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 ;D  I'm trying to quit smoking!  Which I've done before but I'm not that good at staying quit.  I'll need prayer!   ;D

Sure! We'll be praying for you. I know a friend who use to smoke. The way he avoided them was each time he saw them...he'd be reminded on how many health problems it caused. He'd get angry at the site of one and throw it away.

When you see a cigarette you should try relating those to the negative aspects of cigarettes. For instance, you can look up real photos of the lungs of smokers who have died from smoking. Then remind yourself of that when you see a cigarette. With that technique for yourself and our prayers to God, I'm sure you can stay away from cigarettes for the rest of your life!

Now why would you want to go and do a thing like that!? ;D

Hi Candace,
I can't imagine being addicted to Cigarettes.  Besides the mental addiction...your body is actually physically craving the nicotine.  
I am going through hmmm a similar addiction.  It is my third day of being on a diet!  My first one and I'm 33 years old.  I am definitely addicted to food.  I'm not huge....Just about 40 lbs overweight but mentally it takes over alot of my though processes.  So...I started slimfast.  The first day was well awful.  I still thought about food all day.  And what I couldn't eat.  I was looking at my kids lunches and just wanted a slice of bread.  MMMM carbs!
Anywho...it's my third day and with prayer and just denying my FLESH....I am not even thinking about food AT ALL!
I'll let you know how its going  and please let me know how you are doing.  I am doing this for my health as well.  As I have a condition called SVT and my weight was affecting my heart and I was becoming almost hypoglycemic because of my diet and weight.

God Bless...Praying for you,
LMarsh

CC... I'm in the gap with you, trusting and believing. You can do ALL THINGS in Christ Jesus! Amen

Deke

Having been there - done that - I could not quit until my reason for quitting was much stronger than my reason for continuing.  

I asked the Lord to give me his perspective on it - he told me that it was another god (idol) in my life - that I went to that cigarette for feeling peaceful instead of to his presence and His words of comfort which have so wonderfully been preserved for years.   That he would be there for me if I would just breathe deeply  of His Spirit instead of that cigarette.  

J.

With a beautiful name like Candice Cavalier, I've a difficult time imagining you're a smoker.

Just throw any residual "gaspers" in your house away--or take the whole pack out in the back yard, and hold a "ceremonial burning".

That should appease the tobacco gods for good.

I remember an episode about an alcoholic in the TV crime drama, Hawaii Five-O.  At the end it showed him down on the beach, throwing the wiskey bottle into the sea.
 

Just throw them away.

I can TOTALLY relate!! I smoked on and off from age 16 to 20 BLECK!!! I STILL to this VERY DAY ask myself WHY did I EVER start in the first place? The ONLY reason was to impress an older guy when I was 16 and young and STUPID!!!!  :'(  Oh well!! The IMPORTANT thing is, I have been TOTALLY 100% FREE of the addiction for 14 years now!!!! YEA!!!  ;D  It is VERY HARD to quit for GOOD!!! Anyway, I will be praying for your success!!! With the LORD, ALL THINGS are possible!! Please keep us posted on your progress!!!

God Bless!!!  ;)

I stopped smoking many years ago, it will get hard but with the help of God, you can do it.
On a side note, there are times when people do have to smoke. Parkinson diease the smoking helps relieve the shaking and spasms.

No joke, it does wonders for ADD, too! See, God knew what he was doing. Everything has a place and a purpose.

As long as it isn't abused. :eek:
Which is what happens too often.  :'(

Yes, definitely!

 :) Let's each ask Father-God, in His kindness, to lead us to repentance of anything in our lives that is not completely harmonious with the service and purposes of Jesus our Lord.

Let's live fully in Christ, with no part of our life 'hanging out' that just can't be held within His pure life.  If something simply needs to change before it becomes harmonious with him, let's let it change -- ask Him to change it, and if there is anything that needs to be blown, washed or burned away, let it be done!

Blessings!

I did not know that...my grandfather has Parkinsons, although it hasn't gotten to the point where he cannot suck, swallow, etc. I can't imagine him trying to light a cigarette, though!!! He'd probably end up setting his lap on fire!  ;D (I can say that, 'cause I know he'd laugh.)

What a wonderful reminder; there are so many poor habits that we can easily fall into, that do not bring glory to God.

Candace-
I've stopped smoking more times than I can count. Unfortunately, I've always started back up again.  :'(
Perhaps we could become smoking cessation buddies?