smoking

[The_Patriot21]

I smoke chevys every day ....

[Greenie]

I wondered about this for weeks and weeks... i still smoke cigarettes, i quit weed instantly but i cant seem to kick the cigarette habit. I feel like God doesnt want me to smoke and i condem myself all the time . I also know theres no condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ.  I get confused about this all the time. I figure when the Holy Spirit tells me its time then that's when I quit. That's how it happened for my other bad habit 

[missmuffet]

I wonder how many Christians still smoke?? I do and I know I shouldn't and I have tried to stop. My main problem is that I enjoy a cigarette with a cup of coffee, after a meal, when i sit down to rest, and in between. For me a cigarette is a stimulant when I am tired or can't think straight; and a seditave when I am upset. I feel like I have leprosy when I light up anywhere but my house.. i respect others who don't smoke and if they visit me... I will smoke outside. Do you smoke????

No I don't smoke.  And I"m sure there are a lot of Christians that do.  However I worked in the medical field all my life and saw the results of this habit from having to live on oxygen to dying from lung cancer.  Our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit we need to watch what we put in that temple and what kind of a testimony you are putting out there.  You sound as if your replacing a cigarette for what the Lord could do for you if you trust Him and let Him do His work in your life.  Ask yourself a question.  Would you invite Jesus to join you for a cup of coffee with a cigarette in your hand our would you rather just sit with your Savior and tell Him how much you love Him and thank Him for all He has done for you?

I feel sure anyone would not want to smoke in front of Jesus and most likely would not if given a chance.  when they see him they will have already left the physical body which holds the addiction.

and second Jesus knows who smokes on earth and where their heart is; if he were to present himself to a smoker he would not be surprised about it.

 

What about people who are gluttons?That is just as much as a sin.Do you like to eat?What about gambling?What about those who break all of those "insignificant" laws such as going over the speed limit,going through a red light?You can not point your finger at just one sin.We are all sinners.

[coheir]

I wonder how many Christians still smoke?? I do and I know I shouldn't and I have tried to stop. My main problem is that I enjoy a cigarette with a cup of coffee, after a meal, when i sit down to rest, and in between. For me a cigarette is a stimulant when I am tired or can't think straight; and a seditave when I am upset. I feel like I have leprosy when I light up anywhere but my house.. i respect others who don't smoke and if they visit me... I will smoke outside. Do you smoke????

No I don't smoke.  And I"m sure there are a lot of Christians that do.  However I worked in the medical field all my life and saw the results of this habit from having to live on oxygen to dying from lung cancer.  Our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit we need to watch what we put in that temple and what kind of a testimony you are putting out there.  You sound as if your replacing a cigarette for what the Lord could do for you if you trust Him and let Him do His work in your life.  Ask yourself a question.  Would you invite Jesus to join you for a cup of coffee with a cigarette in your hand our would you rather just sit with your Savior and tell Him how much you love Him and thank Him for all He has done for you?

I feel sure anyone would not want to smoke in front of Jesus and most likely would not if given a chance.  when they see him they will have already left the physical body which holds the addiction.

and second Jesus knows who smokes on earth and where their heart is; if he were to present himself to a smoker he would not be surprised about it.

 

What about people who are gluttons?That is just as much as a sin.Do you like to eat?What about gambling?What about those who break all of those "insignificant" laws such as going over the speed limit,going through a red light?You can not point your finger at just one sin.We are all sinners.

If I did that I apologise did not mean to step on any toes.

[missmuffet]

I wonder how many Christians still smoke?? I do and I know I shouldn't and I have tried to stop. My main problem is that I enjoy a cigarette with a cup of coffee, after a meal, when i sit down to rest, and in between. For me a cigarette is a stimulant when I am tired or can't think straight; and a seditave when I am upset. I feel like I have leprosy when I light up anywhere but my house.. i respect others who don't smoke and if they visit me... I will smoke outside. Do you smoke????

No I don't smoke.  And I"m sure there are a lot of Christians that do.  However I worked in the medical field all my life and saw the results of this habit from having to live on oxygen to dying from lung cancer.  Our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit we need to watch what we put in that temple and what kind of a testimony you are putting out there.  You sound as if your replacing a cigarette for what the Lord could do for you if you trust Him and let Him do His work in your life.  Ask yourself a question.  Would you invite Jesus to join you for a cup of coffee with a cigarette in your hand our would you rather just sit with your Savior and tell Him how much you love Him and thank Him for all He has done for you?

I feel sure anyone would not want to smoke in front of Jesus and most likely would not if given a chance.  when they see him they will have already left the physical body which holds the addiction.

and second Jesus knows who smokes on earth and where their heart is; if he were to present himself to a smoker he would not be surprised about it.

 

What about people who are gluttons?That is just as much as a sin.Do you like to eat?What about gambling?What about those who break all of those "insignificant" laws such as going over the speed limit,going through a red light?You can not point your finger at just one sin.We are all sinners.

If I did that I apologise did not mean to step on any toes.

I appreciate your apology I just want people to look at the whole picture and themselves before they point fingers.

[other one]

I wondered about this for weeks and weeks... i still smoke cigarettes, i quit weed instantly but i cant seem to kick the cigarette habit. I feel like God doesnt want me to smoke and i condem myself all the time . I also know theres no condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ.  I get confused about this all the time. I figure when the Holy Spirit tells me its time then that's when I quit. That's how it happened for my other bad habit 

I would suggest that you go down to your local hospital and set with people dieing from Lung Cancer....     See if the hospital will let you volunteer to help that person as much as you can off and on until they expire.....    when you have seen that once or twice, I think you will have little to no trouble quitting....     Experiencing a tumor rupturing and filling someone's lungs with blood and them coughing and spitting it all over everywhere, just is not a thing to experience anywhere else.

I can't tell you that smoking is a sin......    but I can tell you that you don't want to die that way.

[missmuffet]

I wondered about this for weeks and weeks... i still smoke cigarettes, i quit weed instantly but i cant seem to kick the cigarette habit. I feel like God doesnt want me to smoke and i condem myself all the time . I also know theres no condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ.  I get confused about this all the time. I figure when the Holy Spirit tells me its time then that's when I quit. That's how it happened for my other bad habit 

I would suggest that you go down to your local hospital and set with people dieing from Lung Cancer....     See if the hospital will let you volunteer to help that person as much as you can off and on until they expire.....    when you have seen that once or twice, I think you will have little to no trouble quitting....     Experiencing a tumor rupturing and filling someone's lungs with blood and them coughing and spitting it all over everywhere, just is not a thing to experience anywhere else.

I can't tell you that smoking is a sin......    but I can tell you that you don't want to die that way.

I  see your point but I have also seen those who weigh 500 lbs.Overweight is a problem too oo.It is gluttony and it is a sin.Just watch a huge van load up that person to take them to a special MRI machine because they are too heavy to get in one at the hospital.They have to go to a special Veterinarian clinic that handles large animals.That is also very embarrassing for the patient.

Then go look at some of the patients that have ruined their liver from drinking too much.You will find that person because they are orange in color.

Smoking is an addiction.It may be as addicting as heroin.Then you have those addicted to hard drugs.But the biggest problem right now is those in upper middle class who are addicted to prescription drugs.It might be interesting to go to a rehab center and watch what they have to go through to get off of that stuff.

[other one]

Actually smoking and heroin is very similiar......      both are much harder to kick than alcohol or other addictive things...   even pot is much easier than tobacco.

While it may be a sin, I would not put over eating on the level of durggs.    I've stopped smoking and I've lost about 70 pounds and kept it off so I have had a bit of experience in those two areas.    I have acquaintances that have been heroin addicts and they tell  me that that is about the same as tobacco.  I have no experience with the hard drugs like Percocet except from surgeries, but the three times I had to take it to stand the pain, it made me see things that were really frightening.....    not a recreational drug for me....   I don't need to experience Halloween every day.

 

 

[missmuffet]

Actually smoking and heroin is very similiar......      both are much harder to kick than alcohol or other addictive things...   even pot is much easier than tobacco.

While it may be a sin, I would not put over eating on the level of durggs.    I've stopped smoking and I've lost about 70 pounds and kept it off so I have had a bit of experience in those two areas.    I have acquaintances that have been heroin addicts and they tell  me that that is about the same as tobacco.  I have no experience with the hard drugs like Percocet except from surgeries, but the three times I had to take it to stand the pain, it made me see things that were really frightening.....    not a recreational drug for me....   I don't need to experience Halloween every day.

 

 

Gluttony is a sin.A very heavy person can be classified as disabled.Yes,it is about as difficult to stop smoking as it is to stop a heroin habit.Smoking is not a habit.You still do take Tramadol on a regular basis and I have read of the horrible addictions to that.It is an opiate.One should not point their finger at another until they take a look at them self.

[coheir]

I wonder how many Christians still smoke?? I do and I know I shouldn't and I have tried to stop. My main problem is that I enjoy a cigarette with a cup of coffee, after a meal, when i sit down to rest, and in between. For me a cigarette is a stimulant when I am tired or can't think straight; and a seditave when I am upset. I feel like I have leprosy when I light up anywhere but my house.. i respect others who don't smoke and if they visit me... I will smoke outside. Do you smoke????

No I don't smoke.  And I"m sure there are a lot of Christians that do.  However I worked in the medical field all my life and saw the results of this habit from having to live on oxygen to dying from lung cancer.  Our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit we need to watch what we put in that temple and what kind of a testimony you are putting out there.  You sound as if your replacing a cigarette for what the Lord could do for you if you trust Him and let Him do His work in your life.  Ask yourself a question.  Would you invite Jesus to join you for a cup of coffee with a cigarette in your hand our would you rather just sit with your Savior and tell Him how much you love Him and thank Him for all He has done for you?

I feel sure anyone would not want to smoke in front of Jesus and most likely would not if given a chance.  when they see him they will have already left the physical body which holds the addiction.

and second Jesus knows who smokes on earth and where their heart is; if he were to present himself to a smoker he would not be surprised about it.

 

What about people who are gluttons?That is just as much as a sin.Do you like to eat?What about gambling?What about those who break all of those "insignificant" laws such as going over the speed limit,going through a red light?You can not point your finger at just one sin.We are all sinners.

If I did that I apologise did not mean to step on any toes.

I appreciate your apology I just want people to look at the whole picture and themselves before they point fingers.

thanks for the appreciation, ill step out so as not to repeat any other toe stomping.