We believe Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. We believe His life, death and resurrection freed us from the bondage of slavery to sin. We believe He is our only hope, and without him we are left hopeless and broken. As one theologian said, “Our hearts are an idol factory.” If we don't worship God for who He is, we will constantly create idols in our hearts to worship. The addictions we deal with is a misplaced worship.
Fishers Farm believes that Scripture gives us the answers we need to live the life God intended us to live. We can only do this through surrendering to Christ. This means to say, “I tried to live life the way I wanted, but it lead me astray.” It means knowing I had turned my back to the way God says life should be lived and chose my own way. Surrender means saying, “I need you, Lord, to put all of this brokenness back together, and I choose to follow You and Your will above my own.”
At Fishers Farm, we believe addiction is sin, and that it is not a disease as the world labels it. We believe there is hope in overcoming addiction through the gospel. We believe, as with any sin, that a person needs to repent (to turn away) from the addiction and run to Jesus. We believe that a person who does this is not an “addict” and shouldn't live his or her life being labeled as that. They are a new creation, a child of God.
We do not believe that someone who trusts in Christ is powerless to drugs or alcohol or other forms of addiction. Scripture tells us different—that we have the power to overcome sin. That is why we take a different approach from the 12 steps. We believe a person in “addiction” can truly be set free. We believe this because Scripture tells us this truth, and we have seen it many times in our own lives.
Fishers Farm works towards the transformation of a person— to see them brought to the place where they live the life God intended for them— free from sin, worshiping God and making His name known. We know this can only be done by the power of God.
Statistics:
1) Since the year 2000, the rate of deaths due to drug overdoses has increased by 137 percent!
2) in 2014, there were 47,000 deaths due to drug overdoses. That's more deaths than from car accidents or guns.
3) In the state of Alabama there was a 19% increase in deaths caused by drug overdoses from 2013 to 2014.
Fishers Farm believes that Scripture gives us the answers we need to live the life God intended us to live. We can only do this through surrendering to Christ. This means to say, “I tried to live life the way I wanted, but it lead me astray.” It means knowing I had turned my back to the way God says life should be lived and chose my own way. Surrender means saying, “I need you, Lord, to put all of this brokenness back together, and I choose to follow You and Your will above my own.”
At Fishers Farm, we believe addiction is sin, and that it is not a disease as the world labels it. We believe there is hope in overcoming addiction through the gospel. We believe, as with any sin, that a person needs to repent (to turn away) from the addiction and run to Jesus. We believe that a person who does this is not an “addict” and shouldn't live his or her life being labeled as that. They are a new creation, a child of God.
We do not believe that someone who trusts in Christ is powerless to drugs or alcohol or other forms of addiction. Scripture tells us different—that we have the power to overcome sin. That is why we take a different approach from the 12 steps. We believe a person in “addiction” can truly be set free. We believe this because Scripture tells us this truth, and we have seen it many times in our own lives.
Fishers Farm works towards the transformation of a person— to see them brought to the place where they live the life God intended for them— free from sin, worshiping God and making His name known. We know this can only be done by the power of God.
Statistics:
1) Since the year 2000, the rate of deaths due to drug overdoses has increased by 137 percent!
2) in 2014, there were 47,000 deaths due to drug overdoses. That's more deaths than from car accidents or guns.
3) In the state of Alabama there was a 19% increase in deaths caused by drug overdoses from 2013 to 2014.