Overcoming strongholds in your life

Ever reached a point in life where you feel that you really need a change. You can no longer stand the status quo. You are fed up of the habits that are creating a negative character in your life. You try and try to let go of these habits as much as you can but still you seem not to have any breakthrough. Guess what, you are not alone.
Habits that we get accustomed to over time become addictions and these addictions become strong holds in our lives. Change in this instance can only come by the grace of God. It can happen that you try for a while to let go of that habit and may even go to Church and give a testimony about the break through, but shortly after you find yourself slipping back to those old habits again. These addictions could be anything like alcoholism, bitterness, unforgiveness, keeping wrong company, deception, envy, casting lots, hypocrisy, quarreling. You keep trying your best to change but you don't succeed. You need a break badly, you feel you just need to break free.
Well, i want to encourage you not to give up. In this world we are to face so many tribulations but again victory is ours. It is possible to make a change. God promised us that in this world, we will face so many tribulations, but lets be of good cheer because he has overcome the world. I have discovered that God is with us in all that we go through and we need to accept this and surrender all our situations to him. God promised to give us his holy spirit which comes with the fruits of love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, gentleness, humbleness and self control. All we need to overcome all the strongholds we have in this life is the holy spirit of God that comes with all these fruits to set us free.
I will mention it again that change is not easy, it is not easy but it is possible. You may fail 100 times but if you keep trying, you will succeed. You will live to see the change you need in your life.
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
As you work on overcoming your addiction, the biggest battle field is in the mind. You need to change all thoughts that feed the spirit of that addiction you want to break. The bible says that if we resist the devil, he will flee from us. This resistance begins in the mind. Find a way to change your thoughts to the new pattern you want to see in your life.
As a man thinketh in his mind, so does he become. Think new, think different, think positive and all this will translate into energies creating the reforms you need in your life. Please do not put it off for tommorow, take a decision to break free from the addictions you have today and this will bring the change you need in your life.  Live full in the love of God and no more should you allow any addiction to take control of your life.