This week's devotion is entitled:

Trait #8: Freedom from Substances

Your body is a temple, and the Lord wants you to respect it by only putting into it what is good for it. If you get drunk and party on the weekends, your witness any other day of the week will be hurt and you will be accused of hypocrisy. Read these verses on substance abuse and pray the prayer following them. This week I encourage you to memorize one or all of the verses and pray this prayer every night so that you can attain this Christian Character Trait.

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
~1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)

Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.
~Ephesians 5:18 (NLT)

We should be decent and true in everything we do, so that everyone can approve of our behavior. Don't participate in wild parties and getting drunk, or in adultery and immoral living, or in fighting and jealousy.
Romans 13:13 (NLT)

Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
~Proverbs 20:1 (NIV)

Dear Heavenly Father God,

Thank You for filling me with the Holy Spirit and the power to overcome any addiction with Your help and strength. Help me to stay away from drugs, alcohol, wild parties, and all forms of immorality. Help me to avoid the peer pressure and the temptation to do those things and show me the way out of the temptation should I find myself in it, Lord. Thank You for giving me Your Word to tell me what is right and wrong. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.