaptazi Ṯigɽim ṯi tirlinelu ter. 34 kwumenyi eze, nenyi ŋi ma unḏi ki, nenyi ari: Tor teḏi Allah tiri.

limeḏgen leḏi yuhanna-ŋa Yecu ŋali

35 na kwokwony, ma ŋurpu ŋgwa orɔ, na yuhanna-ŋa rilli limeḏgen li nden, 36 nuŋw ece Yecuŋw kwillalu, nuŋw aru ŋwu: izarṯi, Ṯirany teḏi Allah. 37 na limeḏgen luŋwun nden niŋnaci, andizaŋw, ner kwaḏiḏa Yecuŋw. 38 na Yecu orlalu, na muŋw zi eze likwaḏaḏi ŋunduŋwu, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: aḏa kwiri kwunaŋnaŋa? ner eca ŋwu: rabbi, (ŋeni ŋwu, muallim,) a kwunani kinna ṯaka? 39 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: ilar mba, ta ma eze. ŋwu ṯaŋwu, ner ele, ner eze ezir wunanuŋw gwu, ner li nani ki lamin ṯa kla. na zaa orɔ kezni kaka kwaɽŋan kirakalu. 40 andaraawuz, kwirir zimaan buṯruz gi ŋiaŋga, kwir kwete kweḏi kla lir nden limɔniŋnaci yuhannaŋw, ner kwaḏiḏa Yecuŋw. 41 nuŋw inḏa eŋgen kweni zimaan kerreny, nuŋw eca ŋwu: nyiŋa limɔ ma inḏa maziyyaŋw, (ŋeni Kwruztu). 42 nuŋw mulḏaḏa Yecuŋw nana. na Yecu ece tɔktɔk, nuŋw eca ŋwu: a kweni zimaan, tor teḏi yuuna; la ŋa eca, zafa, (ŋeni buṯruz).

43 ma ŋurpu ŋgwa orɔ, na Yecu naŋni eḏele jaliil, nuŋw inḏa fiilibbuzŋw, nuŋw eca ŋwu: kwaḏiḏanyi. 44 na fiilibbuz orɔ kweḏi beyṯzayḏaŋw, kwir balaḏ kweḏi andaraawuz-ŋa buṯruz gi. 45 na fiilibbuz inḏa naṯanayiilŋw, nuŋw eca ŋwu: kwumenyi inḏa ŋgwa kwari gi muuza kuruu-na, na ŋuluḏizi liɽi tɔk, Yecu kweḏi nazraŋw, kwir tor teḏi yuzif-ŋa. 46 na naṯanayiil eca gwu: na kwɔ pa, ŋgwa manja kwere kwizaw kweŋgi ruda nazra-na? na fiilibbuz eca ŋwu: ilamba, eze. 47 na Yecu eze naṯanayiilŋw kwilaḏi nana, nuŋw gi aru ŋwu: izarti, kwizrayiil kwir ŋgwu rerem, kwiti kwedi tejmeti-na tere mac. 48 na naṯanayiil andaci Yecuŋw, nuŋw eca ŋwu: a kwilŋiicanyi aŋgwuru? na Yecu eŋnici, nuŋw eca ŋwu: kinaŋw, iti ornutiŋa fiilibbuz kinna mac, nani ŋa kwoḏa kuṯu, na ŋa ta eze. 49 na naṯanayiil eŋnici, nuŋw eca ŋwu: rabbi, a kwiri Tor teḏi Allah, a kwiri Kweleny kweḏi izrayiil. 50 na Yecu eŋnici, nuŋw eca ŋwu, kaka andicaŋa gwu, ecaŋa gwu ŋwu: nyi kwizaŋa kwoḏa kuṯu, ta eḏi ṯəmna? a kweze ŋilima ŋiṯemḏizila ŋu. 51 nuŋw eca ŋwu: nyi kwecaŋazi ma ŋwa rerem, a leze lerya lidiŋelna kworo, na limaleyka leḏi Allah lanḏaḏi la, lundaḏa lu, ki Tor la teḏi kwizigwunaŋ.