I REFUSE TO QUIT SMOKING

Greetings -

Note: There is a prayer near the end of this posting.

I confess that I'm a smoker.  How long have I been addicted?  Well, of late, the habit has progressed.  I don't want a cessation patch.  I want to smoke.  I'm not satisfied with second hand smoke.  I want my own fire.  Light me up, Scotty. 

What's my brand?  Kingdom Flames, packaged in red, white, and black with a flaming arrow dead center.  And these "babies" have the "good housekeeping" seal of approval with no adverse side effects.  Who is the manufacturer?  GOD - WHO has exclusive rights to this fire hot brand.

The smokes come twenty in a pack, signed. sealed, and delivered by our mountain smoking GOD.  Exodus 20:18, "And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking:..."   

Please join me on my smoke journey; shown below are twenty in a pack. 

1. Mark 1:45
But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter,...

2. Jeremiah 5:14
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire,...

3. Jeremiah 20:9
...But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones,... 

4. Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 

5. John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light:...

6. Exodus 3:2
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

7. Daniel 3:25
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the  Son of God.

8. Isaiah 4:5
...a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

9. 1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

10. 2 Kings 1:10
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.  And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

INTERMISSION HERE = Smoke Break:

There is nothing too hard for GOD.

11. Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me...he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:  

12. Luke 12:49
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 

13. The Acts 28:5
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

14. 2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

15. Hebrews 1:7
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

16. Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.

17. Romans 12:11
...fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.

18. 1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves:...

19. Revelation 19:12
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns;...

20. Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power;...

Got a light?!

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Prayer for those who smoke cigarettes and anything else that's not healthy:

Devoted Father GOD, You are strong and mighty, beyond all that we think, say or know.  Your Word in Psalm 18:2 - KJV says, "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower."

Lord, You delivered me from smoking years ago.  I smoked almost a pack a day.  Thank You, Lord, that Your blessed fire lit me up and Your love, power and strength delivered me.  Please deliver others who are gripped by smoking and other addictions.  Help them to steadfastly invest in You to gain knowledge and power to conquer.  You won't do it all, Lord, but certainly You work with us to change that which displeases You.  Teach us how, in all of our ways, to steadfastly bring You joy, pleasure and delight.

Thank You, Lord - Amen.

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Psalm 107:20 - KJV
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them...

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