Sermon Clip: Addiction
How does shame keep us in our sin? How does the enemy tell us lies about our mistakes to keep us entrapped in our cycles of failure and addiction? Here Greg names the enemies strategy of shame and counters it with the truth that we have been set free by the power of the cross.
To view the entire sermon, you can visit the Woodland Hills Church sermon page here.
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Tags: Addiction, Sermons, Shame, Woodland Hills Church
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