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The following are comments and testimonials from readers of FREEdom from MEdom Project, as well as individuals who’ve participated in therapy groups where I applied FREEdom from MEdom principles and directives.

“Your gift of truth may of just brought me back from praying for death. Thank you. I don’t even wanna deal with me most days and have been pushing everything and everyone out for a good solid 4 years total and I’d run away, but I would still end up with me, so why run. You might just be the best gift this season towards healing and breaking down some walls I’m custom to building around me to protect myself. It’s amazing to me how much what I read from this sight might have saved me.” —Lori L.

“This is wonderful… It said something to me today. Sometimes I don’t like myself when I disappoint myself when I should have done something and put it off or change something in myself and, oops. So, thank you to you and to Jesus.” —Jurine Wickersham

“I have gone through the FREEdom from MEdom Project then concluded that it is divine; my heart is deeply touched. I have been touched by your vision for delivering addicted people… May God expand your vision mightily all over the world. I’m moved to pray for this ministry because it is a unique one. I know that this wave shall cause a great revival in our land.” —Pastor Leonard Walubengo, Nairobi, Kenya

“What a relief, to be reminded once again, that I am not responsible for everyone and everything. Although I love to take control, it is so overwhelming and I know that it is not mine. That is why the load is so heavy when I try to carry it. I do that because I stop trusting that God will take care of it, and I think that I will feel better and everyone will be better off if I just take over. What a lie!” —Janet

“Without the guidance this program gave me, who knows where I would be today. Today, I am happily living out my life. This program laid a foundation that I neglected to build growing up. It gave me real direction and the resources to make clean decisions. My life is in no way perfect. Life still has its problems, but I now can rationally work my way through them.” —Edward Stermin

“Yep. Appreciate your transparency and vulnerability. I suspect that writing this had a significant degree of healing in itself. Your ability to turn outward toward the end of the writing shows that. Great stuff.”—Rick Selling

“So good, Steve. Excellent thoughts… just excellent.” —Pastor Rich Wilkerson, Sr., Trinity Church, Miami, FL

“This was a wonderful read… it just came alive for me! The beautiful scripture/prayers were so helpful and refreshing. Thank you for all your hard work and for writing in a way that is not only practical, but sweeping and inclusive. God Bless You.” —Deborah Morgan

“wow, wow, WOW! I really get it so much more, you explain it so thorough and scripturally. God has blessed you with an amazing spiritual gift to explain so many things about our selfish nature. All for His glory, Amen!” —Dianne

“I took the time to read your page and it is incredible. I wish you GOD’s blessings on this project. Too many people are building their little “empires” instead of building GOD’s people. Building and investing into lives IS building GOD’s kingdom. I thank you for taking the time to let the LORD use you in such an awesome way to help us deal with the inner core issues that plague our lives when we fail to deal with “ME”. The LORD always knows where to place us. May those in your area of influence be delivered and set free through the power of His Word that brings healing and life to those that find it.”—Narda Goodson, Christian Network Association

“You always put things in a way that makes me think. I appreciate the good read about deferred hope. It’s not a topic that you hear talked about very often. It was very thought provoking. I like that!”—Pastor Aaron Koehler, Community Christian Church, Yorkville, IL

“I am thankful that I was lead to find this expository today. It was not my intent to look for this specifically. I came across it by accident online and I’ve spent over 1 hr and 30 minutes reading it in amazement. It really opened up my eyes and made me understand so many things. Indeed, we are born into sin. We make mistakes daily. But with sincere hearts and constant repentance, God is gracious enough to forgive us. Now, I never want to give up! Praise God!” —Alvin

“Great post! I liked your post: Stuck in the Heartache of Deferred Hope.”—Robert Piccone, President, Clearbrook Treatment Center

“I especially liked the how you tackled the difficult topic of ambivalence and how our addictive behavior runs counter to the intellectual truth of the matter (common sense). It seems, within myself, that it has been a long journey to come to the place where I more readily bow down to the truth—the truth that my selfish direction is completely unfruitful, ridiculous even, and only harmful to myself and those I love… I don’t want to waste more time, and I don’t want to have to learn some of the same lessons over again…To some degree, for the committed Christian anyway, our resistance to His will reveals that we do not really believe it is good—at least not the kind of “good” we want. Good stuff, my friend.” —Pastor Fran Leeman, Life Spring Community Church, Plainfield, IL

“I read your essay and it is right on. You did a lot of work and your study was directed by God’s eternal truth from the Bible.” —Pastor Randal Ross, Calvary Church, Naperville, IL

“Your in-depth and intensive expository account on life, addiction, relapse, conviction, and restoration… is well thought through and it was worth my while. I appreciate you and would want to know if possible you may have similar treats for me that would help me further in my study program in theology here in Warri, Nigeria?” —Evangelist Edo

“You cannot begin to understand how timely this is to me. I just had a divine visitation from God about joy and laughter. I open my laptop in search of a song and this website popped up! God bless you for putting this right here for me.” —Bisi Oyarekua

“Waking up this morning finding myself lost in many ways in the process looking for some kind of peace and understanding. I came across this site and reading the Serenity Prayer that gave me some hope that even though I can’t even begin to explain or quite understand, I know whatever it is, has brought me peace of mind and comfort. I might not be able to understand everything at the moment. But I know that in time He will show me the way and give me the courage and understanding in the things that I’m not in control of, to know the difference and know that anything’s possible when I surrender myself to Him.” —Juan

“You speak a great truth here, of course. You clearly note the role of the Holy Spirit as the source of the power we need to walk free. The principles, because they are girded in scripture, work! Practicing these principles in our daily life DOES provide a degree of energy and “power” to live well. I’m praying more and humbly asking God to relieve me of the bondage to self and to take away my defects of character… If my life speaks loudly of transformation, the Truth about the one True God may begin to draw the doubter into that very truth. And THAT is good enough for me.” —Rick Selling

“Great information. It will help me in my personal spiritual journey. I am also ministering to new believers who are struggling with change.” —Eunice Davis

“Thank you for a very informative website. As a former addict myself, I wholeheartedly agree with the information on your site, especially the part about denial. Stop denying that you do have a drug or alcohol problem (not only to yourself, but also to your loved ones) is a vital step on the road to recovery. In fact, from personal experience and as someone who assists people with drug and alcohol dependency on a daily basis, I firmly believe that if you don’t wholeheartedly admit to your dependency problem, you only compromise your recovery from the addiction.”—Victor McCormack, 2 Oceans Recovery House, South Africa

“Praise God. Well done Steven. My spirit man cries, “Yes and amen.” Thank you for sharing this post. I read several of your posts and each one was a blessing.” —Gary L. Selman, First Call Advisory Group

“It’s great to finally have an opportunity to reach out to you and personally thank you for your assistance and guidance in my spiritual recovery program. The lessons you shared are a treasure that I share with others today. I am eternally grateful… It’s people like you that make it possible for people like me to look deep within and change the mindset to productivity instead of destruction.” —Lesley M.

“Thank you for the sensible critique. Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do a little research about this. We grabbed a book from our local library but I think I learned with more clarity from this post. I am very glad to see such excellent info being shared freely out there.” —Ewangelia

“Praise the Lord, sir! Thanks for the good gospel word you posted. I would love to have you come down here and deliver to us please. God bless you.” —Bishop Omukosi Dickson, Nakuru, Kenya

“Hi! I’ve been following your web site for some time now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Kingwood, Texas! Just wanted to say keep up the fantastic job!” —Wilfredo

“Beautifully said. Thank you for pouring out so much in this piece. God’s blessings on you, my friend.”—Sandra Cerda, Editor in Chief,New Life Publishing

“I don’t know you but thank God for you because this is right on time. Thank you.” —Bishop D

“I am finding these articles and activities very well written and thought provoking. A good study for ANYONE! Those who go through it will come out with a much better understanding. It really puts things into perspective.” —Sherrie

“I read it; loved it… We often are not really facing how we have accepted a “status quo” Christian existence, plodding through our days not really alive to God… I liked your use of recovery as a synonym for salvation––that could be really helpful for people to take the religion out of the notions of salvation, and infuse the term with a restorative mentality.” —Pastor Fran Leeman

“David has always been one of my favorite Bible characters because he messed up so badly, in so many ways! His emotions were all over the place. One minute he’s chasing after God the next he’s mad at God and then he outright does something dumb. Yet, he was still called a man after God’s own heart. David has always given me hope that, even though I make more mistakes than getting it right, it’s okay. If I keep picking myself up, God’s gonna be there for me.” —Noriyuki

“Greetings in Jesus’ name from India. We have a ministry among the Hindus in a village in South India. We would like to invite you to come over to our place and minister among the people here. We have small church groups in under-privileged areas. We are working towards breaking the bondage in people’s lives and set them free from the clutches of the devil. We would love to have you minister here and bring healing and deliverance in people’s lives and have you speak in Pastors’ conference. We would also love to partner with you in any ministry that you would need help in. We would also love to assist you and work with you if you want to extend your ministry in India.” —Pastor Bernard Shaw

“Thank you, Steven. I thank Jesus daily for His ongoing grace and work in my life. What a joy it was to read this about forgiveness! And what a joy for Pastor John and me to see God working in your life and ministry. I still get updates and ever since you first “came on board” I have been asking God to guide you in his ways.“ —Albertha McArthur

“Thanks Steven. I am going to go to your site to understand it better and consider bringing up some of your studies. We all need to take an honest look at sin from an entitlement standpoint.” —C. Marsh Bull, President, Men’s Group Foundation

“Thank you very much for the forgiveness bible study. There’s a lot to chew on and I do need it. God bless you abundantly my brother and thank you for allowing the Lord to use you as a conduit.” —Lucia

“I would love very much to change and be the woman my God wants me to be. Please pray with me that I will be healed body, soul and spirit. GOD BLESS YOU.” —Grace

“I thank you for putting this out there and making it available for everyone. You have greatly helped me. May God bless you!” —Daniel

“Howdy! This blog pοst could not be written much better! Reading through this article reminds me of my previous roommate! He constantly kept talking about this. I’ll send this information to him. Pгetty sure he’s going to have a good reаd. Thanks for sharing!” —Rachel

“I just stumbled upon your website… I love the story of the wayward lamb through brokenness bonding with the shepherd. After reading through your letter above, I realized I may have met a kindred spirit in Christ. I have also believed for many years, that everyone needs to be healed from the brokenness caused by self abuse. That would include all chemical abuse, relational abuse (with self and others), physical abuse, emotional abuse, mental abuse, etc. All of which can be stacked neatly under the title: Selfishness. We are called to listen to and follow Him as He leads, not as our self demands. Only Christ can take our wounds and bind them for good and glory. Thank you for sharing John 8:34. May God bless your ministry!” —Teri

“Hi Steven… Wow! I was saddened that you left the counseling agency. I learned so much from you in our sessions. I really want to thank you for having such a hand in saving our marriage.” —Madeline

“Praise the Lord again… This message blessed me this morning. Wow, I didn’t even know how I bumped into this. Thank you glorious father God.” —Pastor Maurice Adero

“Hello Brother Steve… Greetings to you once again. How are you doing? Thank you very much for sharing this best teaching with me. I am blessed.” —Pastor Y.S. Rao

“Spot on with this write-up, I really think this website needs far more attention. I’ll probably be returning to see more. Thanks for the advice!” —Jenifer

“God Bless You, respected Brother, Steven. I greet you in the name of our Savior, Lord Jesus Christ. I am so much happy to read about yourself. My country, Pakistan, needs people like you. Our young generation is so drug addicted and wasting life. So our mission is to save them for the Kingdom of God and we want to provide free medical camp for them and free treatment. So please pray and stand with our team in Pakistan for this great ministry. I give love to you in Christ.” —Pastor Asif Masih

“As warned, the article was long but worth the read. It covered a lot of material, however, in a short space. It was a reserved and gracious writing very well put together. The perfect foundations lesson for new converts. An excellent read and study for those on a variety of spiritual levels, in addition to a refresher course to draw one’s attention back to the mission.” —Pastor Rubie James

“Hi Friend, it’s pretty good stuff. You have taken (King) David’s addiction alive into the modern adulterous context. Well done.” —Chudao

“I still have yet to understand WHY it had to be this way…. but then again, I am not very well versed in the Old Testament… This page is very inspiring.” —Denise

“Thank you, Steven. This is so perfect for a relative who is in the process of leaving her addictive behavior. This article tells the gospel better than I could have shared with her in the manner she will understand, knowing what she has gone through, and going through now that her addictive behavior has reached rock bottom with cancer.” —Jeri