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And when you reach out to a person with an addiction, use the acronym LOVE as a guide:
L-Listen. Get to know them on a personal level. Don’t offer any advice until you’ve listened. Don’t be d person who wants to tell them how to “get fixed” before u find out how they got broken
L-Listen. Get to know them on a personal level. Don’t offer any advice until you’ve listened. Don’t be d person who wants to tell them how to “get fixed” before u find out how they got broken
O—Offer support. Let the struggler know u are available to pray, wrestle with the issues, and stand with them through all the ups and downs of recovery from addiction.
As a representative of Christ, offer them a chance to hear the gospel and respond, even if it’s with what appears to be a weak faith.
V—Voice God’s truth. Don’t be embarrassed by the promises and prohibitions of the Scriptures. Find out what God has to say in His Word about breaking free of the world, and speak openly about it. Certainly the heart of the gospel is love.
Let your hearer know that though God accepts us just as we are, He loves us too much to leave us that way.
E—Esteem. All people deserve some level of respect simply because they have been made in the image of God, however marred that image may be. That doesn’t mean you must agree with them or support their activities,
but it means that you voice and show your respect as a living testimony that you belong to Christ.”
