Suffer No More

By Sandra MCDERMOTT

This book identifies with my suffering and where it came from. Suffer No More can help guide you to freedom from addiction and any character defect that identifies you. When we are born, we are born with a sinful nature, and until we find God, there is no freedom from our sinful nature. Unless you believe in Christ as your personal Savior, you will struggle with the issues of sin for the rest of your life. But if you accept Christ as your Savior, you are then set free from your old sinful nature by the power of Jesus.

Suffer No More is just to help people see the light from all their darkness and to help people find freedom. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. Jesus paid the penalty. He willingly took on his body all the punishment that we deserved so we wouldnt have to. He died on the cross for all our sins so we could be set free and be made righteousness in God through Christ Jesus, if we are willing to turn our life over to his care.

Allow him to do the work in and through you by his Holy Spirit, and I promise you, you will be set free. Do the twelve steps to the best of your ability, and God will do beyond what you could ever dream or imagine. I pray this book will lead many to Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543449709

Sandra MCDERMOTT

Sandra McDermott was a woman stuck in her sin nature. Sandra was desperate to find love, only to find it in the wrong places. She became strung out on drugs and alcohol. Desperate for someone to love her, she searched in all the wrong places, and got lost within herself. She wants you to know that we have a Heavenly Father that desires to love us. For many years Sandra was searching for love and acceptance. Sandra's search lead her to some very dark places. From a life of heartache, difficulty, and desperation, Sandra cried out to God and is being transformed by him daily, If you want to know how Sandra was set free from her life of addiction and herself, If you want to know how she got through all her pain and suffering, she would love to share her truths with you. Sandra will share her step work with you and in the hope that you will come to know the savior as personally as she does. You will be encouraged to know Sandra has been clean and sober for four years now. She shares about her struggles that led her to her savior Jesus, you will be encouraged , challenged and touched by the personal experience, the spiritual insight, and bible references. Suffer No More will have you longing for the freedom we all desire, So go ahead and find out who you are in Christ Sandra sure did and she never looks back. Sandra McDermott is an active grandmother involved in recovery helping woman new to sobriety. Sandra is committed to leading newcomers to Christ Jesus. He is the way the truth and life. And Sandra prays Suffer No More will lead her readers to freedom through Jesus our savior and the restorer of our spirit, soul and body. I pray for all that read this book to be richly blessed and for them to find their new identity in Christ Jesus.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1   My Story

Chapter 2   Step One

Chapter 3   Step Two

Chapter 4   Step Three

Chapter 5   Step Four

Chapter 6   Step Six

Chapter 7   Step Six

Chapter 8   Step Seven

Chapter 9   Step Eight

Chapter 10   Step Nine

Chapter 11   Step Ten

Chapter 12   Step Eleven

Chapter 13   Step Twelve

MARK 5: Then Jesus said to her ‘Daughter, your faith[your personal trust and confidence in Me] has restored you to health; go in peace and be [permanently] healed from your suffering.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

T O MY HEAVENLY Father for telling me it’s time to write my first book. For His encouraging words of truth; You Lord are my life, my breath, and my being. Thank You Lord Jesus.

To my children, for their kind and patient hearts in caring for me and for giving me beautiful grandchildren. May God continue His favor on each one of your’ lives and may The Lord continue to protect you. I’m so proud to be blessed with each one of you.

To my Mom who was the one who inspired me to read, and gave me good books that inspired me spiritually; I can never thank you enough, I am always reading and meditating on God’s Word. I want you to know that I couldn’t have been blessed with a better Mom than you are to me. You are my biggest encourager. Thank you for all you have given me with your words of wisdom and all of your prayers for me are answered yes and amen. Thank you for helping me raise my children. I love you.

To my sister, thank you for always being there for me, for helping me raise my children, the grace of God truly pours out of you. Thank you for believing in me and standing by me, I couldn’t ask for a more perfect sister. I love you.

To my brothers, You inspire me. I love you both. I know God is pursuing you, He wants you to know He’s ready for you just waiting for you to come and visit with Him anytime, anywhere, He wants you to know He is listening and ready to answer all of your prayers. I love you guys.

To Jessica who helped me print out and get my manuscript sent out, you are a gifted friend from God and I love you; thank you.

To the overcomers 12 steps for leading me into the truth and getting to know who I am in Christ; thank you.

Scripture Amplified Version

To my loving and caring sponsor and sister in Christ you have always been there when I needed you thank you.

To Lorraine my spiritual Mom thank you for your love and support guidance and wisdom.

INTRODUCTION

T HIS BOOK IS meant to point you to your Saviour. The desire of my heart is that my book will unlock for you the treasures of the truth; that Jesus is our Healer.

Doing the 12 Step Overcomers helped me become aware of my will and also how the enemy operates. I want to share my recovery with anyone who is in a battle. I want you to come to the place where you recognize though we struggle, the battle belongs to the Lord.

In my struggles today I have learned to take joy because I put my trust in Jesus; He has overcome the enemy. I want you to understand how when I learned how to turn my troubles over to God. How He not only took care of the trouble, but how I learned to renewed my mind in His Word. His Word has been powerful and effective in my life. As I immersed myself in His Word strongholds were being broken and character defects were being removed, and replaced with the Fruit of the Spirit. I want you to know that He who the Son sets free is unquestionably free. [John 8:36] this is my example to you to help you with ny truths and what worked for me I pray this will help many.

CHAPTER 1

My Story

H ELLO, MY NAME is Sandra and I am a recovered addict. This book is about my life of disfunction, it’s about my childhood, about where my behaviour started to follow my thinking. As a child, I grew up in a dysfunctional home.

Fear came into my life very early. I didn’t feel loved as there were no emotions such as hugging or kisses on the cheek or tuck ins at night. My home was strict and I had to behave. My parents loved me the way they were taught, or the way they willed to. My Dad was an alcoholic and. He was absent a lot, that left my Mom in charge with the weight of having to carry, the load of raising us pretty much alone. My Mom was fun sometimes, but for the most part after she became a Christian, she became very hard and thought her way was the right way; her beliefs and teachings about God were the only truth. I learned that God was a strict and punishing God through my. I was taught: Do good, get good. Do bad, get bad, so I was scared of God. My Dad was not conforming to this new-found religion my Mom had conformed to. He would throw her Bible, books, and tapes out of the house and tell her they weren’t allowed back in. They fought horribly about God, now I can see where the enemy was wanting to destroy family unity. God created us for family, to love one another and to thank Him for all the good things He has graced to us.

As I got older, the dysfunction continued, I was taking all of my dysfunction into my thoughts. I didn’t know who was right or who was wrong; I didn’t have an identity. Because of the chaos in my home. I didn’t do well in school. I heard my Dad picked on Mom,so I took what he said to her into my spirit. as I grew up would anger would rise up in my spirit in my heart. Train your child up in the Love of God and they will not depart from it. I learned to keep my feelings inside. This caused me to feel anxious and nervous and fearful, not knowing how to express myself. I never did well in school, I was restless and my mind was all over the place. I had a horse and she was my very best friend. My thoughts were always on getting on her, and escaping or with training dogs, to pull sleds and it brought me comfort. I learned to escape my anxious thoughts by spending all of my time with my animals. I loved animals because they seemed to need me as much as i needed them. I had no idea I was a beloved child of God, that He knew me before I was born, that He set me apart, that He had a good plan for my life. What I thought was that I was stupid because when I was in class I would get in trouble for not listening or paying attention and the other students would laugh at me. I would feel embarrassed and ashamed of who I was. When it came time for my report cards, I was anxious and scared to show it to my parents because, because my grades were always below average. They would tell me to: Pay attention! Quit acting stupid!" I believed I was stupid, whatever that meant to me at the time. I suppose dumb, incapable of learning; I willed to believe that. I was insecure and very lonely