20 year smoker here,I didn’t want to quit smoking weed because I loved it. I was like George. Tried to justify it,but God knew how I really felt so I admitted it to God that I didn’t quit because I loved it (Flesh) I knew I had a calling. So I wanted to,but never could. Finally just came to the conclusion of I wouldn’t get sent to hell for smoking,but during judgement day,what if…God asks you,out of all those blunts how many of them led someone to me? Every time you lit up how many times did it glorify my name? I would be left speechless. I’m a barber and I do my best to speak Jesus to all my clients,and you know if they came in and seen me smoking and I tried to share the good news how much of what I said would be void or fall on deaf ears…that’s not what I want,we all are called to share the gospel… Finally I asked God take it from me,I can’t do it alone. I want to be in your will. Not mine. By the grace of God I am 6 months clean TODAY.
That’s incredible my friend! I’m in the middle of this challenge now. I know the lord is helping me get away from it. The decision is mine and for my trust in him to take!
@@opinionhated3104 we are yea but we still have responsibilities to fight sin in our lives an not say oh well we're gonna sin anyway may as well sin in ways that makes us happy or feel great
If you cut your arm open, God isn’t going to heal the wound for you, he gave you a mind and hands so you can do it yourself. Just like with marijuana, whatever purpose someone would need it for, is why God put it there. The only thing God specifically mentioned was alcohol, and not to use it to drunkenness. Sober is used once in the Bible and the word sober itself refers to alcohol alone as well. When someone is in visceral pain, we give them what is essentially medicinal heroin. Everything has a purpose, and if something means nothing to you doesn’t mean it means nothing to someone else.
The fact he started out by saying “this is a demon I’ve been trying to fight for a long time” answers your question right there.. getting high is something that feeds your fleshly desires and if you’re truly led by the Holy Spirit you wouldn’t smoke, don’t be deceived by sin.
"He" is flawed and imperfect, so the fact that he calls it his demons makes it that "HIS". God gave us all the things of the earth as well as self control, wine is to purify our stomachs, people choose to take it to drunkenness, does not mean it's against God, evil, or a sin. All natural things given by God are perfect and good, don't allow man to make evil what God has made good because of their feeling, trust in God. Don't you people realize this is what we used before Big Pharma, but because of legislation you're using the bible to preach against the words of God
I smoked weed for 10 years. I am 27 now. Everytime I would get high I would always felt convicted….I decided to stop completely and I instantly started to have dreams, vivid real dreams. I had one more “urge” to smoke weed to get high because I was battling anxiety and just boredom. I went to bed that night sober and God came to me in both my dreams. I saw a different life for myself and I saw how God could work in my life if I just did not smoke weed anymore. Ever since I had those dreams I never once desired to smoke weed anymore. God has a calling for all of us and we all have a responsibility to take care of the body (temple) God has blessed us with. You have the freedom to do what you want, but remember that everything you do alive on earth God has an account of it and he will ask you why you did the things you did. Seek Jesus Christ and believe with all your heart and he will reveal his plans for you. I’m very thankful I was able to quit smoking and get right with Jesus ✝️
@ChildofGod-qz2pj if you can’t dream, then you can’t see your destiny. The Bible talks about how GOD speaks to us in dreams and visions. If you are not receiving dreams and visions from GOD, then you are receiving them from the enemy. If your visions and dreams come from the enemy, then your true destiny has been highjacked and you will fail in all that you set your hands to.
I used to smoke all day everyday, drink heavy on the weekends. I asked God one night in fervent prayer if it’s ok, welp, let’s just say that I don’t smoke weed or drink alcohol anymore, it’s been replaced with prayer and scripture study which I feel much better about. God bless yall.
@@TravisOngley if one of your family members was sick and you said that you believed in God one day and they were healed, i wouldn't tell you you're crazy for that, i would congratulate your family member getting healed!! If thats whats bringing you peace then why would i break that down for you. Just food for thought not trying to attack you just want people to be nicer to people even if they dont see eye to eye, because what if your comment makes him go back to that state!
I threw my last drugs away yesterday. I feel so much more free and I thank God. It has been a 6 month struggle, but I started to realize that I actually don't enjoy being drugged and my best moments are when I am close to the Lord. I also used to pray when high, because I thought I could focus better, but then my pastor told me "if you seek a relationship with Jesus, is it a good relationship when you only come to him when you're high?". Sober life is better, because whenever you are high and drugged up you make yourself unavailable to God and serve your flesh instead.
@@ginandcreme Matt 12:20 King James Bible A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
This mean being closed to God. Sober minded is being demonic less. Once you cut out demon in your mind in whatever you do in life you are self controlled. AMEN!!
@@Nobodys_safe yea even baphomet/satanic temple worship snakes and that’s why it was a trend to say “ slime” in hip hop mainstream not know damn Lion..lions are majestic and royal
Intention is important. Relaxation is one thing. Escapism or to heal is another issue. I used shrooms and dmt. During an Ayahuasca ceremony, Jesus showed up and told me to stop lifting the hood and poking at the spirit. He said I AM the mechanic, not you. TRUST ME 🙏🏽 Praise God
@@bankhead1 you’re missing the point, being intoxicated is a sin. Doing it willfully is what has you on the road to hell. Following Jesus is part of repentance of your sins. If you need help getting free from this then plenty of Christians can help you.
I’ve been sober on almost 3 weeks of pot and nicotine. I am grateful for God and his help. Last week I got baptized and the days before I was offered pot and I turned it down. And I felt as if I finally passed that test! So thank you Jesus!!!
If you're reading this please pray for me. I am stuck in a vicious cycle. I am a functioning alcoholic and then that turns into partying and then that turns into watching corn. I dont want to keep living like this. I want to be close to God.
I would reccomend going somewhere for detox no shame brother people will think you are brave for admiring you have a problem yourself get through the physical withdraws first and Embrace the suffering with Gladness the lord will show you what to cling to and what to run from it may not happen at once but the lord has said he delights in a poor and contrite head I know you feel like a monster some days and some you feel hopeless but remember when Jesus died on the cross He knew your sins and carried them for you ! There is hope my friend continue to seek him and cry when it is necessary knowing our giving to temptation bred addiction and broke his heart we will see the pain and surely turn away if we want to be surrounded by his glory which i know you do my friend but the lord knows what you are and aren’t capable of and you cannot change by your own strength but when you have been through the fire you will say the lord has done this thing and that day is coming continue to seek him and when He tests you just surrender trust me it will happen if you seek him with all your heart and follow this command first and foremost LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. Ask yourself this question, do you want to be hurt by another ? If not then remember when dealing with even the worst of people Love them and show them mercy pray to God to root out all sin it’s not just alcohol and corn it’s more but luckily our God doesn’t dabble in little projects He is the expert in creating perfect diamonds out of rough coal
Because you feel this way & the fact you are wanting God is an amazing sign that you will be close to the Lord & when your bad ass walks in this world with the Armor of God. Nothing can stop you.
As a born again, Colorado native, weed was a large of my life, even after I encountered the living God. I took me years to come to the realization that getting high was really taking me farther from God. In reality I was getting low, in the sense I was coming down from my seat in heavenly places to seek comfort from the things of this world. Family, let the Holy Spirit be your comforter. Seek things that are above, not the things of this earth. I encourage you that there is a better way and that you can leave behind all regret and shame.
But what George is saying is it’s actually doing more positive to him. He said that if he realized it was doing more harm than good he would be more hesitant. He gets anxiety when he uses it because of the worldly stigma associated with it. He wants to know if it’s actually beneficial for him and his health than harmful, should he be feeling bad that he’s going against God
This is why the church needs to be more spiritual. Too much philosophy and human wisdom, and not enough wisdom straight from God. Spiritual things are not discerned by the flesh.... So there is a reason the native people who smoked Marijuana did it spiritually. There is a reason that alcohol products are called 'spirits'. There is a reason when you go to the club you either feel dirty or you feel great.... No in between. It's because things that change how you feel are gateways to spirits. There is no carnal wisdom that can discern what happens to you when you smoke weed. Your heart which is spirit will discern it. There is no real tangible remedy for how you feel.... Biggest lie in our pharmaceutical industry. Only spirits conduct feelings. So if a drug makes you feel better, then just know it is introducing spirits to your temple. If George feels restless and anxious before he sleeps, it is probably because of a spiritual condition that needs a spiritual solution. Addiction does the same thing. If you always smoke and eat before bed, the spirits that benefit from you doing that will coerce you to keep doing it. You will suffer a withdrawal if you don't do it. There are so many things that we do in ignorance that foster the spiritual conditions that drive us to substance abuse, and by the time you are dependent on a substance to alleviate the symptoms of spiritual oppression.... You are in a type of bondage. Guarantee you George 'needs' weed because of some other area of his life he hasn't surrendered to God. If the Peace of God can't get you to sleep at night.... Then you must not have it, and if you don't have it.... You must have something else instead....
Well and I’ll be real with yall sugar kills people every day it’s waaaaay worse for you then weed …. The chemicals in sugar actually are 3 times more addictive than tobacco .
When it becomes a "holic". Alcohol. Food. Work. Cleaning your house. Kids. Relationships. I was told that anything can become "holic". Anything taken to an extreme is an addiction.
He knows the answer, he admitted he feels convicted. It’s a stronghold in his head that he is rationalizing. Whoever try’s to hang on to his life, will lose it. Whoever gives up his life for my sake will surely save it. Do not love the things of the flesh. You can tell it’s an idol because he is willing to cut back but not give it up entirely. Not trying to judge i have personally struggled with addiction. Instead of seeking a “green light” from cliff ask your father.
Stronghold builds a defense in the mind. Therefore, defending something that your spirit convicts. Now I agree and understand where he is coming from. So Christians can drink but not smoke CBD/hemp/weed
@@issaccoronado2335 right don't get drunk but you can say the same for weed take it but do not let it over take you, likewise doing all things in moderation. Great examples were stated in Ecclesiastes to do everything in moderation. Also, if you were to take CBD and smoke weed a little and still have a sober mind then what would you say to that? When taking CBD I still have a sober and sound mind with no form of cloudiness
@@isaiahhines1723 I used to get really drunk, when I was straying from God. Because of that, I can't have any alcohol because even one beer would be sin for me. That said, 1 beer or two beers where a person is not drunk is not a sin and I don't tell others it's a sin. Any amount of alcoholic drink is a sin to me because of my past. The difference and why I say that any amount of weed is a sin is because weed, unlike alcoholic beverages, only has one purpose, and that is to alter your mental state. You can drink one beer and your mental state not be altered. But from experience, just one hit of weed changes your mind. You are in an altered state. It is a drug in that way through and through. Some people drink a beer, don't get drunk, but enjoy the taste and they're not sinning. But everyone who smokes weed does it for the purposes to get high. For that reason, just like cocaine or shrooms or any other drug that only exists to alter your mind, there's not an acceptable amount. Now if you have a genuine medical condition and you're prescribed weed for pain or something and you take it according to the doctors recommendations, that's a different scenario. In the same way, when I went in to surgery, they gave me a small dose fentanyl, and I wasn't sinning by recieving the fentanyl, whereas if I purchased it on the streets and used it for recreation, that would be sin. But again, unlike alcohol, weed only gets you high. Alcohol gets you high if you drink enough to the point that you're drunk, and people who drink 1 or 2 and aren't drunk, aren't sinning necessarily.
I’m a walking testimony. I’m only turning 26 this year and I was a weed smoker for almost 10 years. And I mean chronic I couldn’t do anything even be with my family unless I was high. One day I was so sick of it and I’ve tried to quit plenty times but always went back. Anyway one day I was on my bed crying out to god to please help me and heal me of this addiction. I told him I’m ready to submit fully I’m done being a lukewarm Christian. I trust you lord. The NEXT day I was healed. God completely took the urge, the craving, the emptiness from me. I felt god working inside me. I’m now almost 3 months sober this is the longest I’ve gone without it. And I will never cross my lord by going back to what he healed me from. I’m so blessed. My life has changed. I no longer struggle with mental health issues. Praise god. Our GOD is so faithful.
I smoked for about 8 1/2 years, and tried almost all drugs.. but the most liked was the weed .. and in 2020, walking with the dog and smoking a joint, I said: God, you know that I really like this vice, but I would like to stop... I can't do it alone, help me!! and then I thought about throwing the joint away... After 2 days I met up with an old friend and he told me to smoke. 😮💨 and when I tried again I had a terrible trip, I was angry, remorse of conscience... That was the last joint !! It was hard at first but Thank God, it's been almost 4 years 🙏🙏🙏
you're a walking weirdo seen more people become open enough to accept the idea of religion on weed then sober people who are high are more like jesus then those who are not
Just made me cry! Hallelujah thank you I really needed to read this!🙏❤️ I’m so happy for you and I’m going through that exact experience, I pray I’ll be back here soon telling you my testimony!
I loved smoking. But I noticed that when I smoke, I start desiring things that are not from God or of God. It makes me want to indulge in things that I know are not good for me like over eating (gluttony). Then I thought about 1 Peter 5:8 that tells us to "be sober minded." Even if I'm just smoking and laughing, and just enjoying myself, I am not sober minded when I'm high. The Lord has really been dealing with my heart. Eternity is on the other side of our last breath. 60-80 years of life seems long, but compared to eternity, it's a vapor in the wind. This life is temporary. Don't waste it. In all things, glorify God. Do I miss it sometimes? Yes. But even those moments are temporary. There is nothing I can get from weed, that I can't get from God. He.is. enough. My flesh is always going to crave the things of this world because it is also of this world. That's why when we die, we don't take these bodies with us. We are called to live by the Spirit. Not our flesh. Now, when my flesh is thirsty for sin and I'm tempted to replace God and all his fullness, graciousness, and love with the desires of my flesh, I audibly remind myself that the flesh will always crave sin, but the Holy Spirit requires righteousness. We have to stop teetering between sin and righteousness.
Holy Spirit dropped this in my noggin a while back, just as soldiers at war have to be sober and ready to fight, so we as Christians have to be ready for the spiritual battle we are in at all times. How silly we look when we are drunk and high with our guard down in this perishing world. Be of a sober mind at all times.
@@ninahouseofflavors9998 bro I’m struggling with shit a little worse than weed, haven’t smoked in a while but I find myself falling into behaviors I thought I put away, pease pray for me
As a 20 year weed smoker I can testify that I use to be just like George & addicted to the comfort of smoking but once I got my annoiting, the Holy Ghost has been the comforter I need. His convictions show & will hurt him in the long run. It's just the enemy's way of keeping him trapped.💯 Peace & Blessings🙏💕🙏💕
I'm 37, smoked since I was 13. 29 days clean after ACTUALLY repenting and getting rid of people, places and things. It helped me sleep and never been able to sleep well since I was 18. I'm miserable, uncomfortable, I have no confidence and question who I am alot. I still can't sleep more than 3 hours at a time. But my God is bigger, he keeps his promises, he's the Deliverer and healer... In due time God will provide sleep, confidence, joy, and I am starting to believe what my real identity is and it has nothing to do with THC. I basically had a calling and conviction from the Holy Spirit with him saying " I can't grow you and take you any further in your purpose without you surrendering this to me." I was devastated but I CHOSE to follow Jesus and I must be obedient and be made perfect in my suffering and pain. No matter what God is faithful and blessed obedience. I am whole in Him and because I love him I will continue to be sober and find joy in my misery because I know he will deliver me from it once my mind and traumas are healed. Thank you Jesus 🙏
Amen may god continue to bless your heart and spirit it’s takes a lot to admit and speak the truth about yourself , so you have the prayers of mine and others who go through similar battles within 🙏🏽
The Holy Spirit convicted me two weeks ago after being addicted to weed and having alcohol almost every day I will never go back to either He reached into my life and lifted it out of my life. The Greek work for witchcraft is Pharmacy in English. I started to smoke for migraines over a decade also could not sleep and after watching Andew Huberman on sleep and anxiety and alcohol and if you meditate on the Word your heartbeat will slow. All alcohol is a toxin one glass or not it crosses the blood brain barrier and am an advocate for sobriety. God’s love is transformative and we are called to not love things of this world.
It's only because you're only 29 days in... Or hopefully 2 months in at this point. That will all go away once youve been sober for longer. Smoked from 12 years old on and have backsliden on and off over the years and I have learned that I cannot be used to my full potential by God while high. Not just because I cant smoke in moderation but because it hampers my ambition, when Im high I dont want to talk to anyone let alone spread the gospel, dont even want to answer the door lol. Im sharp as a tack without it, God can speak through me to other people, defend the faith articulately etc. I still love it and thats the problem I love it so much it becomes a stumbling block and an idol. Stay sober minded the devil is roaming about looking for who he can devour. Were at war.
@@WestsideBallasThe truth is it’s hard. I smoked weed all day everyday for years and have quit and it is very hard at first. You might not sleep properly, you might get bored, depressed, anxious among many other things however we must all trust in the Holy Spirit within us and listen to what it tries to tell us. Remember it will be hard and you will suffer, but also remember that Jesus suffered first and much more for all of us and we should be inspired by that and his strength and know we can have that within us too if we keep trying hard enough like he did. Just know the process isn’t easy and isn’t meant to be easy but also try to take pleasure that you are joining Jesus in suffering and you’re doing it to try be closer to God. I’m not trying to tell you how to live your life or how to follow your faith or that I’m a better Christian than you but I just wanted to tell you my opinion and experience because I hope it may help you on your journey and you may take some comfort in knowing others share your hardships too. Take it as you will and good luck my friend, stay strong and do not be afraid.
I am glad I came across these comments- because this is something I struggle with right now today. Thank you all for sharing you guys testimonies. 🙌🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 I'm asking for prayer for deliverance- in Jesus' mighty name- Amen.🙌🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽
I used to smoke everyday, multiple times a day,from age 15-34. I knew it was wrong. So I asked God to take the desire away from me,to make me hate it. After that, everytime I'd smoke,i would get soooo tired. I wasn't "getting high";only tired. I started to hate rolling blunts,hate going to buy it,hated how it was making me lazy,just hated everything about it. But I still felt i needed it for anxiety.So i stopped smoking,and started eating edibles🤦♀️. I still was praying for God to take the desire away. I knew I was wrong,and i wasnt pleasing God. I kept praying all day everyday about it. It didn't take long but after I'd eat an edible ,I started getting super paranoid,and it started doing the opposite. I was now getting super anxious about everything. It was the worst. God was making me hate it. When i would pray, immediately i would hear "if I am enough for you,why do you need this?" God is enough for me. Through a lot of prayer, reading scripture, i was set free. I no longer smoke or eat edibles. I have no desire to ever again. I just want to please God. I don't need to smoke/get high for my anxiety. I just call on Him. In the video George says he just wants to unwind.. Unwind with God. With scripture. With prayer. Soon you will realize you love God so much and want to please Him,that you will have no desire anymore. Because its all about pleasing God. It wont be a chore. It will be something you want to do because you love Him so much.
same thing happened to me ! it’s been about 2 years now since i’ve asked God to make me hate it i’m still struggling but every time i do smoke i get bad paranoia and anxiety but just cannot seem to let it go I know God is putting it in my heart i pray everyday 😭 spiritual warfare is bad.
@@khaileenhernandez931 it is.. And the more we please God,the more satan tries to tempt us. Keep praying and stay in the Word. Trust me,it's hard. And even harder when people around you are doing it. I just have to remind myself that the reward is so worth it. I quit smoking, recently got married.. trying to knock stuff off my "spiritual bucket list"-just a list of things that don't please God,that I need to correct. And believe it or not,things in my life are finally coming together. We recently were able to buy our first home,right across the street from my parents.(Which I love)just things I thought couldn't happen, God has somehow made a way. I owe it all to Him,and it just gives me another reason to keep on going. It's a narrow road,and hard to follow. But when you put God first,it becomes easy to stay on the right path. Praying for you. 🙏
I smoked weed for over 20 years as a Christian and always felt conviction about it, to the point I felt as I was a hypocrite even going to church because when I left I was smoking weed.. I had a lot of anxiety also ptsd, insomnia. ADHD you name it but as a Christian i knew those were things God wanted me to give to him knowing that Jesus died so we can be healed so we could be delivered from all that.. knowing that our body is a temple that we must present to God holy and without sin, it is the dwelling place of the Holy spirit.. and that is why he calls us to be of sober mind so that he can dwell in us so that we can present ourselves as a temple holy and acceptable, as a living sacrifice unto him. God's word says though we are in the world we are not of the world.. and though the world tells you that you should depend on substances to give you peace and help with anxiety he says to depend on him... as someone who grew up in the church i knew this to be true but like you tried to find excuses why weed was ok all awhile God was convicting me, it got to point I stopped going to church because I felt like I was living a lukewarm life which is a sin and God says he will spit out anyone who is lukewarm so I told myself I would rather be cold than be lukewarm and not be on fire for chirst I recognized that smoking weed kept me lukewarm because the holy spirit could not dwell in me if I was not of sober mind. I was out of church for about 6 years until one day at my lowest point when I was having anxiety attacks because I had no weed and was at point I wanted to die cus I had no weed and no way to stop my anxiety attack. God came to me and it was like I could feel him holding my hand and hear him saying I am here I will help you I felt a sudden peace I had never felt I felt an urge to read the Bible and pray.. from that day I decided not to smoke weed it was not easy at first but i prayed every time i felt that desire to smoke and had faith and believed God's word that says he will break you free from all bondage and weed had me in bondage. He deliverd me praise God I am now almost 3 years free from smoking weed with no desire for weed and I know he can deliver you. If he is convicting you it is because he cares he is a good father who loves you and wants the best for you he wants you to be free from all bondage and anything that hinders you from drawing near to him and depending on him. ❤
So when my Drs tell me not to stop smoking marijuana because they work better than the other options what should I do? I should've been dead in 2017 according to the statistics. I've been to the Drs. Without chemo and radiation just the use of marijuana and God my last appointment went really well. Nothing has changed for the last 12 years. It still looked good and the way it did when it was discovered. Should I just pray and ask God if he will heal me from the cancer? I haven't been to my gyno in 2 years. So for 10 years marijuana usage has worked.
Because of this comment, I threw away all my weed shit. I’ve just had enough of feeling so horrible. Preaching the gospel, telling people to be sober minded but then I get high everyday. because of you, you planted a seed in me. I threw all my shit in the fire pit right NOW. And let god kill me if I’m lying I promise you I’m not. Thank you bro. Thank you…
I Peter 5:8-12 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the Shatan walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. JAHUAH HAMISHIACH!🕊️🙌🏼🔥❤️
Knowing the God we serve, He wants us to call on him in our time of need. He doesn't want us to lean on food, cigarettes, drugs, our best friend, weed, alcohol, shopping, money, pleasure and the list goes on. He wants us to rely on Him. When we feel any emotion that drives us to lean on something, lean on Him. When we want to unwind after a hard day, unwind with Him. He is who gives us strength and fulfillment. Everything else is a false sense of security and slowly distances us from our creator. The enemy comes in the form of light and we must not be ignorant of his devices. Don't let him deceive you anymore, George. God bless you for sharing your struggles!
Now do modern medicine. Stop taking your blood pressure meds and rely on God! Oh, but I bet you can’t stop that high sugar, salt and processed food diet. Come on! Trust in God and stop all your medication
So when you’re hungry you pray and not eat? When your thirsty you pray and not go get water? He created the plant obviously satan has no power to create a plant, smoking anything is a sin if you could smoke holy water it would still be a sin because it’s hurting the body god put you in, eating it does ZERO damage. So elaborate on how LORD created it made it medicinal but he doesn’t want you to use it? Stop using the LORD against thing you don’t like or understand that in it self is a sin.
I am SO glad you talked about this. I have been fighting with this as well. I have given up caffeine, and booze for the most part (really trying). But I feel exactly the same way as you. Thank you George with opening up and being vulnerable. You Are Awesome. Thanks for using your platform to spread the gospel!
Love how this podcast lets you reflect on your own and not feel manipulated or strongly advised to the point of auto condemnation. Each of us know what is hindering us from bettering our relationship with God and our fellow man.
I have a point with the anxiety thing (I am being a hypocrite because I am addicted to weed). Jesus wants us to run to him no matter what. So when you feel anxious, do you run to Jesus or the joint? I run to the joint because I don't want to deal with my emotions, calm myself down because I also have ADHD and to unwind but God wants us to unwind with him and only him. When you put weed in the mix, you make weed similar to an Idol or equivalent to Jesus. That's the hard truth
I have been doing what cliff has said about meditation and it helps a lot I have been sleeping better with that when you have the urge to smoke ask Jesus it okay to ask him but you have to remember not to depend on it I urge you to try the meditation I’m in the same situation right now like I wanna smoke cause I wanna unwind and relax but also to answer the question you are not a hypocrite cause sometimes stoners put god first in everything vs people that don’t smoke or drink but you have to realize god doesn’t necessarily wants you to do it cause he wants you to come to him with your anxiety and depression or whatever and just feel like if you can put him first and everything anxiety,fear, worry you’ll be okay I would say instead of going to a joint for anxiety you say those prayers cliff was saying and than go from there I really hope this make some what sense and just know this is a very hard issue and topic but just knows god forgives you and understands you and loves you no matter what
Well how can I rely on him when he left me here to suffer, left me here to be in pain. I ask for forgiveness and love and guess what happens? I get fired from my job, and some asshole drills my gas tank leaving me no car. How can I get God's help when all I see right now is darkness and I'm stuck in it? Weed is the only thing that's helping me cope with my life and what's been going on, I won't stop can't stop. My life has been internal suffering and weed is my best friend and has been for a good few years(less than 5).
The bible says, be anxious for nothing, but in everything in prayer and in supplications make your request be known to God. It also says, cast your cares upon Him for He cares for you. Another verse says I will lift up my eyes up to the mountains from where comes my help, my help comes from the Lord who made the heavens and the earth. This means that once you cast all your anxieties on God, trust that He will help you through it and focus strictly on His goodness and worry no more. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves and tell ourselves to stop over thinking stop over worrying because God got it. This is where faith in Him needs to take over. God bless
I’ve never had a problem with drinking or smoking weed but I will admit for the past 6 years I’ve been a slave to vaping, this gave me a lot of clarity & I’ve been off of it for about 4-5 days, hoping I can keep going! God bless you George!
i just stopped a few days ago. It is not even the same plant it once was and it 100% gives the devil power over you. Pray to Jesus Christ for Him to revealed the truth to you- He showed me in a dream it was satanic
@@sabrinasusen7463he's not idolizing it. If a doctor prescribes a patient marijuana due to having sleep issues, that person isnt idolizing marijuana. Neither is George for just wanting to partake in it to wind down. Its not a sin to partake in marijuana just as it isnt a sin to drink a beer. One idolizes it when they have to smoke it to do anything/abusing it, or smoking just to simply enjoy life. Yes, God does want us to have a sober mind, so in that aspect i dont think he likes if we get high, but i think thats as far as it goes.
@juliustaylor9920 some people don't make it an idol, but the way he spoke about it, the really desperate desire to get approva for smokingl, and continuing after the Holy Spirit is grieved (that why he feels so bad), yet he still wants to justify it. That to me looks like an idol. Especially bc it sounds like he does it every night. We're to deny our flesh, which is super hard, but that's what we should strive for, to set down pleasure and carry our cross. We're not to be of the world, doing all the same things. Do you regularly, diligently read the Word? If you did you'd find how Jesus called us to live and the grave seriousness of depending on something that isn't God.
I appreciate this tooic. I was in a wreck when i was 22 and broke 28 bones. 3 were in my spine. I developed seizures when i turned 30, due to minor head concussion from same wreck. I smoke at night to help sleep, pain, and not overthink EVERYTHING. I needed to hear this.
Being a former, 30+ year veteran, of smoking cannabis....I always fell back on the Scripture, "be not drunk with wine, but be filled with the Holy Spirit..." That's what overwhelmed me and I would stop for a while and start back up again down the road.... Finally I understood, that I was making weed an idol, because in my life's pain and suffering...I realized I was making cannabis my God and turning to weed to relieve my suffering....Ppl there is only one path to end your suffering...and that is Jesus. Over 30 years of smoking, the Lord brought me thru it.... Turn to Jesus and let Him rescue you from your suffering..... cannabis just makes you forget your pain, however it doesn't go away. Take Jesus as your Lord and Saviour...His return is around the corner. Amen
@@XPosing_Truth....I will pray for you brother ..but remember this...the fact that your struggling means God is carrying you thru it... God bless you and keep you
Thank you for service bro, but i wanna let you know that Jesus can take that away permanently if you seek out to him with true faith. He loves you and cares for you 🤍
weird story but, i became a christian after i took shrooms one day. I was in a bad place and took them with friends, suddenly i got in a lot of pain and my body stopped moving and i prayed to a God i wasnt sure was there, “please dont let me die here this is such a dumb decision i shouldnt have done these” and like a snap of the fingers it felt like i was outside my body and floating around in a black mist. I could feel my legs and body really far to my left but i was detached from it. After floating around for a while this golden light like thing who i dont want to call God just in case it wasnt, appeared out of the black. It looked like a golden flashy light that was behind a thin silver curtain, but i could still see the light shining. It spoke to me telepathically, like with thought to thought. It said “ive loved you and i will always love you” to which i then got so blown away and said “wow you are god? how are you even real, how do you exist?”. The light said “it wouldnt make sense to explain it to you now, but ive been here always and will always be”. A lot of other things we talked about that i don’t remember, but i remember my family, and thinking that i would leave them if i died. I immediately regretted my decision and wanted to go back because it would suck for my family for me to die so young. I was 22 and im 25 now. After i “woke up” from that experience i started praying and asking God to reveal himself. That was when i got the overwhelming urge to read the bible and the rest is history. I remember crying and being so happy from reading. It was like my world was gray and broken before and everything became bright and hopeful
My experience was different but feelings were the same. I got on my knees and prayed to the lord that I couldn’t do it alone, I couldn’t do it anymore. He swallowed me in happiness, love hope and joy that I cannot explain of describe. When I think of that memory all I see in my head is a golden white light. It wasn’t there, but now that’s all my brain sees. Cool to see your visual sighting reflects my mental sighting. Thank you’
Do you think it's sin to do mushrooms I got bad anxiety and loads people told me it can help and also I've done about 6 months research on it and I'm thinking doing them soon whats your thought
@@Mush-love01 mushrooms and also marijuana can put you into a permanent psychosis state if you use it too much. It can also create shorts in your brain
@sweatshirty I know from all my research but it depends if your responsibly taking it and also if you have schizophrenia running in your family and I don't so I won't get permanent stuff
SO!! Sounds to me, George is really good at making excuses to do things, that deep down inside he knows it is wrong. He proves he knows it wrong when talking about the anxiety he has about smoking weed. That is because his spirit and conscience is screaming at him, not to do it, but he will try really hard to find ways to lie to himself so that he can do it anyway. "it's not as bad a alcohol, "I use it as a good tool" "I do it to unwind vs taking pills" and even trying to get Cliff's approval. which he didn't get. I am not here to judge, God definitely knows I am a sinner and my struggles..but my message here is do not do what George is doing and give yourself grace to do things that your spirit is telling you is wrong. I see George do it a lot with premarital sex, drug use, swearing, etc fully knowing it is wrong, but CHOOSES to do it anyway .. He need to practice more of what he preaches, especially since his podcast is focused on religious issues and topics. George, you are not leading your viewers in the right direction.. To anyone reading this, if you have doubt about if something is right or wrong. Just ask, and listen to your spirit. If it is telling you not to do something and is giving you anxiety when just thinking about doing the action.. then don't do it.. your spirit wont mislead you.
I'm really glad you said all this so I didn't have to . The real ones see it . I'm glad he's talking about Jesus tho just wish he would comment all the and be the example for the lost ones . Not making the saved go back to there old bad habits. Pray for him man he's almost there .
I smoke cannabis because I do not like opioids/pain killers. I'm handicapped although handiable because of Jesus Christ. I've listened to the old man when 30 years ago at 630am on my local TV- thank you 10 fold Clifford 🙏All glory to GOD
@@Aldine281 yeah but it might have not been for that purpose! It could have been for animals , houses etc... fallen angels came down and taught forbidden knowledge to mankind ✝️
I’m 23 years old and I’m a complete alcoholic. It kills me everyday to fight this addiction… This demon. I also smoke a little weed too… but not enough to call it an addiction. Alcohol is my drug. What’s crazy is I hate it and I KNOW I need to stop. But I can’t… it has such a hold over me. I’ve been drinking since 18 and it’s gotten worse. I pray for power over this evil and I pray for control over my own life but dammit!!! It’s so strong on me. Please pray for me. I believe in Jesus and I read the Bible all the time. The Bible has shown me my falls, my sins… And I still feel this evil. Please pray for me.
I am about three weeks removed from having the same internal conflict that George is describing here. I had the same reasons for smoking, I rationalized it, the same exact way, I kid you not what it came down to for me, is that my study of scripture has led me to believe That Christ is considerate of all people. Even though I didn’t feel like smoking, controlled me, the fact that I did smoke and claimed to live a life for Christ I believe was causing others to continue on with their abuse of weed, alcohol, food, or whatever else could be abused, and used to replace the presence of God in prayer and or meditation. If me stopping is going to influence even just one person to stop, leaning on anything of the world and replace that with a relationship with Jesus, then I believe that is the most Christlike, and considerate thing to do.
I am where you were. I don't drink, and all I do is read scripture, work, and pray when I smoke. It definitely makes me more productive in work [I sew], I love studying end time.phrophecy and talk about ut with everyone, and it never makes me sleepy and i never get the munchies. However I feel conflicted and talk to God about it. I also 'fast' from it. I just hate the conflict I feel bc of discussions like this. I also do not smoke when I'm depressed. But im still leaning towards stopping completely I'm gonna have to keep studying on this. Thanx for sharing
I used to smoke everyday, got up and smoked, before I ate I smoked, before I went out I smoked, before I went to bed I smoked.. It wasn’t until I became reborn again that I finally gave up smoking because it just didn’t feel right anymore and I found myself being more spiritually vulnerable than ever.. I even used to sell it illegally and found myself hanging with the wrong crowd before my rebirth but now that it’s been about a month since I gave it up I can say I feel more alive and in tuned with my surroundings and reality, I tried to find every excuse I could to try to justify my actions but I just couldn’t and from then on I’ve been smoke free since and more alive than ever 🙌 it was certainly hard at first but I just prayed and prayed and prayed ☦️
I used to smoke too, but God spoke to me and told me to stay sober and sound of mind because things spirts and demons can enter you because your mind is altered !
Exactly, I’ve felt it so many times. I would smoke before and I can hear evil whispers and evil thoughts and it made me go crazy and made me overthink and have that voice in my head. Every time I would stop I would say never again and still do it again and then feel the same. But thanks to Jesus I haven’t smoked now because I remember that feeling even tho I do/did like it. Instead I pray now to Jesus when I feel anxiety, depressed etc
@Godslovenlight I used to use gummies and it did the same for me I have ADHD it calmed my mind also but the closer I got to God I could hear him speak to me and he told me stay sober and sound of mind so that nothing could enter me if my mind wasn't altered and I could fight it off with a clear mind
@@MRSNikkiV1 exactly ! 💯 I heard his voice too saying this isn’t right and I knew it deep down as I was getting closer to him, and now I feel like I can overcome most things ! Slowly but surely , thank you Jesus 🙏🏼✝️💜
I quit months ago and truly dove deep into scripture and my relationship with God. I feel that Ive developed the capacity and habit of putting my issues on God and letting him work through my struggles. Would it make me a bad person to get a medical card now that the relationship is strong? Is it flesh? Idk…
I won't quit, God doesn't love me for what I am no matter how many times I spill my guts to him. It is what it is, I always feel uncomfortable in the church like a gut feeling to leave, and God doesn't know my pain or my suffering, only weed calms me down and let's me know I'm good. I'm too corrupt that I feel God doesn't even pay attention to me and people alike. I'm here to die and if hell is the first place I'm going, too bad I'm already in hell anyway.
@@silkyblack5880 I would have you to know that there’s no sin in your life that God is holding against you. Jesus had already forgiven you for your sins. He’s no longer imputing sins to your account. 2 Corinthians 5:19 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not 👉🏾imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. With Forgiven sins we have an empty bank account, but salvation is what adds righteousness to our bank account. Sin is not the problem today. It’s unbelief… if you haven’t put your faith in Christ alone. It’s my hearts desire that you believe the gospel… here’s the gospel in the following verse. Grace and peace! 1 Corinthians 15:1-4KJV Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
My take I was a hard-core stoner for years. I can definitely relate to the feeling of why because I too wanted to wind down and relax. Fall of 2022, I was finding God again and went down rabbit holes until i eventually studied about Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I would do so good studying, praying and then later in the day I would smoke. One day, I came home from work, was so over the day and prayed right before smoking saying, " God, this is just to relax me".... the moment I took that hit, this overwhelming feeling of heartbreak took over and I just felt so guilty and ashamed. The next day, woke up so sick and for the first time ever, I got covid. Not to say that this is relating events or coincidence either but this sickness felt so bad as if I was weakening. Different than I ever felt before. In the Bible, Paul is talking to the Ephesians, who were also struggling in the things of God, telling them in Christ we are one and our body houses the same Holy Spirit who rose Jesus from the dead. Ephesians 4:30 ESV And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. I literally read this verse the day before this happened to me. I know in my heart I hurt the Holy Spirit because many people don't know but the Holy Spirit is not an it, he is a personal being and has feelings. He lives within the believer and literally everything we say, think, do or feel, he sees it all. From that day on, I have been set free from the addictive feeling of wanting to be high or "relaxed" as we say. I can't tell you how heartbroken I felt. I just knew I broke his heart because in the end, God, the Spirit of God wants nothing but the best for us because he loves us that much. I hope this story helps someone because I completely understand and you are not alone ❤
I’ve been trying to come closer to god and this question has been twisting my insides for years and I have no one to really confide in about the matter. Thank you for this chat it at least made me realise I’m not alone in my battles
Brother.... I mean this will all due respect. The Bible tells us not to rely on man for our understanding. The answers are in our Bible If we look. I mean literally do not get your answers from man. What you can do with man is raise questions and discern together, and then you go back to your Bible to verify. Who do we verify with? We verify with the Holy Spirit and lean on him for our understanding. So many Christians are relying on man for their understanding of the Bible, and that turns into "hear say". And there is just so much that people are getting wrong. People often don't know how to pray. Or rather pray powerfully... I don't mean this as a trick question what so ever... but i want to know where you are... without looking it up... can you tell me how to pray powerfully? I don't mean to embarrass you and I'm not calling you out... this is a teaching we all should know... if you don't know, would you please let me tell you and then go into your Bible to verify? This will be such a powerful tool for you brother. So tell me, how do you pray powerfully? You can say you don't know if you don't know.... its really okay. But I'm going to guide you if you don't... and then everyone that reads this will know how to as well...
@@bigginzack thanks for your reply mate and I take no offence we’re all on our journey back to the father. Truth is like I said I’m trying but I don’t know nor do I trust the churches nor anyone so I pray alone and I pray by giving thanks even when I’m struggling and miserable I thank god for all the blessings I can and can’t see, I apologise for my sins and pray for the strength and wisdom to no longer be a slave to my flesh. Any wisdom you may have im all ears
George what i have learned and what my father and preacher told me in the book of jerimiah, is that God cant talk and communicate with us when we are drunkenness whether its alcohol or weed or anything, God is only going to listen to you and talk to you if youre in the right state of mind and sober, (the only exception is if you know u have an addiction or want to stop and you mean it, you can truly talk to him over and over and he will help you over time) this is what truly helped me get off weed and im sober from it over a year, and have been sober from alcohol for about a month, and i have no intention to ever be in the state of drunkiness that way i can communicate with God 24/7
This from a believer...I struggled with the same issue for years. I felt I was a better version of myself when I smoked so I had a hard time giving it up. I asked God to use this plant that was in the garden, for His glory and He has. My mind expands when I microdose THC sativa and I fill it with His Word. As a result, my prayers, my time in the Word and my worship is richer because of it. And He gets all the glory!! Thank you Lord. I hope this helps. Moderation is the most important thing and do not cause your brother to stumble. What is good for you is not necessarily what He wants for others.
I once dated a beautiful christian woman that i really liked. When we started dating i asked God what he thinks about her, he told me deep down in my heart that it wasnt my woman. I would then ask different people what they think about this situation eventho in new deep down that it was wrong to be with her. At the end we stopped dating because God showed us the right thing. Moral of the story: Everyone often knows whats right in a given moment because of the HS in us but we often use excuses to still do the thing we know was wrong.
I just threw away all of my weed stuff. This video is a reminder of how I have been feeling. I hate that I preach the gospel everyday but then I get high rveryday, I hate that I tell people to be sober minded but the whole time I’m high telling them that. I am DONE. THE DEVIL WILL NOT GET ME NO MORE. All my weed shit is in the fire pit. And I couldn’t be more fuckin proud of myself atthis moment. I’m not even gonna tell people I know. But for the people that don’t know me BUT see this comment. Know that change is POSSIBLE. It can take years, it can take one minute to change. It’s all on YOU. Unfortunately it took me over a year, but maybe it doesn’t have to take you over a year. I love everybody. May god bless everybody. May Jesus set everybody free.
My testimony is this... I started smoking at 13yrs old and my life spiraled downwards. I'm 49 about to turn 50 and I have been freed of this bondage after more than half my life! Praise Jesus Christ 🙏 for freeing me of my bondage and the chains were broken. I don't drink and quit smoking. And feel amazing, I don't have a cloudy mind! Plus I'm not spending my hard earned money on it. I own a jeep...that's a vice in it's self 😂 God bless 🙏 you guys.
I loved how much you all were laughing in this video😂 The Joy of the Lord is Strongest!🥰 I smoked weed from the age of 14 to 23yrs old (9years) and I met Jesus when I was 23 after singing at a church🥰🙌🏽 I continued to smoke occasionally after encountering Christ, it had lessened though it was a couple months after meeting Jesus that I was smoking a joint in a tree when God spoke to me and said, “I got better!” DONE. I haven’t smoked weed since, it’s been almost 6 years now and ALL GLORY TO GOD! He really is better! 💞 I know of friends who still smoke and I can relate and remember how it winds you down quiet well… though I think there’s always going to be things that will wind us down, yet to ask, what’s the best? The best will always be the most natural way to be and that’s to JUST BE (even if there’s anxious thoughts) God is bigger and he is the one to go to with these anxious thoughts, not weed… even to just have fun and a good time! Nothing will be more fun than to be intimate with Jesus and reflect and hear how much he adores you!🥰 Pain has a profoundly beautiful way to direct us to change. I’m learning to be still with God and it’s incredibly challenging! Yet despite the discomfort I am encouraged that being in my authentic state of mind at that time is the best and where God wants me to come to him.. that’s truthful and then together he walks me through whatever it is we’re going to get through, together!💞 We all are humans in a great beautiful, messy heart transformation… Most of the time unaware of what is in our hearts… why numb it further? I’m pretty convinced by experiencing both the high life of weed and the high life of being intimate with Jesus… Spending time with Jesus is the nourishing way not the numbing way. 🙏🏽💞 Thanks to whoever takes the time to read this long comment😅 my heart really hopes it encourages you to be honest with God and allow him to dive deep with you into your precious heart! I pray God pours more of his healing and powerful love, wisdom and JOY into you all and continues to teach you who he’s called you to be, so wonderful and such a massive delight to him! 💕 in Jesus mighty name, Amen. Getting to know God and his perfect peace & love gets me higher in the most natural way existing! God who can never lie said “I’ve got better” and it was true!🥰🙌🏽
I struggled with this for a while and like you I only smoked at night to relax and I loved it. God convicted me about it and I felt like in order to be close to him I should be more holy. I wound up quitting and he’s given me the strength to get through it and now I don’t even think about it. I have peace in him now ❤
Through scripture, prayer and keeping Christ, I pray we all come to a clear, bold and obvious answer. I battle with these same exact thoughts, let us pray. 💚🙏🏼☝🏽
👀 The fact that I'm seeing this as I'm ACTIVELY STRUGGLING with this is so convicting. HERE'S MY TESTIMONY: I'm a SAHM/WIFE and I homeschool our 4 children...um, OVERWHELMING!!! So at night I used to puff to relax and turn my brain off. About 3 years ago I gave birth to twins and became VERY spiritually sensitive. I would see movement from my peripheral, something that looked like a cloud walk by, etc... but I kept it to myself and just prayed hard every time it happened. When I'd smoke that green, it would happen waaaaayyyy more. AND I would see(what looked like) DARK puffs of clouds near me, and it was accompanied with a negative feeling...SO I STOPPED altogether. In my sober mind one night in prayer, God revealed to me just how much mind altering substances THIN THE SPIRITUAL VAIL, and for humans, it weakens our spirit and can allow other spiritual beings that do not mean well to access us. Basically once we're high/drunk, we're easily accessed, spiritually, because our guards are totally down. That made so much sense, and made it easy for me to put it down for good.
I’ve been smoking for about 5 years in total and I’m 21. I did manage to quit for over a year, however, the urge did come back and I was not prepared for it at the time. I’d spent that year bragging about how God had healed me rather than truly bowing my head and humbling myself and when the demon knocked on the door again I failed to do the right thing. It’s been 2 months since then and while I’m not as addicted as I used to be I can feel the urge everyday now and its hard to ignore or to fight so I end up smoking. Whenever someone has asked me if weed is addicting I’ve always said that it depends on the person you are because sometimes it can cripple you while other times it feels as if you aren’t addicted at all and it’s just a choice to have fun that one time. I just pray to God that I may be free from it again.
Thank God he just showed me why I kept failing His test for smoking. I finally got it and when I did, instantly the urge to smoke left and hasn't come back. When I used to smoke it would make me do other things against the will of God. I struggled for years trying and wanting to quit but the same tests will keep happening if you fail, gotta keep trying if you're wanting to quit for the glory of God, HE knows this and sees this but you also have to learn the reason for these tests so you don't fall back into temptation. God Bless ya'll keep pushing, you got this. Give it to God, talk with Him. He will show you, you just have to be listening and attentive
I started smoking marijuana when I was 13 now I am 28. I felt God calling for awhile and finally gave in and realized that smoking was leading me to the abis. Now I am sober and gave my life to Jesus Christ. I feel so much joy in my heart/life that I really don’t even think about it. All I want is to get closer to my God.
May God give me the strength to battle temptation.. I right now am trying grow closer to Christ. One of my obstacles that sticks out is the use of substance. Mostly weed, however another substance that’s taken my life over the past two years has been kratom. I also have struggled with pornography and fornication/lust. My sailors mouth doesn’t help either. I’m desperately trying to stop these bad habits before it’s too late. Growing up I didn’t think God existed until undeniable confirmation proved me to be wrong. He saved my life on multiple occasions and I don’t want to take it for granted. Every time I stop these things I’m hit with extreme sadness, anxiety, and fear. I give in every time. Please pray for me as I don’t even want to continue this sinful behavior anymore, I just feel trapped. I’m going to keep praying and reading scripture. God bless you all
God bless you❤ You're going to make this, Christ called you to be different, and he will guide you, protect you and provide for you, you're not doing this on your own. Whenever you feel weak, pray! Whenever you need assistance, pray! You can also surround yourself with other Christians who are strong in faith or battling just like you are to support and motivate each other! Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." I will pray for you 🙏 ❤
You’re supposed to go through that struggle time after time so that you can prove to yourself that you do want the change. Then help comes and changes you into the man you want to become. You will be fine my guy just keep trying and give yourself grace.
I’m reading all these comments about how smoking will lead them to sinful things, but for me it’s different… like George, I’ve smoked weed and read the Bible, smoked weed and prayed, I’ve even asked God to bring harm to my body in some sort, or allow me to get sick off of it, NOT tempting God, but truly seeking what He wanted and I never got sick, not felt bad, none of it. I smoke with my friends and I still bring up God, still spread his Gospel and try to bring them towards Him. It doesn’t make me “crazy” like George said, it honestly mellows me out and my ADHD thoughts that are running through my head all day, calm down a little bit and I relax. Idk maybe we all act different but I still don’t see a problem if you’re not idolizing it
every believer has their own convictions and we are all supposed to respect the weaker brother or sister by not doing something that will cause them to stumble, so if smoking weed makes you brother or sister stumble don't do it, or at least not around them. If you ask The Lord to show you His will for your life He will, and what is ok for you might not be for the next brother or sister. That is why Jesus is so amazing because He has a personal relationship with us all individually and knows us all intimately so He can tell us what to do! He can bless us in ways only He knows we need. He can heal us in ways we never knew we needed. Bottom line is Jesus is Lord and second to none, so if anything or anyone comes in-between your relationship with Christ, IT WILL be removed no matter what. God is a jealous God, He will not share what belongs to Him(our praise and affection) with nothing or no one! Praise Your Mighty Name Jesus!
I had the opposite experience. My body literally started rejecting weed, edible and smoke, when I started praying. I WANT to smoke weed but God turned by body against weed, alcohol, and junk food.
I’ve smoked for over 20 years. Holy Spirit finally said, “it’s time to give it up”. So much has changed since I have. I’m now 6 months genuinely sober and I don’t have the desire to go back. I’m now able to see my triggers and the situations that spark the urge in me. But I’ve been able to let go and be free
No. We shouldn't be getting high at all. And coming from a heavy smoker all my life. It's been almost 3 years free of weed now and I've been following Christ for 13 years. So for 9 years in my walk with Christ it was always a conviction. Thankyou Jesus for breaking chains
people who dont smoke have the craziest ideas about weed. I smoke Sativa and i actually feel closer to God when I do. My prayers are longer i actually feel the gospel music it’s just a better experience. For any Christians that want to smoke I say smoke sativa try to stay away from indica (lazy weed) Sativa allows you to still be active and can sometimes get you deep in your thoughts it helps me self reflect. Indica is for winding down after work or before you got to bed.
Yea I feel the same way and like they say in the comments if you feel convicted you should stop, I still smoke myself but I need to lay off the indica and slow down on the smoking i don’t feel weed is bad it’s how you handle it because like you said indica winds you down and gets you lazy that’s when you can be vulnerable to satans attacks that’s why I feel they tell us not to smoke weed
@@jayrodaceo416weed comes from god anything that comes or is made by has a purpose for it and is good weed is not the problem is you allowing your own thoughts to be deceive by satan too make yu feel like you life aint wroth nothing weed don't do that satan does learn demonology learn how demons use your mind too get your heart weed is just a plant that doesn't do nothing but make you feel good nor it brings negative feelings or thoughts thats all on yourself
Yeah, many people in the comments are condemning it because they used it for the wrong purpose hence their judgement on it. But as youve said, if you use it to connect more with the Bible, I dont see it being bad. We have to understand what weed does, it just amplifies who you are and how you are thinking and feeling. So if your ways are not good, youll just feel convicted
I ONLY SMOKE SATIVA AND I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IAM NOT ALONE IN THIS AS A NEW FOLLOWER OF CHRIST i DON'T THINK ITS WRONG AND I DON'T FEEL CONVICTION WHEN I DO BECAUSE I AM FOCUS ON GOD WORD OR PRAISING GOD
When I smoke I become hyper conscious of who I am, what I’m doing with my life, what I put into my body, who I associate with how I treat people. I think it honestly does me good I don’t have any negative side effects other than sometimes paranoia and guilt
That doesn’t matter though. If the bible tells you to stay sober minded (1 Peter 5:8) then you stay sober minded. CBD is from God because it doesn’t get you high and it heals, THC is from the devil because it gets you high which the bible says not to be or do.
Personally, I think drunkenness would be the "over"use of any substances that would interfere with your sobriety or have any effect on your natural state of being. So imo getting high and drinking alcohol to the point where you start to feel the effect would be included as a form of drunknness.
100% If ur blacking out, that's not good. But remember, Jesus first miracle was making more wine cuz the ppl drank all of it. So it's certainly alright to alter one's state of mind, as long as u don't lose control of urself
As a christian trying my best to walk with the lord, weed was something I had to give up. The lord made it clear for me. for reasons that are biblical - everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial (1 cor. 10:23) and also, denying the desires of my flesh (galatians 5:17-21). I came to a point in smoking where in my flesh demanded it and that's when it clicked for me. and I also i agree with what you meant by drunkness not just being alcohol but also about any substance that interferes. The red flags for me when it comes to anything we consume are when if God suddenly asks me to give it up, will i struggle ? if i will, when it's time to give it up to God.
I have very bad adhd and would take pills for it in school but didn’t like the way they made me feel so at 15 I started smoking weed after seeing my friends be so chill off of it. I smoked every day and at 22 when my now wife and me started going to church I still smoked even after service and my wife mentioned to me I don’t need weed for anxiety, to concentrate or any other reason I give myself, and told me to pray about it. so I prayed about it and said if it’s wrong before you god please take it out of my life, but kept smoking and one day after service I get home and smoke before sleeping, my heart felt uneasy and I just kept getting thoughts that what I was doing was wrong and I know now it wasn’t just me but it was the Holy Spirit making me feel uneasy and letting me know I don’t need weed but I need more of god and his guidance. Going on one year now and I haven’t even desired to smoke. Everybody has their change at different times but if we feel we are doing something wrong and can’t shake it then know it’s not just in your head, it’s wrong. “The lord is my shepherd: I shall not want”
As an ex stoner I recognize all the excuses and the cope George is using because I did the same thing, but if he thought it was really good for him he wouldn’t feel the need to defend it and have others approve of it.
Iv been smoking week for 25 years. Recently i started reading scripture, praying and working on my relationship w God. Iv often wondered about this myself
I've been smoking pot for almost 5years and I'm in my mid 20s. I started smoking pot after my breakup and I got addicted. Trying to quit is very hard for me. But I hope I'll be clean one day.
Don’t let your girl be in the third seat like that. I’m not saying it’s the same thing but listen to her and validate her. She had good talking points and I felt she got brushed off. God bless homie! Happy for yalls engagement!
It should be convicting. The problem is some have seared their conscious about the justification of sinful behavior, so when marijuana is called out, they participate in it with limits as if God smiles at “limited sinning”. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
@@BrittanyProctor-j4p you’re right. God knows our hearts are deceitful above all things and can lead us astray (Jeremiah 17:9). Plus we don’t do something just because it makes us feel good (like getting high), because that’s called pleasing the flesh which is not walking in the Spirit which we’re called to do and pursue holiness (without it we won’t see God).
@@sw8661 you are so wrong. Do you think doesn’t want you to enjoy this world ? Making love with your wife feels good , eating when hungry feels good , taking a dump feels good. God doesn’t want you in pain and absent from pleasure of this dimension. It’s the meaning you give it , if you put anything above God you are a fool and that can be same with food and baths and any other thing that is pleasurable and natural. Jesus didn’t drink wine he drank grape juice . Al Khul (alcohol) is a straight opening for demon influence. Cannabis on the other hand is not , smoking cannabis is bad for the lungs you borrowed from God . When you are with God you don’t feel anxiety and if you do , just pray to God trough Jesus and you will be good. Putting anything to be valuable or important more than obedience to God is wrong. Personally I have no problem with the plant , it’s when you start idolizing the plant putting yourself in non clear minded states and not doing your duty of bringing people to the Kingdom or hurting your body is when it’s a problem. You have an endocannabinoid system in your body , which means we have been nurturing and caring for this plant for thousands of years it’s not a wild plant it’s domesticated and obviously valuable to the human
I have the same struggles in my mind with this topic. It's nice to hear you all speak about it so openly and just laugh and also ask genuine questions out of concern. I grew up smoking & never liked drinking that much, but at some point, I did realize that if smoking took priority over prayer and putting God first... that's an issue. Clarity of mind when completely sober for a time is nice, and the dreams I have are wild! I like to think that much of life is about balance and, yeah, everything in moderation. Like all other things, sometimes we need to put it aside and dedicate a chunk of our time to devotion, prayers, fasting and being in the word. God bless you all. Love you guys
Amen this is how i do it and others dont understand. Oh well. God loves me and HE knows I know in my heart that nothing comes above him. I see it as a blessing that I am even alive to experience HIM in all ways
A few nights ago I was smoking weed and I was watching a tic tok video and a prayer video came up was going to scroll past it but I stayed and I was crying by the end of the video and I threw the blunt away and watched the passion of Jesus Christ and I want to have a closer relationship to him. I know I have other sins I need to confess but I bought a bible today and want to be a better person through Jesus
For someone who was all into drugs and weed. I'll tell yout this if it comes between you getting closer to God or if you start getting withdrawals. And if it's a source of need in your life without any prescription ide advise you to quit. Cause then we start to idolize it, and also we have to stay sober minded, and it's just not including drugs and alcohol being sober minded is to live with peace in your mind as well.
Thank you for asking this question and for being honest about it. You spoke my exact thoughts, concerns and even “excuses” including the scripture from Genesis “ all herbs with seeds are good for consumption” plus there are more. The expounding is very helpful. I just want to sleep.
My husband smokes and he is a Christian who reads the Bible daily he has pain so once he got clean from the pain pills he was addicted to for years that Drs pumped into him so this is the most natural way to help the pain he never seems like a stoner he uses a one hitter he isn’t smoking blunts all day long so I see nothing wrong with it. Also he doesn’t feel any conviction doing it so I think with his moral compass God would convict him if it was wrong.
Same here. I have had 2 kidney transplants, histoplasmosis, and arthritis and after going to rehab for opioids I still had pain that needed dealt with.
I wrote a piece on here above you. Reading everyone’s comment to see the trend of this topic and of course you are going to get your NO it’s wrong (but that’s not helpful) I relate to your husband and I want to pray for you guys. I smoke because I have tried everything in earth to help. Now you will get the oh well pray and God will take it away. People Love to throw that out. And while I would NEVER pass Judgement on anyone, we do make Judgment Calls. With that said if you hanging with the boys rolling up fatties ( I don’t know the lingo lol) well that in my humble opinion is wrong. You are opening the door for Satan to walk right in. But like your husband he was fighting demons already with Rx stuff. It was never made to help it was made to Profit. Are there genuine people who want to help in that field of course. But that’s not the case everywhere especially big Pharma. I just can’t see the sin when the intention is to help yourself and not have a good time. If I want a good time I play golf, I roll (BJJ) and go to Bible studies with my friends. If I want to SLEEP. I take an edible and smoke a blunt. I wait an hour or so for the edible to metabolize and I’m off to bed. Wake up the next day refreshed and SERVE GOD. Every min of that day. Kati I pray for your family. May you always have Favor from God. My belief is he overcame those demons and is in a better place. Maybe a better husband, father, etc. for it. To me that’s a testimony in itself. I see no wrong doing but if you read my post I’m in the same boat. Except I fear the Rx so I never take them. I just dealt with the pain and lack of sleep. God bless you
@Free_Palestine_From_Hamasi agree with you, im not arguing but asking a question in seeking truth. The scriptures do state more than once to be sober minded. Your take on that?
I’d like to ad George, I had this convo with some buddies and the difference between a glass of wine and a few buffs of ganja is that smoking weed can’t exactly be feathered, your either high or not high and even if your a little high your still not in a clear state of mind. Just like being drunk. You can’t perform as well as you would be able to if you were sober. In the Bible it says “be sober and be vigilant” 1 Peter 5:8 the devil can come into your home and the lord may come at any moment. Do you want to be found drunk? Or high? When the lord comes. I always say “don’t get cought with your pants down when Jesus comes back again” 😂
That just shows that you have a fundamental misunderstanding as to how marijuana works. There is very much so a spectrum to a thc high. With traditional leaf it's difficult to control, but with edibles or tinctures it can definitely be a subtle, almost un-noticable feeling.
George, I relate to everything you said here. Thank you so much for having the courage and humility to ask the two GOAT's this question, it really helped.
I've been smoking for 25 years I don't wake up groggy if I smoked the night before, I agree with a lot of things that's being said here like it's easier to focus it's definitely good for calming you down like I have ADHD I was on Ritalin when I was little and this is so much better. I've been smoking since I was 14 years old I'm almost 40 and it's not something that makes you want to go out and do something stupid like alcohol does alcohol gives bad thoughts it always does . If I drink one I need to drink another and then another. Personally I feel like alcohol is the gateway drug it makes you want to do things that you normally wouldn't do, marijuana on the other hand makes you not want to do stuff that can harm you or be outrageous.
I agree I feel like I make safer decisions after smoking marijuana. With that said, I still have this internal struggle with me fighting if it’s okay or not. I feel like I abuse it which I don’t want to do, but I don’t think the plant itself is bad.
I feel it is one of the plants that is there for you to use. It helps with so much including your relationship with the Lord because it makes you contemplative.
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20 year smoker here,I didn’t want to quit smoking weed because I loved it. I was like George. Tried to justify it,but God knew how I really felt so I admitted it to God that I didn’t quit because I loved it (Flesh) I knew I had a calling. So I wanted to,but never could. Finally just came to the conclusion of I wouldn’t get sent to hell for smoking,but during judgement day,what if…God asks you,out of all those blunts how many of them led someone to me? Every time you lit up how many times did it glorify my name? I would be left speechless. I’m a barber and I do my best to speak Jesus to all my clients,and you know if they came in and seen me smoking and I tried to share the good news how much of what I said would be void or fall on deaf ears…that’s not what I want,we all are called to share the gospel…
Finally I asked God take it from me,I can’t do it alone. I want to be in your will. Not mine. By the grace of God I am 6 months clean TODAY.
That’s incredible my friend! I’m in the middle of this challenge now. I know the lord is helping me get away from it. The decision is mine and for my trust in him to take!
That's beautiful please pray for me bro to overcome weed I'm in recovery but I smoke every day it's helped me I feel but I do want to be free
All have sin and fallen short of the glory of God.. period.. remember we're no longer under the law, we're now under grace 🙏
Amen
@@opinionhated3104 we are yea but we still have responsibilities to fight sin in our lives an not say oh well we're gonna sin anyway may as well sin in ways that makes us happy or feel great
For every reason you drink or smoke, God is the better solution.
I like this quote🔥🤞
Literally
If you cut your arm open, God isn’t going to heal the wound for you, he gave you a mind and hands so you can do it yourself. Just like with marijuana, whatever purpose someone would need it for, is why God put it there. The only thing God specifically mentioned was alcohol, and not to use it to drunkenness. Sober is used once in the Bible and the word sober itself refers to alcohol alone as well. When someone is in visceral pain, we give them what is essentially medicinal heroin. Everything has a purpose, and if something means nothing to you doesn’t mean it means nothing to someone else.
This is the best counter response to this question/issues I’ve ever heard.
Absolutely
The more pain I go through with a sober mind, the more I go to God for peace. It unites us.
Yes!!! This!
Ahhh...ok, ok. I'm going to really use that as my jumping off point for meditation...thx
Sober means not of alcohol; not drunk
Exactly
He is with the lowly and humble
The fact he started out by saying “this is a demon I’ve been trying to fight for a long time” answers your question right there.. getting high is something that feeds your fleshly desires and if you’re truly led by the Holy Spirit you wouldn’t smoke, don’t be deceived by sin.
When you feel bad about doing something It’s called conviction from the Holy Spirit
I don't like your comment 😒 but you're speaking facts. Also if someone has to ask if its a sin, it's usually a sin.
"He" is flawed and imperfect, so the fact that he calls it his demons makes it that "HIS". God gave us all the things of the earth as well as self control, wine is to purify our stomachs, people choose to take it to drunkenness, does not mean it's against God, evil, or a sin.
All natural things given by God are perfect and good, don't allow man to make evil what God has made good because of their feeling, trust in God.
Don't you people realize this is what we used before Big Pharma, but because of legislation you're using the bible to preach against the words of God
What defines something as a sin?
@@thechoosen1129my mother’s cousin sisters brother in laws, neighbors nephews boyfriends dose.
I smoked weed for 10 years. I am 27 now. Everytime I would get high I would always felt convicted….I decided to stop completely and I instantly started to have dreams, vivid real dreams. I had one more “urge” to smoke weed to get high because I was battling anxiety and just boredom. I went to bed that night sober and God came to me in both my dreams. I saw a different life for myself and I saw how God could work in my life if I just did not smoke weed anymore. Ever since I had those dreams I never once desired to smoke weed anymore. God has a calling for all of us and we all have a responsibility to take care of the body (temple) God has blessed us with. You have the freedom to do what you want, but remember that everything you do alive on earth God has an account of it and he will ask you why you did the things you did. Seek Jesus Christ and believe with all your heart and he will reveal his plans for you. I’m very thankful I was able to quit smoking and get right with Jesus ✝️
Amen!!!
ME TOO!!!!! Congratulations !
Help me GOD . Pray for me brothers
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@ChildofGod-qz2pj if you can’t dream, then you can’t see your destiny. The Bible talks about how GOD speaks to us in dreams and visions. If you are not receiving dreams and visions from GOD, then you are receiving them from the enemy. If your visions and dreams come from the enemy, then your true destiny has been highjacked and you will fail in all that you set your hands to.
I used to smoke all day everyday, drink heavy on the weekends. I asked God one night in fervent prayer if it’s ok, welp, let’s just say that I don’t smoke weed or drink alcohol anymore, it’s been replaced with prayer and scripture study which I feel much better about. God bless yall.
You should get your mental health checked if you talk to things that aren't real.
@@TravisOngley How would you know what's real? One human in an infinite universe. Be real, my guy.
@@TravisOngley if one of your family members was sick and you said that you believed in God one day and they were healed, i wouldn't tell you you're crazy for that, i would congratulate your family member getting healed!! If thats whats bringing you peace then why would i break that down for you. Just food for thought not trying to attack you just want people to be nicer to people even if they dont see eye to eye, because what if your comment makes him go back to that state!
93% of the world population believes in God or a God, so clearly you are the tiny minority that needs a mental health check...@@TravisOngley
@@TravisOngleyIf God isn’t real why are you here? I know you feel convicted brother and i pray for your healing.
I threw my last drugs away yesterday. I feel so much more free and I thank God. It has been a 6 month struggle, but I started to realize that I actually don't enjoy being drugged and my best moments are when I am close to the Lord.
I also used to pray when high, because I thought I could focus better, but then my pastor told me "if you seek a relationship with Jesus, is it a good relationship when you only come to him when you're high?". Sober life is better, because whenever you are high and drugged up you make yourself unavailable to God and serve your flesh instead.
HalleluYah 🙌🕊️💕
Amen , Good job brother keep going , God bless
Matt 12 :20 shows you got deceived
@@midt106 do tell your interpretation of that chapter
@@ginandcreme Matt 12:20
King James Bible
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
“Be self controlled and sober-minded” Thank you God! Praise the Lord Jesus!
This mean being closed to God. Sober minded is being demonic less. Once you cut out demon in your mind in whatever you do in life you are self controlled. AMEN!!
Amen. This guy needs to read his Bible. It will clear things up for him. Your body is supposed to be a temple for God my brother.
The Bible says Jesus drank wine and there will be wine at the marriage supper of the Lamb. Being a drunkard is something different.
Not what sober mean here
@justinmcnaughton3016 Jesus drank
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" - 1 Peter 5:8
Taken way outta context
@@Fabe3v16 first, can you tell me what the definition of the word high means?
Jesus was the lion of Judah we not gone demonize the king lion but therefore satan takes on a role of a sneaky snake
@@Kinglion33333 yeah not sure how that works. Lion of judah = Lion and roaring lion = lion 🤷🏻♂️
@@Nobodys_safe yea even baphomet/satanic temple worship snakes and that’s why it was a trend to say “ slime” in hip hop mainstream not know damn Lion..lions are majestic and royal
Intention is important. Relaxation is one thing. Escapism or to heal is another issue. I used shrooms and dmt. During an Ayahuasca ceremony, Jesus showed up and told me to stop lifting the hood and poking at the spirit. He said I AM the mechanic, not you. TRUST ME 🙏🏽
Praise God
ALL praise to the most high 🙏
Drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of God. Gods word is very clear brother. Be sober minded.
This is so good and very true
@@bankhead1 being intoxicated habitually does.
@@bankhead1 you’re missing the point, being intoxicated is a sin. Doing it willfully is what has you on the road to hell. Following Jesus is part of repentance of your sins. If you need help getting free from this then plenty of Christians can help you.
I’ve been sober on almost 3 weeks of pot and nicotine. I am grateful for God and his help. Last week I got baptized and the days before I was offered pot and I turned it down. And I felt as if I finally passed that test! So thank you Jesus!!!
How was nicotine? In a similar situation trying to quit both. Even just got baptized, feeling convinced but tired
God is Good 🙏🏿 life is marathon please keep on fighting, especially on the days when you feel weak.
1w sober from weed/nicotine addiction… it’s so hard 😢 I miss it bc I liked how weed made me feel…
Just turned down my first smoke up today amen brother god is great
If you're reading this please pray for me. I am stuck in a vicious cycle. I am a functioning alcoholic and then that turns into partying and then that turns into watching corn. I dont want to keep living like this. I want to be close to God.
God please bless this person to follow Your will and live a sober and holy life
In Jesus name,
Amen
I would reccomend going somewhere for detox no shame brother people will think you are brave for admiring you have a problem yourself get through the physical withdraws first and Embrace the suffering with Gladness the lord will show you what to cling to and what to run from it may not happen at once but the lord has said he delights in a poor and contrite head I know you feel like a monster some days and some you feel hopeless but remember when Jesus died on the cross He knew your sins and carried them for you ! There is hope my friend continue to seek him and cry when it is necessary knowing our giving to temptation bred addiction and broke his heart we will see the pain and surely turn away if we want to be surrounded by his glory which i know you do my friend but the lord knows what you are and aren’t capable of and you cannot change by your own strength but when you have been through the fire you will say the lord has done this thing and that day is coming continue to seek him and when He tests you just surrender trust me it will happen if you seek him with all your heart and follow this command first and foremost LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
Ask yourself this question, do you want to be hurt by another ? If not then remember when dealing with even the worst of people Love them and show them mercy pray to God to root out all sin it’s not just alcohol and corn it’s more but luckily our God doesn’t dabble in little projects He is the expert in creating perfect diamonds out of rough coal
You may need deliverance
Because you feel this way & the fact you are wanting God is an amazing sign that you will be close to the Lord & when your bad ass walks in this world with the Armor of God. Nothing can stop you.
A demon spirit or personality has control over your decisions
As a born again, Colorado native, weed was a large of my life, even after I encountered the living God. I took me years to come to the realization that getting high was really taking me farther from God. In reality I was getting low, in the sense I was coming down from my seat in heavenly places to seek comfort from the things of this world. Family, let the Holy Spirit be your comforter. Seek things that are above, not the things of this earth. I encourage you that there is a better way and that you can leave behind all regret and shame.
I agree. I can’t speak for everyone but every substance I’ve ever used ends becoming a distraction.
But what George is saying is it’s actually doing more positive to him. He said that if he realized it was doing more harm than good he would be more hesitant. He gets anxiety when he uses it because of the worldly stigma associated with it. He wants to know if it’s actually beneficial for him and his health than harmful, should he be feeling bad that he’s going against God
This is why the church needs to be more spiritual. Too much philosophy and human wisdom, and not enough wisdom straight from God. Spiritual things are not discerned by the flesh.... So there is a reason the native people who smoked Marijuana did it spiritually. There is a reason that alcohol products are called 'spirits'. There is a reason when you go to the club you either feel dirty or you feel great.... No in between. It's because things that change how you feel are gateways to spirits. There is no carnal wisdom that can discern what happens to you when you smoke weed. Your heart which is spirit will discern it. There is no real tangible remedy for how you feel.... Biggest lie in our pharmaceutical industry. Only spirits conduct feelings. So if a drug makes you feel better, then just know it is introducing spirits to your temple.
If George feels restless and anxious before he sleeps, it is probably because of a spiritual condition that needs a spiritual solution. Addiction does the same thing. If you always smoke and eat before bed, the spirits that benefit from you doing that will coerce you to keep doing it. You will suffer a withdrawal if you don't do it. There are so many things that we do in ignorance that foster the spiritual conditions that drive us to substance abuse, and by the time you are dependent on a substance to alleviate the symptoms of spiritual oppression.... You are in a type of bondage. Guarantee you George 'needs' weed because of some other area of his life he hasn't surrendered to God. If the Peace of God can't get you to sleep at night.... Then you must not have it, and if you don't have it.... You must have something else instead....
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Well and I’ll be real with yall sugar kills people every day it’s waaaaay worse for you then weed …. The chemicals in sugar actually are 3 times more addictive than tobacco .
George is awesome for being so honest, open & transparent I feel him
Oh. My goodness just the video I need to hear I want a closer relationship with God & smoking weed been hard to give up. But I'll do it for God...
@@monicadupree7928God doesn't want you to quit. Man didn't make it like Alcohol and drugs and prescription medications
When it becomes a "holic". Alcohol. Food. Work. Cleaning your house. Kids. Relationships. I was told that anything can become "holic". Anything taken to an extreme is an addiction.
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He knows the answer, he admitted he feels convicted. It’s a stronghold in his head that he is rationalizing. Whoever try’s to hang on to his life, will lose it. Whoever gives up his life for my sake will surely save it. Do not love the things of the flesh. You can tell it’s an idol because he is willing to cut back but not give it up entirely. Not trying to judge i have personally struggled with addiction. Instead of seeking a “green light” from cliff ask your father.
AMEN BROTHER
Stronghold builds a defense in the mind. Therefore, defending something that your spirit convicts. Now I agree and understand where he is coming from. So Christians can drink but not smoke CBD/hemp/weed
@@isaiahhines1723 Bible says not to be a drunkard, & to have a sober mind.
@@issaccoronado2335 right don't get drunk but you can say the same for weed take it but do not let it over take you, likewise doing all things in moderation. Great examples were stated in Ecclesiastes to do everything in moderation. Also, if you were to take CBD and smoke weed a little and still have a sober mind then what would you say to that? When taking CBD I still have a sober and sound mind with no form of cloudiness
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I used to get really drunk, when I was straying from God. Because of that, I can't have any alcohol because even one beer would be sin for me.
That said, 1 beer or two beers where a person is not drunk is not a sin and I don't tell others it's a sin. Any amount of alcoholic drink is a sin to me because of my past.
The difference and why I say that any amount of weed is a sin is because weed, unlike alcoholic beverages, only has one purpose, and that is to alter your mental state.
You can drink one beer and your mental state not be altered.
But from experience, just one hit of weed changes your mind. You are in an altered state. It is a drug in that way through and through.
Some people drink a beer, don't get drunk, but enjoy the taste and they're not sinning.
But everyone who smokes weed does it for the purposes to get high. For that reason, just like cocaine or shrooms or any other drug that only exists to alter your mind, there's not an acceptable amount.
Now if you have a genuine medical condition and you're prescribed weed for pain or something and you take it according to the doctors recommendations, that's a different scenario.
In the same way, when I went in to surgery, they gave me a small dose fentanyl, and I wasn't sinning by recieving the fentanyl, whereas if I purchased it on the streets and used it for recreation, that would be sin.
But again, unlike alcohol, weed only gets you high. Alcohol gets you high if you drink enough to the point that you're drunk, and people who drink 1 or 2 and aren't drunk, aren't sinning necessarily.
I’m a walking testimony. I’m only turning 26 this year and I was a weed smoker for almost 10 years. And I mean chronic I couldn’t do anything even be with my family unless I was high. One day I was so sick of it and I’ve tried to quit plenty times but always went back. Anyway one day I was on my bed crying out to god to please help me and heal me of this addiction. I told him I’m ready to submit fully I’m done being a lukewarm Christian. I trust you lord. The NEXT day I was healed. God completely took the urge, the craving, the emptiness from me. I felt god working inside me. I’m now almost 3 months sober this is the longest I’ve gone without it. And I will never cross my lord by going back to what he healed me from. I’m so blessed. My life has changed. I no longer struggle with mental health issues. Praise god. Our GOD is so faithful.
I smoked for about 8 1/2 years, and tried almost all drugs.. but the most liked was the weed .. and in 2020, walking with the dog and smoking a joint, I said: God, you know that I really like this vice, but I would like to stop... I can't do it alone, help me!! and then I thought about throwing the joint away...
After 2 days I met up with an old friend and he told me to smoke. 😮💨 and when I tried again I had a terrible trip, I was angry, remorse of conscience...
That was the last joint !!
It was hard at first but Thank God, it's been almost 4 years
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you're a walking weirdo seen more people become open enough to accept the idea of religion on weed then sober
people who are high are more like jesus then those who are not
Inspired by you! ❤
Just made me cry! Hallelujah thank you I really needed to read this!🙏❤️ I’m so happy for you and I’m going through that exact experience, I pray I’ll be back here soon telling you my testimony!
@@kizzlefxxgaming you got this! I’ll be praying for you.🙏🏼
I loved smoking. But I noticed that when I smoke, I start desiring things that are not from God or of God. It makes me want to indulge in things that I know are not good for me like over eating (gluttony). Then I thought about 1 Peter 5:8 that tells us to "be sober minded." Even if I'm just smoking and laughing, and just enjoying myself, I am not sober minded when I'm high. The Lord has really been dealing with my heart. Eternity is on the other side of our last breath. 60-80 years of life seems long, but compared to eternity, it's a vapor in the wind. This life is temporary. Don't waste it. In all things, glorify God. Do I miss it sometimes? Yes. But even those moments are temporary. There is nothing I can get from weed, that I can't get from God. He.is. enough. My flesh is always going to crave the things of this world because it is also of this world. That's why when we die, we don't take these bodies with us. We are called to live by the Spirit. Not our flesh. Now, when my flesh is thirsty for sin and I'm tempted to replace God and all his fullness, graciousness, and love with the desires of my flesh, I audibly remind myself that the flesh will always crave sin, but the Holy Spirit requires righteousness. We have to stop teetering between sin and righteousness.
A moment of appreciation for this comment section, this is truly great.
Amen Thx for sharing Beautiful Sis I will show my man this Ima female by the way lo
Lol I ment
Jesus drank wine
Thank you for your comment ❤ God bless you 🫶🏻
The best thing about these videos and comments is seeing others going through the same struggle. Hope everyone makes it through!
Weak asses 😂
Holy Spirit dropped this in my noggin a while back, just as soldiers at war have to be sober and ready to fight, so we as Christians have to be ready for the spiritual battle we are in at all times. How silly we look when we are drunk and high with our guard down in this perishing world. Be of a sober mind at all times.
Crazy when you find out the best fighting force in the world is filled with psychotic cokeheads, drunks, and alcoholics. Yes I served
@@senjuebro thank you for your service, but, key word is the 'world', our battle is not with flesh and blood Ephesians 6:12
@@angievol09 thanks regardless
We gotta wake up. And in time god will stop it as we seek for. Help he will deliver us
@@ninahouseofflavors9998 bro I’m struggling with shit a little worse than weed, haven’t smoked in a while but I find myself falling into behaviors I thought I put away, pease pray for me
As a 20 year weed smoker I can testify that I use to be just like George & addicted to the comfort of smoking but once I got my annoiting, the Holy Ghost has been the comforter I need. His convictions show & will hurt him in the long run. It's just the enemy's way of keeping him trapped.💯 Peace & Blessings🙏💕🙏💕
Amen
God bless you, go heat
I'm 37, smoked since I was 13. 29 days clean after ACTUALLY repenting and getting rid of people, places and things. It helped me sleep and never been able to sleep well since I was 18. I'm miserable, uncomfortable, I have no confidence and question who I am alot. I still can't sleep more than 3 hours at a time. But my God is bigger, he keeps his promises, he's the Deliverer and healer... In due time God will provide sleep, confidence, joy, and I am starting to believe what my real identity is and it has nothing to do with THC. I basically had a calling and conviction from the Holy Spirit with him saying " I can't grow you and take you any further in your purpose without you surrendering this to me." I was devastated but I CHOSE to follow Jesus and I must be obedient and be made perfect in my suffering and pain. No matter what God is faithful and blessed obedience. I am whole in Him and because I love him I will continue to be sober and find joy in my misery because I know he will deliver me from it once my mind and traumas are healed. Thank you Jesus 🙏
Amen may god continue to bless your heart and spirit it’s takes a lot to admit and speak the truth about yourself , so you have the prayers of mine and others who go through similar battles within 🙏🏽
Cant u help me do it too?
The Holy Spirit convicted me two weeks ago after being addicted to weed and having alcohol almost every day I will never go back to either He reached into my life and lifted it out of my life. The Greek work for witchcraft is Pharmacy in English. I started to smoke for migraines over a decade also could not sleep and after watching Andew Huberman on sleep and anxiety and alcohol and if you meditate on the Word your heartbeat will slow. All alcohol is a toxin one glass or not it crosses the blood brain barrier and am an advocate for sobriety. God’s love is transformative and we are called to not love things of this world.
It's only because you're only 29 days in... Or hopefully 2 months in at this point. That will all go away once youve been sober for longer. Smoked from 12 years old on and have backsliden on and off over the years and I have learned that I cannot be used to my full potential by God while high. Not just because I cant smoke in moderation but because it hampers my ambition, when Im high I dont want to talk to anyone let alone spread the gospel, dont even want to answer the door lol. Im sharp as a tack without it, God can speak through me to other people, defend the faith articulately etc. I still love it and thats the problem I love it so much it becomes a stumbling block and an idol. Stay sober minded the devil is roaming about looking for who he can devour. Were at war.
@@WestsideBallasThe truth is it’s hard. I smoked weed all day everyday for years and have quit and it is very hard at first.
You might not sleep properly, you might get bored, depressed, anxious among many other things however we must all trust in the Holy Spirit within us and listen to what it tries to tell us.
Remember it will be hard and you will suffer, but also remember that Jesus suffered first and much more for all of us and we should be inspired by that and his strength and know we can have that within us too if we keep trying hard enough like he did.
Just know the process isn’t easy and isn’t meant to be easy but also try to take pleasure that you are joining Jesus in suffering and you’re doing it to try be closer to God.
I’m not trying to tell you how to live your life or how to follow your faith or that I’m a better Christian than you but I just wanted to tell you my opinion and experience because I hope it may help you on your journey and you may take some comfort in knowing others share your hardships too.
Take it as you will and good luck my friend, stay strong and do not be afraid.
I respect the honesty from these fine people
I am glad I came across these comments- because this is something I struggle with right now today. Thank you all for sharing you guys testimonies. 🙌🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 I'm asking for prayer for deliverance- in Jesus' mighty name- Amen.🙌🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽
I used to smoke everyday, multiple times a day,from age 15-34. I knew it was wrong. So I asked God to take the desire away from me,to make me hate it. After that, everytime I'd smoke,i would get soooo tired. I wasn't "getting high";only tired. I started to hate rolling blunts,hate going to buy it,hated how it was making me lazy,just hated everything about it. But I still felt i needed it for anxiety.So i stopped smoking,and started eating edibles🤦♀️. I still was praying for God to take the desire away. I knew I was wrong,and i wasnt pleasing God. I kept praying all day everyday about it. It didn't take long but after I'd eat an edible ,I started getting super paranoid,and it started doing the opposite. I was now getting super anxious about everything. It was the worst. God was making me hate it. When i would pray, immediately i would hear "if I am enough for you,why do you need this?"
God is enough for me. Through a lot of prayer, reading scripture, i was set free. I no longer smoke or eat edibles. I have no desire to ever again. I just want to please God. I don't need to smoke/get high for my anxiety. I just call on Him. In the video George says he just wants to unwind.. Unwind with God. With scripture. With prayer. Soon you will realize you love God so much and want to please Him,that you will have no desire anymore. Because its all about pleasing God. It wont be a chore. It will be something you want to do because you love Him so much.
That’s crazy bro because that’s the same thing happened to me and I prayed same thing n now I’ve been two weeks sober I don’t even crave it anymore
amen
same thing happened to me ! it’s been about 2 years now since i’ve asked God to make me hate it i’m still struggling but every time i do smoke i get bad paranoia and anxiety but just cannot seem to let it go I know God is putting it in my heart i pray everyday 😭 spiritual warfare is bad.
@@khaileenhernandez931 it is..
And the more we please God,the more satan tries to tempt us. Keep praying and stay in the Word. Trust me,it's hard. And even harder when people around you are doing it. I just have to remind myself that the reward is so worth it. I quit smoking, recently got married.. trying to knock stuff off my "spiritual bucket list"-just a list of things that don't please God,that I need to correct.
And believe it or not,things in my life are finally coming together. We recently were able to buy our first home,right across the street from my parents.(Which I love)just things I thought couldn't happen, God has somehow made a way. I owe it all to Him,and it just gives me another reason to keep on going. It's a narrow road,and hard to follow. But when you put God first,it becomes easy to stay on the right path. Praying for you. 🙏
I smoked weed for over 20 years as a Christian and always felt conviction about it, to the point I felt as I was a hypocrite even going to church because when I left I was smoking weed.. I had a lot of anxiety also ptsd, insomnia. ADHD you name it but as a Christian i knew those were things God wanted me to give to him knowing that Jesus died so we can be healed so we could be delivered from all that.. knowing that our body is a temple that we must present to God holy and without sin, it is the dwelling place of the Holy spirit.. and that is why he calls us to be of sober mind so that he can dwell in us so that we can present ourselves as a temple holy and acceptable, as a living sacrifice unto him. God's word says though we are in the world we are not of the world.. and though the world tells you that you should depend on substances to give you peace and help with anxiety he says to depend on him... as someone who grew up in the church i knew this to be true but like you tried to find excuses why weed was ok all awhile God was convicting me, it got to point I stopped going to church because I felt like I was living a lukewarm life which is a sin and God says he will spit out anyone who is lukewarm so I told myself I would rather be cold than be lukewarm and not be on fire for chirst I recognized that smoking weed kept me lukewarm because the holy spirit could not dwell in me if I was not of sober mind. I was out of church for about 6 years until one day at my lowest point when I was having anxiety attacks because I had no weed and was at point I wanted to die cus I had no weed and no way to stop my anxiety attack. God came to me and it was like I could feel him holding my hand and hear him saying I am here I will help you I felt a sudden peace I had never felt I felt an urge to read the Bible and pray.. from that day I decided not to smoke weed it was not easy at first but i prayed every time i felt that desire to smoke and had faith and believed God's word that says he will break you free from all bondage and weed had me in bondage. He deliverd me praise God I am now almost 3 years free from smoking weed with no desire for weed and I know he can deliver you. If he is convicting you it is because he cares he is a good father who loves you and wants the best for you he wants you to be free from all bondage and anything that hinders you from drawing near to him and depending on him. ❤
So when my Drs tell me not to stop smoking marijuana because they work better than the other options what should I do? I should've been dead in 2017 according to the statistics. I've been to the Drs. Without chemo and radiation just the use of marijuana and God my last appointment went really well. Nothing has changed for the last 12 years. It still looked good and the way it did when it was discovered. Should I just pray and ask God if he will heal me from the cancer? I haven't been to my gyno in 2 years. So for 10 years marijuana usage has worked.
@@RoseRichards-s1rbro because ganja heals soul and cancer not just body. Stop listening to these dreadful full of fear so called Christian’s.
Because of this comment, I threw away all my weed shit. I’ve just had enough of feeling so horrible. Preaching the gospel, telling people to be sober minded but then I get high everyday. because of you, you planted a seed in me. I threw all my shit in the fire pit right NOW. And let god kill me if I’m lying I promise you I’m not. Thank you bro. Thank you…
This!!! ❤
@@5.7_Angel praise God!!!! He will give you the strength to overcome! ❤️🙏
I Peter 5:8-12
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the Shatan walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
JAHUAH HAMISHIACH!🕊️🙌🏼🔥❤️
You can tell that George is very open about his thoughts it's super relatable and honest. Amen.
Knowing the God we serve, He wants us to call on him in our time of need. He doesn't want us to lean on food, cigarettes, drugs, our best friend, weed, alcohol, shopping, money, pleasure and the list goes on. He wants us to rely on Him. When we feel any emotion that drives us to lean on something, lean on Him. When we want to unwind after a hard day, unwind with Him. He is who gives us strength and fulfillment. Everything else is a false sense of security and slowly distances us from our creator. The enemy comes in the form of light and we must not be ignorant of his devices. Don't let him deceive you anymore, George. God bless you for sharing your struggles!
Yes!
Now do modern medicine. Stop taking your blood pressure meds and rely on God! Oh, but I bet you can’t stop that high sugar, salt and processed food diet. Come on! Trust in God and stop all your medication
Well said
Yeshua literally turned water to wine. So alcohol is a devine drink.
So when you’re hungry you pray and not eat? When your thirsty you pray and not go get water? He created the plant obviously satan has no power to create a plant, smoking anything is a sin if you could smoke holy water it would still be a sin because it’s hurting the body god put you in, eating it does ZERO damage. So elaborate on how LORD created it made it medicinal but he doesn’t want you to use it? Stop using the LORD against thing you don’t like or understand that in it self is a sin.
I am SO glad you talked about this. I have been fighting with this as well. I have given up caffeine, and booze for the most part (really trying). But I feel exactly the same way as you. Thank you George with opening up and being vulnerable. You Are Awesome. Thanks for using your platform to spread the gospel!
@daniele.3361well it’s additive so is it ?
I place caffeine,sweets, wine, bourbon, cannibis, fried foods, rich foods all in the same category………..partake in moderation
@daniele.3361if weed is a sin caffeine is definitely one too
Love how this podcast lets you reflect on your own and not feel manipulated or strongly advised to the point of auto condemnation. Each of us know what is hindering us from bettering our relationship with God and our fellow man.
I have a point with the anxiety thing (I am being a hypocrite because I am addicted to weed). Jesus wants us to run to him no matter what. So when you feel anxious, do you run to Jesus or the joint? I run to the joint because I don't want to deal with my emotions, calm myself down because I also have ADHD and to unwind but God wants us to unwind with him and only him. When you put weed in the mix, you make weed similar to an Idol or equivalent to Jesus. That's the hard truth
I have been doing what cliff has said about meditation and it helps a lot I have been sleeping better with that when you have the urge to smoke ask Jesus it okay to ask him but you have to remember not to depend on it I urge you to try the meditation I’m in the same situation right now like I wanna smoke cause I wanna unwind and relax but also to answer the question you are not a hypocrite cause sometimes stoners put god first in everything vs people that don’t smoke or drink but you have to realize god doesn’t necessarily wants you to do it cause he wants you to come to him with your anxiety and depression or whatever and just feel like if you can put him first and everything anxiety,fear, worry you’ll be okay I would say instead of going to a joint for anxiety you say those prayers cliff was saying and than go from there I really hope this make some what sense and just know this is a very hard issue and topic but just knows god forgives you and understands you and loves you no matter what
Can one run to God for anxiety and still use cannabis ? He did create it did he not?
rather use cannabis then anti depressants and anti anxiety meds
Well how can I rely on him when he left me here to suffer, left me here to be in pain. I ask for forgiveness and love and guess what happens? I get fired from my job, and some asshole drills my gas tank leaving me no car. How can I get God's help when all I see right now is darkness and I'm stuck in it? Weed is the only thing that's helping me cope with my life and what's been going on, I won't stop can't stop. My life has been internal suffering and weed is my best friend and has been for a good few years(less than 5).
Facts
The bible says, be anxious for nothing, but in everything in prayer and in supplications make your request be known to God. It also says, cast your cares upon Him for He cares for you. Another verse says I will lift up my eyes up to the mountains from where comes my help, my help comes from the Lord who made the heavens and the earth. This means that once you cast all your anxieties on God, trust that He will help you through it and focus strictly on His goodness and worry no more. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves and tell ourselves to stop over thinking stop over worrying because God got it. This is where faith in Him needs to take over. God bless
Thank you
is that THE bible or a bible that's been rewritten more then the years we count since passover?
@@kor-cv9uzthank you
I’ve never had a problem with drinking or smoking weed but I will admit for the past 6 years I’ve been a slave to vaping, this gave me a lot of clarity & I’ve been off of it for about 4-5 days, hoping I can keep going! God bless you George!
Speaking as a person who was delivered from smoking for my anxiety and adhd, I was delivered from it all!!!!
Homie has asked and answered all of his own questions in the first 5 minutes
As a fellow Christian who also partakes i appreciate this discussion.thank you
i just stopped a few days ago. It is not even the same plant it once was and it 100% gives the devil power over you. Pray to Jesus Christ for Him to revealed the truth to you- He showed me in a dream it was satanic
We're to be sober minded. And he's making it an idol. Anything you rely on that's not God, it's an idol.
@@sabrinasusen7463 amen
@@sabrinasusen7463he's not idolizing it. If a doctor prescribes a patient marijuana due to having sleep issues, that person isnt idolizing marijuana. Neither is George for just wanting to partake in it to wind down. Its not a sin to partake in marijuana just as it isnt a sin to drink a beer. One idolizes it when they have to smoke it to do anything/abusing it, or smoking just to simply enjoy life. Yes, God does want us to have a sober mind, so in that aspect i dont think he likes if we get high, but i think thats as far as it goes.
@juliustaylor9920 some people don't make it an idol, but the way he spoke about it, the really desperate desire to get approva for smokingl, and continuing after the Holy Spirit is grieved (that why he feels so bad), yet he still wants to justify it. That to me looks like an idol. Especially bc it sounds like he does it every night.
We're to deny our flesh, which is super hard, but that's what we should strive for, to set down pleasure and carry our cross. We're not to be of the world, doing all the same things.
Do you regularly, diligently read the Word? If you did you'd find how Jesus called us to live and the grave seriousness of depending on something that isn't God.
I appreciate this tooic. I was in a wreck when i was 22 and broke 28 bones. 3 were in my spine. I developed seizures when i turned 30, due to minor head concussion from same wreck. I smoke at night to help sleep, pain, and not overthink EVERYTHING. I needed to hear this.
Being a former, 30+ year veteran, of smoking cannabis....I always fell back on the Scripture, "be not drunk with wine, but be filled with the Holy Spirit..." That's what overwhelmed me and I would stop for a while and start back up again down the road....
Finally I understood, that I was making weed an idol, because in my life's pain and suffering...I realized I was making cannabis my God and turning to weed to relieve my suffering....Ppl there is only one path to end your suffering...and that is Jesus. Over 30 years of smoking, the Lord brought me thru it.... Turn to Jesus and let Him rescue you from your suffering..... cannabis just makes you forget your pain, however it doesn't go away. Take Jesus as your Lord and Saviour...His return is around the corner. Amen
Pray for me brother 🙏❤️
@@XPosing_Truth....I will pray for you brother ..but remember this...the fact that your struggling means God is carrying you thru it... God bless you and keep you
@@realitynewsbytes I'm a sister 😆 lol, God bless 🙏
Cannabis has saved me from suicide due to issue from the army that i got while in Afghanistan for two tours.
I love this convo.
Thank you for your service 🫡
Thank you for your sacrifice🇺🇸
i believe was Jesus who actually saved you brother
Thanks for your service bro
Thank you for service bro, but i wanna let you know that Jesus can take that away permanently if you seek out to him with true faith. He loves you and cares for you 🤍
weird story but, i became a christian after i took shrooms one day. I was in a bad place and took them with friends, suddenly i got in a lot of pain and my body stopped moving and i prayed to a God i wasnt sure was there, “please dont let me die here this is such a dumb decision i shouldnt have done these” and like a snap of the fingers it felt like i was outside my body and floating around in a black mist. I could feel my legs and body really far to my left but i was detached from it. After floating around for a while this golden light like thing who i dont want to call God just in case it wasnt, appeared out of the black. It looked like a golden flashy light that was behind a thin silver curtain, but i could still see the light shining. It spoke to me telepathically, like with thought to thought. It said “ive loved you and i will always love you” to which i then got so blown away and said “wow you are god? how are you even real, how do you exist?”. The light said “it wouldnt make sense to explain it to you now, but ive been here always and will always be”. A lot of other things we talked about that i don’t remember, but i remember my family, and thinking that i would leave them if i died. I immediately regretted my decision and wanted to go back because it would suck for my family for me to die so young. I was 22 and im 25 now. After i “woke up” from that experience i started praying and asking God to reveal himself. That was when i got the overwhelming urge to read the bible and the rest is history. I remember crying and being so happy from reading. It was like my world was gray and broken before and everything became bright and hopeful
My experience was different but feelings were the same. I got on my knees and prayed to the lord that I couldn’t do it alone, I couldn’t do it anymore. He swallowed me in happiness, love hope and joy that I cannot explain of describe. When I think of that memory all I see in my head is a golden white light. It wasn’t there, but now that’s all my brain sees. Cool to see your visual sighting reflects my mental sighting. Thank you’
That’s such an awesome story. Thanks for sharing that testimony. Amen !
Do you think it's sin to do mushrooms I got bad anxiety and loads people told me it can help and also I've done about 6 months research on it and I'm thinking doing them soon whats your thought
@@Mush-love01 mushrooms and also marijuana can put you into a permanent psychosis state if you use it too much. It can also create shorts in your brain
@sweatshirty I know from all my research but it depends if your responsibly taking it and also if you have schizophrenia running in your family and I don't so I won't get permanent stuff
SO!! Sounds to me, George is really good at making excuses to do things, that deep down inside he knows it is wrong. He proves he knows it wrong when talking about the anxiety he has about smoking weed. That is because his spirit and conscience is screaming at him, not to do it, but he will try really hard to find ways to lie to himself so that he can do it anyway. "it's not as bad a alcohol, "I use it as a good tool" "I do it to unwind vs taking pills" and even trying to get Cliff's approval. which he didn't get.
I am not here to judge, God definitely knows I am a sinner and my struggles..but my message here is do not do what George is doing and give yourself grace to do things that your spirit is telling you is wrong. I see George do it a lot with premarital sex, drug use, swearing, etc fully knowing it is wrong, but CHOOSES to do it anyway .. He need to practice more of what he preaches, especially since his podcast is focused on religious issues and topics. George, you are not leading your viewers in the right direction.. To anyone reading this, if you have doubt about if something is right or wrong. Just ask, and listen to your spirit. If it is telling you not to do something and is giving you anxiety when just thinking about doing the action.. then don't do it.. your spirit wont mislead you.
I'm really glad you said all this so I didn't have to . The real ones see it . I'm glad he's talking about Jesus tho just wish he would comment all the and be the example for the lost ones . Not making the saved go back to there old bad habits. Pray for him man he's almost there .
He's grieving the holy spirit over and over again.
In the fact that he wants it that bad says that it's an idol
George Asks if its wrong, Cliffe Says its wrong. George: b-b-but!
Exactly my thoughts!
i love watching you cuz your honest. stay that way bro, it’ll take you far.
I smoke cannabis because I do not like opioids/pain killers. I'm handicapped although handiable because of Jesus Christ.
I've listened to the old man when 30 years ago at 630am on my local TV- thank you 10 fold Clifford 🙏All glory to GOD
Smoking weed was forbidden knowledge taught by fallen angels!
My elderly love ones do weed for the same reason. An alternative to painkillers
@INFAMOUSKAI-jx7rb you mean the sa.e weed God created
@@Aldine281 yeah but it might have not been for that purpose! It could have been for animals , houses etc... fallen angels came down and taught forbidden knowledge to mankind ✝️
Genesis 9:3 KJV "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things".
I’m 23 years old and I’m a complete alcoholic. It kills me everyday to fight this addiction… This demon. I also smoke a little weed too… but not enough to call it an addiction. Alcohol is my drug. What’s crazy is I hate it and I KNOW I need to stop. But I can’t… it has such a hold over me. I’ve been drinking since 18 and it’s gotten worse. I pray for power over this evil and I pray for control over my own life but dammit!!! It’s so strong on me. Please pray for me. I believe in Jesus and I read the Bible all the time. The Bible has shown me my falls, my sins… And I still feel this evil. Please pray for me.
Praying for you brother
@@StayTunedtv-xl2xethank you brother. I deeply appreciate this.
praying for you bro!!!
I'm praying for you 🙏 and remember to pray for yourself. ❤
God bless you bro! You’ve already overcome by the blood of the lamb. You can do this.
I love how blunt u are brother thats exactly how i feel..good thing u said it straight up..no beating around the bush.God bless u brother
God bless everyone. We are at war with the devil constantly but God is there and he loves you as do I.
I am about three weeks removed from having the same internal conflict that George is describing here. I had the same reasons for smoking, I rationalized it, the same exact way, I kid you not what it came down to for me, is that my study of scripture has led me to believe That Christ is considerate of all people. Even though I didn’t feel like smoking, controlled me, the fact that I did smoke and claimed to live a life for Christ I believe was causing others to continue on with their abuse of weed, alcohol, food, or whatever else could be abused, and used to replace the presence of God in prayer and or meditation. If me stopping is going to influence even just one person to stop, leaning on anything of the world and replace that with a relationship with Jesus, then I believe that is the most Christlike, and considerate thing to do.
I am where you were. I don't drink, and all I do is read scripture, work, and pray when I smoke. It definitely makes me more productive in work [I sew], I love studying end time.phrophecy and talk about ut with everyone, and it never makes me sleepy and i never get the munchies. However I feel conflicted and talk to God about it. I also 'fast' from it. I just hate the conflict I feel bc of discussions like this. I also do not smoke when I'm depressed. But im still leaning towards stopping completely I'm gonna have to keep studying on this. Thanx for sharing
I have respect for Jorge , bc im going through the same! I love reading or watching biblical stuff when im high..
I used to smoke everyday, got up and smoked, before I ate I smoked, before I went out I smoked, before I went to bed I smoked.. It wasn’t until I became reborn again that I finally gave up smoking because it just didn’t feel right anymore and I found myself being more spiritually vulnerable than ever.. I even used to sell it illegally and found myself hanging with the wrong crowd before my rebirth but now that it’s been about a month since I gave it up I can say I feel more alive and in tuned with my surroundings and reality, I tried to find every excuse I could to try to justify my actions but I just couldn’t and from then on I’ve been smoke free since and more alive than ever 🙌 it was certainly hard at first but I just prayed and prayed and prayed ☦️
I used to smoke too, but God spoke to me and told me to stay sober and sound of mind because things spirts and demons can enter you because your mind is altered !
Exactly, I’ve felt it so many times. I would smoke before and I can hear evil whispers and evil thoughts and it made me go crazy and made me overthink and have that voice in my head. Every time I would stop I would say never again and still do it again and then feel the same. But thanks to Jesus I haven’t smoked now because I remember that feeling even tho I do/did like it. Instead I pray now to Jesus when I feel anxiety, depressed etc
@Godslovenlight I used to use gummies and it did the same for me I have ADHD it calmed my mind also but the closer I got to God I could hear him speak to me and he told me stay sober and sound of mind so that nothing could enter me if my mind wasn't altered and I could fight it off with a clear mind
@@MRSNikkiV1 exactly ! 💯 I heard his voice too saying this isn’t right and I knew it deep down as I was getting closer to him, and now I feel like I can overcome most things ! Slowly but surely , thank you Jesus 🙏🏼✝️💜
I just quit a week ago and have the same struggle with George. The thing I fall back on is who do I want to rely on. My weed or God! God every time
I suggest you go on a 7 day fast. It will break of the Stronghold. God bless you 🙏🏾
I quit months ago and truly dove deep into scripture and my relationship with God. I feel that Ive developed the capacity and habit of putting my issues on God and letting him work through my struggles. Would it make me a bad person to get a medical card now that the relationship is strong? Is it flesh? Idk…
I won't quit, God doesn't love me for what I am no matter how many times I spill my guts to him. It is what it is, I always feel uncomfortable in the church like a gut feeling to leave, and God doesn't know my pain or my suffering, only weed calms me down and let's me know I'm good. I'm too corrupt that I feel God doesn't even pay attention to me and people alike. I'm here to die and if hell is the first place I'm going, too bad I'm already in hell anyway.
@@silkyblack5880 God loves you and I pray that you get an encounter. I'm so sorry for the pain that you go through🙏🏾 You will be healed in Jesus name.
@@silkyblack5880 I would have you to know that there’s no sin in your life that God is holding against you. Jesus had already forgiven you for your sins. He’s no longer imputing sins to your account.
2 Corinthians 5:19 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not 👉🏾imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
With Forgiven sins we have an empty bank account, but salvation is what adds righteousness to our bank account. Sin is not the problem today. It’s unbelief… if you haven’t put your faith in Christ alone. It’s my hearts desire that you believe the gospel… here’s the gospel in the following verse. Grace and peace!
1 Corinthians 15:1-4KJV
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
so much appreciation for George. asking a lot of the questions majority of us believers have but at times can be timid to ask
Prayer gets you much higher, the highest my friend.
My take
I was a hard-core stoner for years. I can definitely relate to the feeling of why because I too wanted to wind down and relax. Fall of 2022, I was finding God again and went down rabbit holes until i eventually studied about Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I would do so good studying, praying and then later in the day I would smoke.
One day, I came home from work, was so over the day and prayed right before smoking saying, " God, this is just to relax me".... the moment I took that hit, this overwhelming feeling of heartbreak took over and I just felt so guilty and ashamed. The next day, woke up so sick and for the first time ever, I got covid. Not to say that this is relating events or coincidence either but this sickness felt so bad as if I was weakening. Different than I ever felt before.
In the Bible, Paul is talking to the Ephesians, who were also struggling in the things of God, telling them in Christ we are one and our body houses the same Holy Spirit who rose Jesus from the dead.
Ephesians 4:30 ESV
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
I literally read this verse the day before this happened to me. I know in my heart I hurt the Holy Spirit because many people don't know but the Holy Spirit is not an it, he is a personal being and has feelings. He lives within the believer and literally everything we say, think, do or feel, he sees it all. From that day on, I have been set free from the addictive feeling of wanting to be high or "relaxed" as we say. I can't tell you how heartbroken I felt. I just knew I broke his heart because in the end, God, the Spirit of God wants nothing but the best for us because he loves us that much.
I hope this story helps someone because I completely understand and you are not alone ❤
I’ve been trying to come closer to god and this question has been twisting my insides for years and I have no one to really confide in about the matter. Thank you for this chat it at least made me realise I’m not alone in my battles
Brother.... I mean this will all due respect. The Bible tells us not to rely on man for our understanding. The answers are in our Bible If we look. I mean literally do not get your answers from man. What you can do with man is raise questions and discern together, and then you go back to your Bible to verify. Who do we verify with? We verify with the Holy Spirit and lean on him for our understanding. So many Christians are relying on man for their understanding of the Bible, and that turns into "hear say". And there is just so much that people are getting wrong. People often don't know how to pray. Or rather pray powerfully... I don't mean this as a trick question what so ever... but i want to know where you are... without looking it up... can you tell me how to pray powerfully? I don't mean to embarrass you and I'm not calling you out... this is a teaching we all should know... if you don't know, would you please let me tell you and then go into your Bible to verify? This will be such a powerful tool for you brother. So tell me, how do you pray powerfully? You can say you don't know if you don't know.... its really okay. But I'm going to guide you if you don't... and then everyone that reads this will know how to as well...
@@bigginzack thanks for your reply mate and I take no offence we’re all on our journey back to the father. Truth is like I said I’m trying but I don’t know nor do I trust the churches nor anyone so I pray alone and I pray by giving thanks even when I’m struggling and miserable I thank god for all the blessings I can and can’t see, I apologise for my sins and pray for the strength and wisdom to no longer be a slave to my flesh. Any wisdom you may have im all ears
Wow what a honest conversation! Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on me a sinner!
George what i have learned and what my father and preacher told me in the book of jerimiah, is that God cant talk and communicate with us when we are drunkenness whether its alcohol or weed or anything, God is only going to listen to you and talk to you if youre in the right state of mind and sober, (the only exception is if you know u have an addiction or want to stop and you mean it, you can truly talk to him over and over and he will help you over time) this is what truly helped me get off weed and im sober from it over a year, and have been sober from alcohol for about a month, and i have no intention to ever be in the state of drunkiness that way i can communicate with God 24/7
This from a believer...I struggled with the same issue for years. I felt I was a better version of myself when I smoked so I had a hard time giving it up. I asked God to use this plant that was in the garden, for His glory and He has. My mind expands when I microdose THC sativa and I fill it with His Word. As a result, my prayers, my time in the Word and my worship is richer because of it. And He gets all the glory!! Thank you Lord. I hope this helps. Moderation is the most important thing and do not cause your brother to stumble. What is good for you is not necessarily what He wants for others.
I once dated a beautiful christian woman that i really liked. When we started dating i asked God what he thinks about her, he told me deep down in my heart that it wasnt my woman. I would then ask different people what they think about this situation eventho in new deep down that it was wrong to be with her. At the end we stopped dating because God showed us the right thing. Moral of the story: Everyone often knows whats right in a given moment because of the HS in us but we often use excuses to still do the thing we know was wrong.
Agreed
Carful asking for signs
I just threw away all of my weed stuff. This video is a reminder of how I have been feeling. I hate that I preach the gospel everyday but then I get high rveryday, I hate that I tell people to be sober minded but the whole time I’m high telling them that. I am DONE. THE DEVIL WILL NOT GET ME NO MORE. All my weed shit is in the fire pit. And I couldn’t be more fuckin proud of myself atthis moment. I’m not even gonna tell people I know. But for the people that don’t know me BUT see this comment. Know that change is POSSIBLE. It can take years, it can take one minute to change. It’s all on YOU. Unfortunately it took me over a year, but maybe it doesn’t have to take you over a year. I love everybody. May god bless everybody. May Jesus set everybody free.
Proud of you🙌🏽🙌🏽
Love George for being honest about his beliefs, passions and shortcomings 👏🏻🙏🏻💚 God would be happy with that
My testimony is this... I started smoking at 13yrs old and my life spiraled downwards. I'm 49 about to turn 50 and I have been freed of this bondage after more than half my life! Praise Jesus Christ 🙏 for freeing me of my bondage and the chains were broken. I don't drink and quit smoking. And feel amazing, I don't have a cloudy mind! Plus I'm not spending my hard earned money on it. I own a jeep...that's a vice in it's self 😂 God bless 🙏 you guys.
I loved how much you all were laughing in this video😂 The Joy of the Lord is Strongest!🥰
I smoked weed from the age of 14 to 23yrs old (9years) and I met Jesus when I was 23 after singing at a church🥰🙌🏽 I continued to smoke occasionally after encountering Christ, it had lessened though it was a couple months after meeting Jesus that I was smoking a joint in a tree when God spoke to me and said, “I got better!” DONE. I haven’t smoked weed since, it’s been almost 6 years now and ALL GLORY TO GOD! He really is better! 💞 I know of friends who still smoke and I can relate and remember how it winds you down quiet well… though I think there’s always going to be things that will wind us down, yet to ask, what’s the best? The best will always be the most natural way to be and that’s to JUST BE (even if there’s anxious thoughts) God is bigger and he is the one to go to with these anxious thoughts, not weed… even to just have fun and a good time! Nothing will be more fun than to be intimate with Jesus and reflect and hear how much he adores you!🥰 Pain has a profoundly beautiful way to direct us to change. I’m learning to be still with God and it’s incredibly challenging! Yet despite the discomfort I am encouraged that being in my authentic state of mind at that time is the best and where God wants me to come to him.. that’s truthful and then together he walks me through whatever it is we’re going to get through, together!💞 We all are humans in a great beautiful, messy heart transformation… Most of the time unaware of what is in our hearts… why numb it further? I’m pretty convinced by experiencing both the high life of weed and the high life of being intimate with Jesus… Spending time with Jesus is the nourishing way not the numbing way. 🙏🏽💞 Thanks to whoever takes the time to read this long comment😅 my heart really hopes it encourages you to be honest with God and allow him to dive deep with you into your precious heart! I pray God pours more of his healing and powerful love, wisdom and JOY into you all and continues to teach you who he’s called you to be, so wonderful and such a massive delight to him! 💕 in Jesus mighty name, Amen. Getting to know God and his perfect peace & love gets me higher in the most natural way existing! God who can never lie said “I’ve got better” and it was true!🥰🙌🏽
I struggled with this for a while and like you I only smoked at night to relax and I loved it. God convicted me about it and I felt like in order to be close to him I should be more holy. I wound up quitting and he’s given me the strength to get through it and now I don’t even think about it. I have peace in him now ❤
Through scripture, prayer and keeping Christ, I pray we all come to a clear, bold and obvious answer. I battle with these same exact thoughts, let us pray. 💚🙏🏼☝🏽
YES AMEN LETS PRY
👀 The fact that I'm seeing this as I'm ACTIVELY STRUGGLING with this is so convicting.
HERE'S MY TESTIMONY: I'm a SAHM/WIFE and I homeschool our 4 children...um, OVERWHELMING!!! So at night I used to puff to relax and turn my brain off. About 3 years ago I gave birth to twins and became VERY spiritually sensitive. I would see movement from my peripheral, something that looked like a cloud walk by, etc... but I kept it to myself and just prayed hard every time it happened. When I'd smoke that green, it would happen waaaaayyyy more. AND I would see(what looked like) DARK puffs of clouds near me, and it was accompanied with a negative feeling...SO I STOPPED altogether. In my sober mind one night in prayer, God revealed to me just how much mind altering substances THIN THE SPIRITUAL VAIL, and for humans, it weakens our spirit and can allow other spiritual beings that do not mean well to access us. Basically once we're high/drunk, we're easily accessed, spiritually, because our guards are totally down. That made so much sense, and made it easy for me to put it down for good.
I’ve been smoking for about 5 years in total and I’m 21. I did manage to quit for over a year, however, the urge did come back and I was not prepared for it at the time. I’d spent that year bragging about how God had healed me rather than truly bowing my head and humbling myself and when the demon knocked on the door again I failed to do the right thing. It’s been 2 months since then and while I’m not as addicted as I used to be I can feel the urge everyday now and its hard to ignore or to fight so I end up smoking. Whenever someone has asked me if weed is addicting I’ve always said that it depends on the person you are because sometimes it can cripple you while other times it feels as if you aren’t addicted at all and it’s just a choice to have fun that one time. I just pray to God that I may be free from it again.
Man… George is glowing man… I’m boutta cry just looking at him… may God continue to increase him and his ministry…
Thank God he just showed me why I kept failing His test for smoking. I finally got it and when I did, instantly the urge to smoke left and hasn't come back. When I used to smoke it would make me do other things against the will of God. I struggled for years trying and wanting to quit but the same tests will keep happening if you fail, gotta keep trying if you're wanting to quit for the glory of God, HE knows this and sees this but you also have to learn the reason for these tests so you don't fall back into temptation. God Bless ya'll keep pushing, you got this. Give it to God, talk with Him. He will show you, you just have to be listening and attentive
I started smoking marijuana when I was 13 now I am 28. I felt God calling for awhile and finally gave in and realized that smoking was leading me to the abis. Now I am sober and gave my life to Jesus Christ. I feel so much joy in my heart/life that I really don’t even think about it. All I want is to get closer to my God.
Genesis 9:3 KJV "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things".
@@AMA-7991Jesus says keep a sober mind, weed makes you not sober even one puff
May God give me the strength to battle temptation.. I right now am trying grow closer to Christ. One of my obstacles that sticks out is the use of substance. Mostly weed, however another substance that’s taken my life over the past two years has been kratom. I also have struggled with pornography and fornication/lust. My sailors mouth doesn’t help either. I’m desperately trying to stop these bad habits before it’s too late. Growing up I didn’t think God existed until undeniable confirmation proved me to be wrong. He saved my life on multiple occasions and I don’t want to take it for granted. Every time I stop these things I’m hit with extreme sadness, anxiety, and fear. I give in every time. Please pray for me as I don’t even want to continue this sinful behavior anymore, I just feel trapped. I’m going to keep praying and reading scripture. God bless you all
God bless you❤ You're going to make this, Christ called you to be different, and he will guide you, protect you and provide for you, you're not doing this on your own. Whenever you feel weak, pray! Whenever you need assistance, pray! You can also surround yourself with other Christians who are strong in faith or battling just like you are to support and motivate each other! Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." I will pray for you 🙏 ❤
God bless you
@@prodbyrayyy4103 thanks brother God Bless ❤️🙏🏽
You’re supposed to go through that struggle time after time so that you can prove to yourself that you do want the change. Then help comes and changes you into the man you want to become. You will be fine my guy just keep trying and give yourself grace.
@@Nobodys_safe life’s been up since that post. I was putting too much pressure on my actions and not enough faith in JESUS. God bless you bro.
I’m reading all these comments about how smoking will lead them to sinful things, but for me it’s different… like George, I’ve smoked weed and read the Bible, smoked weed and prayed, I’ve even asked God to bring harm to my body in some sort, or allow me to get sick off of it, NOT tempting God, but truly seeking what He wanted and I never got sick, not felt bad, none of it. I smoke with my friends and I still bring up God, still spread his Gospel and try to bring them towards Him. It doesn’t make me “crazy” like George said, it honestly mellows me out and my ADHD thoughts that are running through my head all day, calm down a little bit and I relax. Idk maybe we all act different but I still don’t see a problem if you’re not idolizing it
every believer has their own convictions and we are all supposed to respect the weaker brother or sister by not doing something that will cause them to stumble, so if smoking weed makes you brother or sister stumble don't do it, or at least not around them. If you ask The Lord to show you His will for your life He will, and what is ok for you might not be for the next brother or sister. That is why Jesus is so amazing because He has a personal relationship with us all individually and knows us all intimately so He can tell us what to do! He can bless us in ways only He knows we need. He can heal us in ways we never knew we needed. Bottom line is Jesus is Lord and second to none, so if anything or anyone comes in-between your relationship with Christ, IT WILL be removed no matter what. God is a jealous God, He will not share what belongs to Him(our praise and affection) with nothing or no one! Praise Your Mighty Name Jesus!
I agree it helps with pain and my autism and adhd
I had the opposite experience. My body literally started rejecting weed, edible and smoke, when I started praying. I WANT to smoke weed but God turned by body against weed, alcohol, and junk food.
I’ve smoked for over 20 years. Holy Spirit finally said, “it’s time to give it up”. So much has changed since I have. I’m now 6 months genuinely sober and I don’t have the desire to go back. I’m now able to see my triggers and the situations that spark the urge in me. But I’ve been able to let go and be free
9:32 the genuine honesty and real rawness these conversations have will see humanity. Christianity is holding this entire society together. God bless.
No. We shouldn't be getting high at all. And coming from a heavy smoker all my life. It's been almost 3 years free of weed now and I've been following Christ for 13 years. So for 9 years in my walk with Christ it was always a conviction. Thankyou Jesus for breaking chains
George reaffirms his anxiety each time he said “ I have anxiety “
He’s owning it
Each time
He should be rebuking it in Jesus name
people who dont smoke have the craziest ideas about weed.
I smoke Sativa and i actually feel closer to God when I do. My prayers are longer i actually feel the gospel music it’s just a better experience.
For any Christians that want to smoke I say smoke sativa try to stay away from indica (lazy weed)
Sativa allows you to still be active and can sometimes get you deep in your thoughts it helps me self reflect.
Indica is for winding down after work or before you got to bed.
Yea I feel the same way and like they say in the comments if you feel convicted you should stop, I still smoke myself but I need to lay off the indica and slow down on the smoking i don’t feel weed is bad it’s how you handle it because like you said indica winds you down and gets you lazy that’s when you can be vulnerable to satans attacks that’s why I feel they tell us not to smoke weed
@@jayrodaceo416 amen brother exactly! Also one more thing do still have dreams when you smoke?
@@jayrodaceo416weed comes from god anything that comes or is made by has a purpose for it and is good weed is not the problem is you allowing your own thoughts to be deceive by satan too make yu feel like you life aint wroth nothing weed don't do that satan does learn demonology learn how demons use your mind too get your heart weed is just a plant that doesn't do nothing but make you feel good nor it brings negative feelings or thoughts thats all on yourself
Yeah, many people in the comments are condemning it because they used it for the wrong purpose hence their judgement on it. But as youve said, if you use it to connect more with the Bible, I dont see it being bad. We have to understand what weed does, it just amplifies who you are and how you are thinking and feeling. So if your ways are not good, youll just feel convicted
I ONLY SMOKE SATIVA AND I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IAM NOT ALONE IN THIS AS A NEW FOLLOWER OF CHRIST i DON'T THINK ITS WRONG AND I DON'T FEEL CONVICTION WHEN I DO BECAUSE I AM FOCUS ON GOD WORD OR PRAISING GOD
When I smoke I become hyper conscious of who I am, what I’m doing with my life, what I put into my body, who I associate with how I treat people. I think it honestly does me good I don’t have any negative side effects other than sometimes paranoia and guilt
That doesn’t matter though. If the bible tells you to stay sober minded (1 Peter 5:8) then you stay sober minded. CBD is from God because it doesn’t get you high and it heals, THC is from the devil because it gets you high which the bible says not to be or do.
Personally, I think drunkenness would be the "over"use of any substances that would interfere with your sobriety or have any effect on your natural state of being. So imo getting high and drinking alcohol to the point where you start to feel the effect would be included as a form of drunknness.
this.
100% If ur blacking out, that's not good. But remember, Jesus first miracle was making more wine cuz the ppl drank all of it. So it's certainly alright to alter one's state of mind, as long as u don't lose control of urself
As a christian trying my best to walk with the lord, weed was something I had to give up. The lord made it clear for me. for reasons that are biblical - everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial (1 cor. 10:23) and also, denying the desires of my flesh (galatians 5:17-21). I came to a point in smoking where in my flesh demanded it and that's when it clicked for me. and I also i agree with what you meant by drunkness not just being alcohol but also about any substance that interferes. The red flags for me when it comes to anything we consume are when if God suddenly asks me to give it up, will i struggle ? if i will, when it's time to give it up to God.
There's no smoking weed nor drinking without feeling the effects
@@aclark210tolerance. Sometimes you might not feel the effects, but you’re definitely affected.
I have very bad adhd and would take pills for it in school but didn’t like the way they made me feel so at 15 I started smoking weed after seeing my friends be so chill off of it. I smoked every day and at 22 when my now wife and me started going to church I still smoked even after service and my wife mentioned to me I don’t need weed for anxiety, to concentrate or any other reason I give myself, and told me to pray about it. so I prayed about it and said if it’s wrong before you god please take it out of my life, but kept smoking and one day after service I get home and smoke before sleeping, my heart felt uneasy and I just kept getting thoughts that what I was doing was wrong and I know now it wasn’t just me but it was the Holy Spirit making me feel uneasy and letting me know I don’t need weed but I need more of god and his guidance. Going on one year now and I haven’t even desired to smoke. Everybody has their change at different times but if we feel we are doing something wrong and can’t shake it then know it’s not just in your head, it’s wrong. “The lord is my shepherd: I shall not want”
As an ex stoner I recognize all the excuses and the cope George is using because I did the same thing, but if he thought it was really good for him he wouldn’t feel the need to defend it and have others approve of it.
Iv been smoking week for 25 years. Recently i started reading scripture, praying and working on my relationship w God. Iv often wondered about this myself
I've been smoking pot for almost 5years and I'm in my mid 20s. I started smoking pot after my breakup and I got addicted. Trying to quit is very hard for me. But I hope I'll be clean one day.
Don’t let your girl be in the third seat like that. I’m not saying it’s the same thing but listen to her and validate her. She had good talking points and I felt she got brushed off.
God bless homie! Happy for yalls engagement!
Maaaan! I really appreciate this question…Thank you for covering it!
I was scared to watch this for the longest, I’m thankful for this. Everything George said is where my mind is.
If you think it's wrong your being convicted
It should be convicting. The problem is some have seared their conscious about the justification of sinful behavior, so when marijuana is called out, they participate in it with limits as if God smiles at “limited sinning”. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
God knows our hearts and if he believes this is leading us in the wrong direction it will stop
@@BrittanyProctor-j4p you’re right. God knows our hearts are deceitful above all things and can lead us astray (Jeremiah 17:9). Plus we don’t do something just because it makes us feel good (like getting high), because that’s called pleasing the flesh which is not walking in the Spirit which we’re called to do and pursue holiness (without it we won’t see God).
@@sw8661 you are so wrong. Do you think doesn’t want you to enjoy this world ? Making love with your wife feels good , eating when hungry feels good , taking a dump feels good. God doesn’t want you in pain and absent from pleasure of this dimension. It’s the meaning you give it , if you put anything above God you are a fool and that can be same with food and baths and any other thing that is pleasurable and natural. Jesus didn’t drink wine he drank grape juice . Al Khul (alcohol) is a straight opening for demon influence. Cannabis on the other hand is not , smoking cannabis is bad for the lungs you borrowed from God . When you are with God you don’t feel anxiety and if you do , just pray to God trough Jesus and you will be good. Putting anything to be valuable or important more than obedience to God is wrong. Personally I have no problem with the plant , it’s when you start idolizing the plant putting yourself in non clear minded states and not doing your duty of bringing people to the Kingdom or hurting your body is when it’s a problem. You have an endocannabinoid system in your body , which means we have been nurturing and caring for this plant for thousands of years it’s not a wild plant it’s domesticated and obviously valuable to the human
@@sw8661theres nothing in the bible saying it
I have the same struggles in my mind with this topic. It's nice to hear you all speak about it so openly and just laugh and also ask genuine questions out of concern. I grew up smoking & never liked drinking that much, but at some point, I did realize that if smoking took priority over prayer and putting God first... that's an issue. Clarity of mind when completely sober for a time is nice, and the dreams I have are wild! I like to think that much of life is about balance and, yeah, everything in moderation. Like all other things, sometimes we need to put it aside and dedicate a chunk of our time to devotion, prayers, fasting and being in the word. God bless you all. Love you guys
Amen this is how i do it and others dont understand. Oh well. God loves me and HE knows I know in my heart that nothing comes above him. I see it as a blessing that I am even alive to experience HIM in all ways
This was a great conversation. What I took away from this is "understanding and purpose"
A few nights ago I was smoking weed and I was watching a tic tok video and a prayer video came up was going to scroll past it but I stayed and I was crying by the end of the video and I threw the blunt away and watched the passion of Jesus Christ and I want to have a closer relationship to him. I know I have other sins I need to confess but I bought a bible today and want to be a better person through Jesus
For someone who was all into drugs and weed.
I'll tell yout this if it comes between you getting closer to God or if you start getting withdrawals. And if it's a source of need in your life without any prescription ide advise you to quit. Cause then we start to idolize it, and also we have to stay sober minded, and it's just not including drugs and alcohol being sober minded is to live with peace in your mind as well.
I bren smoking weed all my 69 yrs and I never had no idols come pn don't be fooled God made weed
Thank you for asking this question and for being honest about it. You spoke my exact thoughts, concerns and even “excuses” including the scripture from Genesis “ all herbs with seeds are good for consumption” plus there are more. The expounding is very helpful.
I just want to sleep.
What i know from my experience with smoking loud is it open doors to demons so I retired from smoking
11:30 he answers his own question. If you feel like your wronging the Lord, that is him convicting you
George looks like me talking to my youth leader😂😂 complete denial
My husband smokes and he is a Christian who reads the Bible daily he has pain so once he got clean from the pain pills he was addicted to for years that Drs pumped into him so this is the most natural way to help the pain he never seems like a stoner he uses a one hitter he isn’t smoking blunts all day long so I see nothing wrong with it. Also he doesn’t feel any conviction doing it so I think with his moral compass God would convict him if it was wrong.
Sorry your husband is a junkie
Same here. I have had 2 kidney transplants, histoplasmosis, and arthritis and after going to rehab for opioids I still had pain that needed dealt with.
I wrote a piece on here above you. Reading everyone’s comment to see the trend of this topic and of course you are going to get your NO it’s wrong (but that’s not helpful) I relate to your husband and I want to pray for you guys. I smoke because I have tried everything in earth to help. Now you will get the oh well pray and God will take it away. People Love to throw that out. And while I would NEVER pass Judgement on anyone, we do make Judgment Calls. With that said if you hanging with the boys rolling up fatties ( I don’t know the lingo lol) well that in my humble opinion is wrong. You are opening the door for Satan to walk right in. But like your husband he was fighting demons already with Rx stuff. It was never made to help it was made to Profit. Are there genuine people who want to help in that field of course. But that’s not the case everywhere especially big Pharma. I just can’t see the sin when the intention is to help yourself and not have a good time. If I want a good time I play golf, I roll (BJJ) and go to Bible studies with my friends. If I want to SLEEP. I take an edible and smoke a blunt. I wait an hour or so for the edible to metabolize and I’m off to bed. Wake up the next day refreshed and SERVE GOD. Every min of that day. Kati I pray for your family. May you always have Favor from God. My belief is he overcame those demons and is in a better place. Maybe a better husband, father, etc. for it. To me that’s a testimony in itself. I see no wrong doing but if you read my post I’m in the same boat. Except I fear the Rx so I never take them. I just dealt with the pain and lack of sleep. God bless you
Same. I was addicted to pain pills for close 15 years.
@Free_Palestine_From_Hamasi agree with you, im not arguing but asking a question in seeking truth. The scriptures do state more than once to be sober minded. Your take on that?
I’d like to ad George, I had this convo with some buddies and the difference between a glass of wine and a few buffs of ganja is that smoking weed can’t exactly be feathered, your either high or not high and even if your a little high your still not in a clear state of mind. Just like being drunk. You can’t perform as well as you would be able to if you were sober. In the Bible it says “be sober and be vigilant” 1 Peter 5:8 the devil can come into your home and the lord may come at any moment. Do you want to be found drunk? Or high? When the lord comes. I always say “don’t get cought with your pants down when Jesus comes back again” 😂
That just shows that you have a fundamental misunderstanding as to how marijuana works. There is very much so a spectrum to a thc high. With traditional leaf it's difficult to control, but with edibles or tinctures it can definitely be a subtle, almost un-noticable feeling.
George, I relate to everything you said here. Thank you so much for having the courage and humility to ask the two GOAT's this question, it really helped.
People don't understand what it does for adults who have ADHD really bad.
I've been smoking for 25 years I don't wake up groggy if I smoked the night before, I agree with a lot of things that's being said here like it's easier to focus it's definitely good for calming you down like I have ADHD I was on Ritalin when I was little and this is so much better. I've been smoking since I was 14 years old I'm almost 40 and it's not something that makes you want to go out and do something stupid like alcohol does alcohol gives bad thoughts it always does . If I drink one I need to drink another and then another. Personally I feel like alcohol is the gateway drug it makes you want to do things that you normally wouldn't do, marijuana on the other hand makes you not want to do stuff that can harm you or be outrageous.
I agree I feel like I make safer decisions after smoking marijuana. With that said, I still have this internal struggle with me fighting if it’s okay or not. I feel like I abuse it which I don’t want to do, but I don’t think the plant itself is bad.
I feel it is one of the plants that is there for you to use. It helps with so much including your relationship with the Lord because it makes you contemplative.