Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

were baptized in the Holy Spirit. The Lord did a wonderful work of what the old-timers called sanctification , which simply means, “to set apart something or someone for a holy purpose.” This sanctification process includes but is not limited to separation from various unclean habits. However, there are other Christians who have made a sincere effort to quit, yet when the craving for the nicotine kicks in, they return to smoking. After making several attempts to quit. they eventually give up. This is because the nicotine is in the bloodstream, and the numerous feel-good chemicals in the human body that are released are craving another hit from the nicotine. It is this craving that some are unable to resist, and they return to smoking after attempting to lay aside the weight of the habit. R EASONS FOR Q UITTING There are many reasons a Christian, or for that matter anyone, with the smoking habit should desire to kick the habit. The first reason is to live out the full number of your days, living to see your children and your grandchildren. In Ecclesiastes 7:17 the writer asked the question as to why we should foolishly sin and “die before your time?” It is possible that fleshly habits can send us to a premature grave when, if we would have been free from the dangerous chemicals, our bodies would not have suffered the disease that took us out . The fact that secondhand smoke is dangerous to your companion and all of your family members can also serve as a motivating factor in