His Steps Ministries

11/01/2017

Urgent Prayer Request

Please pray for Tim Brown, the president and founder of His Steps. He was attacked by a shark while wading in the waters near Panama City. The shark bite hit an artery in his lower leg. Tim was able to tie a tourniquet around his leg and wade back to shore, but he had lost a lot of blood in the process. An ambulance has rushed Tim to a ranger station where he will be air-lifted to a hospital in Panama City. Pray for the Lord’s mercies as Tim waits to get a blood transfusion and as he attempts to recover. We'll try to update as we hear news.

09/06/2016

Despite increasingly potent ma*****na, people continue to believe it's harmless. They have felt this way about its spiritual impact for a long time. Now the deception is moving toward their belief about its physical impact.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831223748.htm

An increasing number of US adults are using ma*****na, as fewer people perceive the drug as harmful, according to a survey of over 500000 US adults conducted between 2002 and 2014. As ma*****na has become increasingly potent over the past decade, the authors say that the findings suggest the need fo...

08/24/2016

Most addicts will do anything they can to hide their addiction. But many of them are hiding more than their addiction -- they're hiding their despair as well. Now you can reach out to addicts and offer them hope. His Steps has a new rack card churches can display in their foyers. Addicts can pick them up anonymously, and find the hope they desperately need. If your church would like to display these rack cards, please message us with the church name, a contact name, and address. We'll send the rack cards out free of charge. And let us know if you need a stand to put them in. We'll include one in the package as well.

06/29/2016

His Steps Founder and President Tim Brown just published a blog post "When Your Adult Child Is an Addict" on the ACBC website. Read it here:

June 21, 2016 When Your Adult Child is an Addict by Tim Brown Many years ago my wife and I were devastated by the realization that our son was addicted to drugs. Our Lord used this circumstance in our family to show us that His Word had the answers we were looking for. Second Peter 1:3 says, “His di...

06/17/2016

Great article on counseling the addict from Scripture.

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ff7d3edfd33fcc2b5f1fdf3ad&id=9f440fc9df

The majority of our substance abuse counselees come to biblical counseling having been in a secular treatment program. In those programs, they are told they have a disease and they are given “treatment” according to the medical model. When a person has been down that road with no lasting success, he...

06/14/2016

Coming September 24th, His Steps Ministries in Woodstock, GA is holding a training seminar to help equip your church members to identify addiction issues and handle them biblically.

In this seminar, you’ll learn:
• Why the Scriptures have all the answers to handle every form of addiction.
• If addiction has a clear physical impact, why doesn’t the Bible consider it a disease.
• How to identify the signs of addiction in friends and loved ones.
• What you need to know before you start the conversation with an addict.
• How to start that very difficult conversation.
• The difference between rehab programs and evangelism/discipleship programs.
• How to give an addict hope that they don’t have to live in bo***ge ever again.

There will be a nominal cost for the training, mainly to cover lunch, snacks, and materials. Save the date! Details will be out shortly.

06/10/2016

Did you know that teenagers who view s*xually explicit material are more likely to have used alcohol or other illicit substances during their most recent s*xual encounter. The earlier someone begins using a substance, the more likely it is that he or she will become addicted. Therefore, teens who develop a p**n addiction are at a greater risk for developing a substance abuse disorder as well.

06/10/2016

Did you know that there is a significant correlation between s*xual addiction and substance use disorders.
o According to some research, an estimated 40-64% of s*x addicts also have a substance abuse disorder.
o Alcohol abuse is most common, present in 30-40%, followed by ma*****na abuse, present in 18-21.7%.

05/20/2016

Many young college-age athletes end up at His Steps because of painkillers. Is there a connection between sports injuries (and other injuries) and addiction? And one study says yes:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151203132747.htm

The first nationally representative studies in the US to examine the linkages between nonmedical use of opioids and he**in in high school seniors examined associations between frequency and recency of nonmedical use of opioids and he**in.

05/18/2016

Did you know: Chemically, there’s little difference between he**in and the drugs used in painkillers. Any type of surgery, even low-risk surgery, that requires pain management aftercare makes the patient 44 times more likely to be classified later as "long-term opioid user" than if they didn't have the surgery. (JAMA, 3/12/12)

05/16/2016

Welcome to the new His Steps page. Please "like" the page and write on our timeline. We want to connect with you!