{"id":1509,"date":"2023-05-22T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2023-05-22T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:29:56","slug":"obsession-colossians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1509","title":{"rendered":"Obsession  :: COLOSSIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 5\/21\/23 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the nature of obsession?  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Obsession.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Obsession.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Obsession-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Obsession-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sometimes it is like an addictive drug<\/strong>, and is intoxicating.  It is obsession when we can&#8217;t let it go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sometimes obsession is helpful, but not often.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sometimes the problem with obsession is not the object, but the obsessor. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trusting Christ frees you from obsession. <\/strong> The basis of your freedom is the transformation that came with Christ.  The outcome of this transformation is effective change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Live your new identity in Christ.  <\/strong>It is safe to do this  because your transformation is secured by Christ.  A glorious transition is coming.  You are capable of doing this.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3925\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1509-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230521ObsessionCOLOSSIANS.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230521ObsessionCOLOSSIANS.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230521ObsessionCOLOSSIANS.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230521ObsessionCOLOSSIANS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=1509-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230521ObsessionCOLOSSIANS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20230521ObsessionCOLOSSIANS.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 5\/21\/23 by Pastor Steve Shields. What is the nature of obsession? Sometimes it is like an addictive drug, and is intoxicating. It is obsession when we can&#8217;t let it go. Sometimes obsession is helpful, but not often. Sometimes the problem with obsession is not the object, but the obsessor. Trusting &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1509\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Obsession  :: COLOSSIANS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[309,311],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-colossians","tag-obsession"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvIY-ol","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}