Casting Down Idols: Recent Episodes
Pastor Michael R Dixon
Offering Biblical addiction recovery teachings to enable you to walk in victory. Looking to God for the answers we seek in overcoming the chains that can bind us! Pastor Dixon holds a Master of Divinity with Biblical Counseling degree, a B.S. in Church Ministries, Associate or Arts in Religion, and is a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist-A through the governing board of N.C. He is also a published author, "Casting Down Idols through The Power of The Gospel,” available on Amazon.com, as well as other online bookstores. Pastor Dixon is the founder and Director of L.I.F.E., an addiction recovery ministry, in Rocky Mount, N.C. and currently serves as senior Pastor of Winterville Baptist Church, in Winterville, N.C. He can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
The enemy is clearly at work in our world stealing, killing, and destroying everyone he can. There are about 300 drug overdose deaths each year just in the United States. Jesus offers us abundant life! God speaks His truth to us through His Word, which sets us free. In this episode Pastor Dixon helps us renew our minds with what God says.
Pastor Dixon can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Jesus promised in John 10:10 that in contrast to what our enemy desires to do (steal, kill, destroy) He has come to offer us abundant life. In this lesson, as well as in Part 1 of "Living Abundantly" Pastor Dixon shows us that we can enter into that full life through faith, prayer, and the Word of God.
Pastor Dixon can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Pastor Mike shares week #30 in the L.I.F.E. curriculum. Its so important that we learn how to live in the present in God's presence and not waste today because of our yesterday.
Pastor Mike can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
L.I.F.E. Ministries website is:
www.lifeaddictionrecovery.com
Pastor Dixon shares the testimony of Casey Temple. This testimony was given publicly at a LIFE meeting on Monday, August 8, 2022. Casey and his wife, Tisha, reside in Gardner, N.C. where they serve in Recovery Alive, an addiction recovery ministry out of Temple Baptist Church.
https://recoveryalive.com/ Recovery Alive
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Pastor Dixon can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery.com
Pastor Dixon shares a summary of the lesson, week #9, from the LIFE curriculum entitled "The Poverty of Addiction." The L.I.F.E. curriculum can be purchased from the website www.lifeaddictionrecovery.com or Amazon.com.
Don't return to the life that Christ has saved you from. Remember that it brings only destruction and death. Pastor Dixon can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Pastor Mike shares a biblical message in this episode from 1 Kings 17. If you ever feel like your resources are drying up and you are uncertain how you are going to make it, this message is for you. Be encouraged! You can make it through your difficulties. Recovery is straight ahead. Don't Give In! Don't Give Up! Don't Give Out! Pastor Mike can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
In this episode Pastor Mike shares the studio with Kathy Edwards in this interview which illustrates God's goodness to save, deliver, and to restore. The God who delivered and restored Kathy to life abundantly is able, and He desires, to do this for you. As always, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
In today's episode Pastor Mike shares an addiction recovery celebration that was recently held at Winterville Baptist Church. The service took place on Sunday, Jan. 30th, in celebration of what God is doing through LIFE Ministries (www.lifeaddictionrecovery.com). You can reach out to Pastor Mike at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
In this 6 minute episode Pastor Mike talks about the importance of accountability in our lives. We were created to be interconnected with God and with other believers.
The LIFE Ministries chapters meet in these N.C. counties:
Pitt County Monday nights
Edgecombe County Tuesday nights
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Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
This episode is a recorded message that Pastor Mike preached from the pulpit of Winterville Baptist Church on Nov. 14, 2021. The text is Luke 17:11-19 and deals with a group of outcasts who met Jesus one day and they were forever changed. Have you ever felt like an outcast? Sometimes our struggles can isolate us and cause us to feel like we are shunned by those around us. Listen and be blessed today! The Master, Commander, and Chief changes everything.
You can email Pastor Mike at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Do you need an extra boost in your recovery efforts? It can be found when you practice the Joy of the Lord! If you have trusted Christ as your Savior then you are now "In Christ." You have this joy which God has already deposited into your heart. Begin to live in that joy and allow it to overflow from your life. You will discover great power as you do!
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Joy can be a wonderful source of strength and a great weapon that we can use to help us overcome temptations. Joy is important in recovery! In today's episode Pastor Mike shares a recent sermon that he preached from Philippians 2:12-30.
God is so amazing that He even uses our brokenness for His glory. In fact, broken people are exactly who He chooses to use.
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We are so good at making excuses, aren't we? We usually make excuses to try and justify something we are doing or something we just don't want to do. Most of our excuses are rooted in a lie that we are believing to be true. For example, "I'm not strong enough to resist temptation." I know that is a lie because God promises in 1 Corinthians 10:13 to give me all I need to resist temptation.
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
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In this episode Pastor Mike shares a biblical message that he preached on August 8, 2021. The topic is joy. Everyone wants to experience joy. Where can we find it? Its not in a bottle, or found in a pill, or in one relationship after another. Joy is only discovered in one Person. Listen and be blessed!
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God uses brokenness in our lives! This is a short 5 minute recap of the LIFE lesson on Brokenness and Surrender. Pastor Mike can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
In this short (less than 5 minutes) episode Pastor Mike introduces Psalm 91, God's remedy for fear.
Addiction is a worship disorder! This is a 5 minute radio spot that was recorded and aired June 30, 2021 on 98.3 FM "The Bridge."
In this short 5 minute episode Pastor Mike shares a great biblical reminder that we should be living our lives focused on a world that is unseen. Don't worship the stuff around you here but worship God.
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
You can trust God! He is seated on the throne of the universe and He is in control. In this episode Pastor Mike shares a message he preached at Winterville Baptist Church on May 23, 2021, from Daniel 6. You may be struggling right now, walking through some pain, and having a difficult time trying to understand your life right now. This message will help you today. You can overcome your struggle!
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Checkout the website: www.lifeaddictionrecovery.com
This episode is especially for family members of those struggling under addiction. How can you help your loved one who is struggling? What can you do when you feel helpless? Pastor Mike's mother is sharing from her experience as the mother of an addict. As always you can reach Pastor Mike at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
In this short episode Pastor Dixon reminds us that the change process begins when we honestly examine ourselves.
It is amazing that God offers us not only all we need to get by in life but He offers us an abundance of all we need. Pastor Mike talks about this truth in today's episode.
Check out the LIFE website here:
https://www.lifeaddictionrecovery.com/
Purchase the newly released 40 lesson addiction recovery workbook here:
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Pastor Mike can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
This is a brief shoutout from the K-LOVE radio station for The LIFE Ministry.
Listen for this spot to play the next few weeks.
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We have the resources available to us to walk in freedom! AS we trust God, placing our faith in Christ, God offers us unseen realities which guarantee to us the victory over addictions.
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Obedience could be the greatest discipline in a Christian's life. It is not enough to hear God's Word but we must yield and apply God's truth to our lives. If you desire to walk in freedom be committed to living God's way.
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Get your mind straight so that you can overcome! In this episode we consider Philippians 4 as we think about what we are thinking about. This book was written by the Apostle Paul from a prison cell yet it is all about joy! Get your focus off you, off your struggles, off this world and get your focus on the One who is true, pure, and always praiseworthy.
Pastor Mike can be reached at lifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
As we look to Jesus we can learn how to overcome the temptations that come upon us. Jesus is the Victor and through Him we become Victors too! Relapse does not have to be part of your recovery.
Pastor Dixon can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
It today's episode Pastor Dixon talks about the battlefield of the mind. The enemy attacks us in our thoughts. We must renew our minds, put off the lies and put on the truth of what God says. This means seeing God, seeing yourself, and viewing others the way that God does.
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Website: lifeaddictionrecovery.com
We are taking a look at Ephesians 6 in this episode. How should we dress for battle and for victory? What does the armor of someone in recovery look like spiritually? Don't be a spiritual streaker but take time to be fully dressed for this battle.
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeadddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Anger begins in the heart! This includes the manner in which you are thinking. Do you want to change your behavior? Then begin by changing your thinking, better yet begin with a heart change.
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
There is a real battle waging war within every Christian. You can overcome! The key to having victory is relying on God's power through the Person of the Holy Spirit and remembering who you are, or rather WHOSE you are. It's not about doing as much as it is about being.
Pastor Dixon can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
His book, "Casting Down Idols" can be purchased from amazon.com.
Pastor Mike is giving away a copy of his book, "Casting Down Idols." All you have to do is drop him an email at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
The book give away will take place on July 5, 2020. Get that email in now! It could be a prayer need, a testimony, or just a statement saying you want the book. Also include your mailing address in the email in case you are chosen.
In the last episode Pastor Mike talked about being "dead" in Christ. The person you were before you came to faith in Jesus is now dead. However, the influence of that old person is still there and that creates a struggle as we strive to live a life that is honoring to God. In this episode we discuss the next truth, since the old man is dead, there is now a new person empowered by God to live for Him. You can overcome!
Pastor Mike Dixon can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
As Christians we are challenged to keep the old man, with his/her lies, faulty thinking, and evil tendencies, in the grave. Scripture teaches that the person we were before coming to faith in Christ is now dead in Christ. We have been resurrected with NEW LIFE in us! God doesn't simply remodel the old person. No! The old person is dead. God makes us new! Here is the good news! I now have the power in the new man to overcome the influence of that old man.
Pastor Mike can be reached at lifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
I am so mad I could ____________, You fill in the blank. We all deal with anger issues. Anger is an emotional response to a perceived threat in life. How do you respond? How should you respond?
Pastor Mike can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Are you a WWD? Listen to today's podcast and be challenged to change!
Pastor Dixon can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
God has promised a future that is bright for His people. Your future is not filled with your yesterdays. Your future is full of God. This is a pre-recorded message that Pastor Dixon preached at Winterville Baptist Church on May 24, 2020.
Pastor Mike Dixon can be reached at:
mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
What is it that you want out of life? What is the one thing that you are striving to achieve? Personal happiness? Wealth? Recognition? Your answer to that question reveals a great deal about your heart focus which affects your recovery. God created us with a purpose in mind. If you are not living to fulfill that purpose for which you were created than your life will be in dysfunction.
Pastor Dixon can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Truth does set you free! Renew your mind with what God says! In this episode Pastor Dixon brings biblical truth from Genesis 50 about putting your past behind you, believing what God says is true, and living in God's grace. STOP BELIEVING THE LIES!
*This episode is sponsored by Tucker's Lawn Care, tuckerslc@icloud.com, 252-341-9968
If you are in the Winterville, NC area and need landscaping or yard work contact Mike and Kristi Tucker.
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This episode is a biblical message that Pastor preached on May 10, 2020, Mother's Day. It is amazing whom God chooses to use and what He is able to do through a person's life. If you look to God in faith, trust Him, and seek His will for your life, you will be amazed at what He can accomplish. Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Where do you look for help when your struggles almost overwhelm you? When things seem hopeless and impossible where do you turn? Often we are limited by what our physical eyes can see without regard to the unseen realities around us. In today's episode Pastor Dixon shares an online worship service that he led at Winterville Baptist Church. The message is from 2 Kings 6 and reminds us that we have resources which God has already provided for us to live addiction free!
Pastor Dixon can be reached at lifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
In this episode Pastor Mike shares how we can be equipped to overcome fear. Often fear is a major factor in relapse and substance abuse disorders. God's Word shows us how we can be victorious over fear in our lives, thus better equipping us to live addiction free.
Pastor Mike can be reached at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com.
Pastor Mike shares a message from Luke 8:22-25 today. Often troubles and storms that come upon us, especially those that are sudden, can cause us to relapse. Instead of allowing these times to cause us to stumble we should see what God is doing in the midst of these times. God is making us stronger and bringing us into victory as we walk through those storms of life faithful to Him, to His promises, His Presence, relying on His power.
Pastor Mike offers some biblical truths that will help you thrive through the COVID-19 pandemic or any crisis. It is so easy to turn back, falling back into old patterns of life, when suddenly things change in our lives. We must be equipped and guarded so that we do not fall back. The Coronavirus situation has caused so much in our society to change suddenly. Our routines are disrupted, society has almost come to a stand-still, businesses have closed, and we are all wondering how this will end. How do we deal with all this? Listen to this episode! Pastor Mike can be reached at lifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com.
Pastor Mike shares a recent sermon he preached at Winterville Baptist Church in N.C. from Psalm 91. Psalm 91 teaches us how to overcome fear! A timely message in the midst of this cornovirus crisis.
What do you believe you need more than anything else? When life gets going and stuff happens where do you turn to find solace and restoration? The most important thing we could do is to turn to God, to get in touch with Him. The greatest relationship that we can have in life is our relationship with God. Today's episode should be an encouragement to you. We can turn to Him with our struggles, our failures, and our hangups. He loves us anyway and chooses to deliver us. Drop me a line at mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
Pastor Mike shares a timely message drawn from Matthew 2:13-23. We can overcome the struggles before us! The New Year will hold some surprises, challenges, as well as many joys. We do not know what lies ahead. We can however, choose to focus on the One who does know what is ahead.
Pastor Mike shares a recent sermon that he preached at Oakdale Baptist Church from James 2:14-26 entitled "Faith Without Works is Dead." Many times people try to change in their own power. While some experience some degree of success with this approach to recovery, most do not. We need a power beyond ourselves to break free. God offers that through Christ Jesus, our Lord. Christianity is not about religion but it is about a real relationship with God. Do you have that kind of faith? A living, life changing faith?
Pastor Dixon shares a recent sermon that he preached at Oakdale Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, N.C. from James 1. The truth of God does indeed set the captive free IF the captive is willing to listen and obey. When we apply God's truth to our lives we are then able to live in freedom.
The most important focus in our lives should be to build our relationship with God stronger. This is the most powerful weapon against relapse. Relapse does not have to be part of your recovery! Don't expect to fail but expect to be victorious over temptation. Decide right now!
Living a captive to some addiction does not bring happiness or fulfillment in life. In fact, the exact opposite is true. If you find yourself at that place of despair and pain, bound by something other than God, what goals have you set before you to overcome it? Setting goals is not nonspiritual nor is it showing a lack of faith. God tells us as recorded in Proverbs 21:5, "The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, but those who are hasty, surely to poverty." There are many in the Bible who had goals like Noah building the Ark or Nehemiah leading in the rebuilding of Jerusalem. What goals have you set before you? Are those goals in agreement with what God says?
Your brokenness doesn't have to be a bad thing if you surrender to God through it. Pastor Dixon shares how he attempted to quit his drug and alcohol abuse long before he came to Christ, only to fail each time. "It was not until I came to that place of brokenness when I realized I couldn't do it in my own power. I then surrendered to the One who can," says Pastor Dixon. You can praise God even in times of trouble if you stand upon biblical truth. God transforms all things that happen in the lives of His people into good things in our lives. You can trust Him. He knows what He is doing.
Drawing from John 3 and Numbers 21 Pastor Dixon shows us how God provided for His people in the wilderness. Although the people did not deserve God's provision, God was gracious and good towards them anyway. God offers us all we need today to live out the Christian life as well. In fact, the biggest problem we have is our sin nature for which only God provides a cure.
Wouldn't you like to know what is on the mind of God? In this episode of the podcast Pastor Dixon reminds us that God has a plan and a purpose for our lives. We do not need to remain who we were or even who we are. God desires to change us and to use us!
In this LIFE lesson Pastor Dixon discusses the purpose of emotions and how we so easily allow them to serve purposes in our lives for which they were never intended. If we are to continue in recovery, walking with God and bringing Him glory, we must deal with our emotions. A great practical biblical lesson that is helpful for you!!
Pastor Dixon, LCAS_A, shares biblical truth concerning our need for one another. We were created to be dependent creatures. That is God's intent shown in creation. We should also be aware of "triggers" around us that can help or hinder us.
This is Part 2 and the conclusion of Pastor Phillip Boseman's testimony. God is the God of another chance! If you stop trying to run your own life, surrender to God, He will give you a life that you never could imagine. We pray that you are encouraged and given hope through this story of grace and transformation!
Pastor Mike Dixon; pastormike@obcbaptist.org, mikelifeaddictionrecovery@gmail.com
This is part 1 of a 2 part episode of Pastor Phillip Boseman's testimony. Pastor Boseman currently serves as Pastor of Mildred Baptist Church in Mildred, N.C. In this first part Pastor Phillip shares how he grew up in a good home, not a Christian home, but a home where he was loved and provided for. We are reminded that substance abuse issues can happen in any home! His substance abuse issues began when he was in about the sixth grade. Phillip began stealing pain pills from his mother just so he could get high. This behavior quickly escalated into abusing over the counter medications, crack cocaine, and anything he could get his hands on to get high. At the age of 14, awakening from a four day coma as the result of a drug overdose in the hospital, his parents began to scrabble to get their son help. Nothing seemed worked......until Phillip surrendered to Christ.
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In today's episode Justin Hipsky shares his testimony of how Christ has transformed his life. From a street kid, gangster wanna be, drug addict and drunk, God has changed Justin. Today Justin reaches out to others who are struggling with the Hope of Jesus serving alongside Pastor Mike Dixon as a vital member of LIFE's leadership team(Life is an addiction recovery ministry which meets weekly in Rocky Mount). Justin gives thanks to God for all that God has allowed to happen in his life, even all the bad stuff, because it has all been used to draw him to God. Justin can be reached at: justinhipsky123@gmail.com
Pastor Dixon reminds us that Jesus was tempted to sin just as we are. Temptation is not sin but it is when we give into the temptation that we fall. There is a way that we can be victorious over temptation. You do not have to give in! You can overcome and be victorious!
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In this episode Pastor Dixon challenges us to think right. Whatever you believe to be true, whether it is actually true or not, will determine your identity in your mind. Truth leads us to freedom. Lies place us in bondage. Who you say you are and who God says you are may differ. Who will you believe, God or you? I'm going with God!
Pastor Dixon takes a look at the 12 steps that are most popular in recovery programs today. The history, formation, and usefulness of the 12 steps are discussed. The central question is, "How well do these line up with biblical teaching?"
We want change! God desires to change us! Pastor Dixon discusses the biblical doctrine of repentance drawing truths from the life, failures, and change that took place in King David's life. Psalm 51 is the Psalm of repentance that David wrote as he poured out his heart to God. Let's look to God for the change we desperately need to overcome the chains that bind us. Are you ready for lasting change?
Biblical forgiveness is so difficult! It is unnatural and sometimes it feels impossible to achieve. Pastor Dixon teaches on this important biblical doctrine and shows how you can begin to walk in freedom over bitterness and hurt that has been inflicted upon you from a sinful world. Many people who struggle under addiction have deep seated pain and bitterness hidden within which has lead them to an addiction as a self medicating release. It's not enough to medicate the pain. Healing is possible which eliminates the pain but not without this step of biblical forgiveness. Listen to discover biblical truth that can change your life!
Episode #4 is the first of a two part message on the two hinges on the door to recovery. Those two hinges are forgiveness and repentance. In this episode Pastor Dixon lays down some introductory principles like "Getting Your Big But Out of the Way" and believing what is true. The importance of forgiveness has 3 aspects; from God, from others, and from ourselves.
In this episode Pastor Dixon explains the first step in overcoming an addiction. Unless a person comes to this starting place there will be no recovery. We are also in need of a greater power than ourselves to overcome the grip of addiction. This power is available to you today! Pastor Dixon draws from his personal experience as God's truth comes alive just for you. First things first!
Pastor Dixon shares his testimony of how God delivered him from a life of drugs and alcohol abuse. Once he surrendered to God, as a 27 year old man, God provided the power needed for lasting change. It is God's will to do the same for you! This lifetime change requires you to take one day at a time, sometimes one step at a time, but God is faithful to bring you out of your addictions.
Looking at addictions from a biblical perspective. Offering hope for change to those who struggle.