We often think of deliverance as a violent struggle of willpower. We try to grit our teeth and resist the craving for one more day. But willpower alone rarely breaks the flesh.

“Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16

There is a better way. When people are baptized in the Holy Spirit and pray in tongues regularly, the desire for the addiction disappears.

Gang members in New York and addicts in Hong Kong shared the same experience. As they prayed in the Spirit, the urge for the drug left them without a cold-turkey struggle.

Grace changes the heart from within. When you walk in the Spirit, the Holy Spirit fills you with new life. You do not spend your energy fighting old habits.

True freedom is the gift of a new desire, not merely the strength to resist an old one.