Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send

forth Your Spirit and they shall be created, and You shall renew the

face of the earth.

O God, who has taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that by the gift of the same Spirit, we may be always truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation

through Christ our Lord. Amen.

FREEDOM

Freedomaccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church

• 1731 Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will one shapes one's own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude.

• 1732 As long as freedom has not bound itself definitively to its ultimate good which is God, there is the possibility of choosing between good and evil, and thus of growing in perfection or of failing and sinning. This freedom characterizes properly human acts. It is the basis of praise or blame, merit or reproach.

Freedomaccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church

• 1733 The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin."

(Rom 6:17)

Freedomaccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Are you free?

You can be FREE

1. Discover What You

Really Need

Do you have a hidden

addiction?

addiction– any action that

(1)you do it repeatedly

(2)can’t stop doing, and

(3)harmful to your life.

Why do you have hidden addiction(s) ???

- empty love tank

The Ways of Getting Ridof Addictions

1. Spontaneous Maturity2. Spiritual Conversion3. Go Back to Your Past4. Deal with the Present5. 12-Step Group

Approach6. Practical Approach

Walk Towards Your Freedom

Now

2. FOCUS ON YOUR AMBITION,Not on Your Addiction

Real Need Painful 

Feelings

Addiction

Anatomy of an Addiction

What you focus on,

grows!

The Illogical ThinkingThat We All Do

Genesis 25:29-34

M.A.G.I.C. DreamsM: Measurable

A: Ambitious

G: Godly

I: Imaginative

C: Complete

Wise Exchange, Anyone?

3. Love the Sinner and

Saint Within

Loving God, Loving Myself

Judas Iscariot:saint???

#1 on Loving Yourself:Forgive Yourself

Jeremiah 31:34

Isaiah 43:25

1 John 1:9

REAL SINS orIMAGINED SINS ???

Prayer of FreedomA Prayer for God’s

Forgiveness

Lord, forgive me now, in Jesus’ name. Forgive me

for all my sins and failures. I believe You love

me. I believe that Your love is bigger than my sins

and failures. Today, I receive Your forgiveness. Thank you for loving me.

A Proclamation for Self-Forgiveness

Today, I make a choice to forgive ME.I know that God has forgiven me. I don’t have to be perfect for me to love ME. I am a very good person

because God made me very good. As God loves me, so do I love ME. I no longer need to condemn ME. I am

forgiven by God, and I forgive ME, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

#2 on Loving Yourself:

Accept Your Weaknesses

“You don’t have to be perfect to

be loved.”

#3 on Loving Yourself:

Feel Your Feelings

“Feelings are the windows of the

soul.”

“When you feel your feelings

before the Presence of God’s love, in the end, you still do what God wants you to

do.”

#4 on Loving Yourself:

Trust Your Needs

What isdraining

you?

Celebrate Your Goodness!

Remind yourself that you’re a saint within.

4. Shape Your Outer World

Before It Shapes You

The Two Most Powerful Forces That

Shape Your Life:

RELATIONSHIPS

MEDIA

#1 on Shaping the Outer World:

Say NO to Toxic People

#2 on Shaping the Outer World:

Say YES to TERRIFIC People

#3 on Shaping the Outer World:

Control Your Media!

Are You the Good Samaritan?

Mark 2:20

5. Redefine Yourself!

Unless you change yourself-portrait, your life will

never change!

Check the Self-Portrait in Your Heart

1. Get your self-portrait from God.

2. Focus your eyes on your divine self-portrait.

3. No matter what happens, never give up your divine self-

portrait.

6. Get Rid of Toxic Faith

Distorted Image of God: He’s Judgmental

Distorted Understanding of Faithfulness:You’re Legalistic

Distorted Image of Self: You Feel Condemned

Distorted Faith: You Practice Hyper Faith

Distorted Faith System:You Become Spiritually Abused

Choose REAL FAITH

Toxic Faith – imagines God as a Judge that condemns and forces us to follow Him,

using threats and intimidation.

Real Faith – imagines God as patiently waiting for His child to leave his “cave” so

He could give Him his needs, to be blessed and loved.

7. Take Charge!

Three Favorite Beings to Blame:

1. another person2. the devil

3. God

Learned Helplessness &Learned Power

ALLOW LOVE TO HEAL YOU…