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IN ALL FAIRNESS AND LOVE, IT IS WRONGE TO JUDGE SOMEONE. I WILL SAY THIS HOWEVER, I USED TO SMOKE WHILE I WAS IN NURSING SCHOOL, ALONG WITH THE OTHER'S, I KIND OF WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH MAYBE A FEW OTHERS, WHO DIDN'T SMOKE, WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR THE BREAK INBETWEEN CLASSES. PEER PRESSURE, WHETHER IT'S SMOKING, DRINKING, WHAT EVER, CAN SUCK YOU INTO IT. WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY SECOND DAUGHTER, I DID CHAIN SMOKE FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I KNEW IT WASN'T GOOD AND PRAYED AND FINALLY DID QUIT, FOR THE FACT THAT I WAS CARRYING A CHILD. EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A NURSING STUDENT THAT SAID, SMOKING DOSN'T STUNT THE GROWTH, BECAUSE HER MOTHER SMOKED ALL THROUGH OUT HER MANY PREGNANCIES, AND ALL HER CHILDREN WERE NEARLY 6 FOOTERS. AFTER MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN, MAYBE A FEW HERE AND THERE, JUST OUT OF NERVOUS NESS OR STRESS, BUT I KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME, EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS BIRTHED. SOMETHING LIVING, AND SOMETHING THAT I CHERISH AND LOVE, THE HOLY SPIRIT. FOR THAT FACT, OF THE LIVING PRESENCE WITHIN, I DID QUIT AND WITH PRAYER NEVER RETURNED TO IT. IT'S NO USE SAYING ALL KINDS OF BAD THINGS TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT. BUT NOT TO ADDRESS ANY ONE, AN ADDICTION, A HABIT IS LIKE IT IS. PORNAGRAPHY IS AN ADDICTION , AND HABIT, A STRESS BUSTER FOR SOME. ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT MARRIED. YOU KNOW THAT VIEWING SEX STIMULATES AN AREA OF THE BRAIN, AS A DRUG. THE COLLAGES HAVE COMPUTORS, WHERE THE GUYS ON THE BREAK, INDULGE IN WATCHING SOME FEMALES IN SCANT UNDER GARMENTS, NOT NECESSARILY PORN, BUT AN ESCAPE. WHAT IS AN ADDICTION, A BONDAGE TO SOMETHING. JESUS CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVE FREE. WITHOUT JUDGING ANOTHER, THE CHOICE ULTIMATELY BELONGS TO THE PERSON. IF YOU ARE IN CONTROL, THAN THE THINGS DOSN'T HAVE YOU. THE DECISION NEEDS TO COME FROM THAT PERSON. THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD. WHETHER IT IS TO BREAK THE CHAINS OF SMOKING, OR OTHER ADDICTIONS. EACH ONE IS AT A DIFFERENT SPIRITUAL LEVEL THAN ANOTHER AND LETTING THE HOLY SPIRIT DO IT'S WORK, IS HIS JOB, NOT OURS. SORRY FOR ANY HARSH WORDS. MAY THE LORD BLESS, STRENGTEN, AND LEAD EVERY SMOKER, NO ONE SHOULD BE COMPARED TO ANOTHER, EVERYONE IS PRECIOUS AND VALUED IN GOD'S SIGHT, AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR SOME , HE CAN DO FOR ANOTHER. 
I DO SAY YOUR WORDS REDTENT ARE VERY WISE. I'M SO GLAD YOU FINALLY DID GET VICTORY OVER IT. SOMETIMES IT'S A CHOICE ALSO. WHEN I GO TO THE DELI THE COST OF THEM IS LIKE YOU COULD BUY 2 GALLONS OR MORE OF MILK FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY A WEEK ON ONE PACK. IT TAKES WISDOM AND INTERVENTION, PRAYER AND SUPPORT. THERE'S MANY THINGS IN LIFE THAT COULD CAUSE STRESS, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S TIMES. JESUS HELP EVERYONE WHO NEEDS HELP WITH THIS.
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 
