Breaking Chains: Pursuing Authenticity Over Addiction

📖 Introduction

Welcome to this 7-day Bible study on addiction, focusing specifically on the modern challenge of addiction to image curation and the pursuit of authentic living. In a world driven by social media, where lives are often 'liked' more for appearance than reality, many find themselves trapped in an exhausting cycle of faking and crafting a perfect image. This addiction can rob us of our true identity and peace.

Through Scripture, reflection, and prayer, this study will guide you toward releasing the need to perform or fabricate life for others’ approval, and instead, allow God to lead you into freedom. The journey will encourage you to explore what it means to be truly authentic before God, who sees and loves the true you—not just the curated version.

Each day’s devotional explores a facet of this struggle and the hope found in God’s Word: confronting the lies we believe about ourselves, understanding God’s unique design and love for us, surrendering control, and cultivating genuine relationships rooted in truth. This is a time for personal reflection and honest prayer, where God's grace invites you to step out of the shadows of pretense into the light of His acceptance and peace.

As you embark on this study, remember: authenticity begins with being known and loved by God just as you are. No filters, no masks—only real life with Him, who calls you by name and offers true freedom.