Freedom Starts Today, John Elmore
Freedom Starts Today, John Elmore
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Freedom Starts Today
Overcoming Struggles and Addictions One Day at a Time

Author: John Elmore

Narrator: Jim Denison

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/26/2021

Synopsis

Every church is filled with people who are struggling—often secretly—with addictions of all kinds. Porn, pills, food, money, alcohol, social media, body image, status, sex, anxiety—the list goes on and on. John Elmore is no stranger to addiction. Fifteen years ago, he put a loaded shotgun to his head and later had three doctors tell him he was going to die of alcoholism. More than fifteen sober years later, he leads the world's largest weekly recovery gathering, re:generation, where people journey toward healing in Christ.

In Freedom Starts Today, he makes a huge promise to the addicted: you can be free from your struggle, and much sooner than you may think. Through easily digestible readings grounded in Scripture and the practice of daily surrender, Elmore shows you how to break the cycle of addiction, make war against sin, and find your identity in who you are and not the shame of what you have done—one day at a time.

Leave behind struggles, addiction, and shame as you walk in the power of the Holy Spirit and in the love, mercy, and forgiveness of the God who is not only by your side but on your side.

About John Elmore

John Elmore is the director of re:generation, a Christ-centered, biblically based twelve-step recovery program, and the South Dallas campus pastor of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas. He holds a ThM in systematic theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and an MA in youth and family ministry from John Brown University, is a proud graduate of the Kanakuk Institute, and has started ministries in Haiti and Sudan. He lives with his wife and best friend, Laura, and their three children in Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on April 17, 2021

You Can Find Freedom!! The focus of John Elmore's book is exactly where it needs to be - daily, one-day-at-a-time, dependence on the Lord. Freedom Starts Today is an honest, biblical, practical guide to overcoming addictions and struggles. As someone who's struggled with overeating his own life, I'm......more

Goodreads review by Pete on June 05, 2021

This book changed the way I think about fighting sin, and it’s nothing special about Elmore’s words that do so, it’s the biblical truths that are practically applied to practice daily surrender to the Lord and to fight sin using the Lord’s strength alongside community to hold you accountable in the......more

Goodreads review by Mindy on January 31, 2021

People pleasing. Approval of others. Alcoholism. Fear. Pornography. A daily stop at Sonic. Pride. Anxiety. Social media. Substance abuse. Little white lies. Self hate. Codependency. Food addiction. Chances are one of those words or a hundred others I could have listed made you catch your breath or f......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on January 31, 2023

Great book for anyone walking through the biggest and smallest sins, addictions, or struggles. This isn’t a quick fix book, but what it does fix is the way you surrender those things to God. If you feel like you’re too far gone or that you’ll just deal with your struggle forever, this book is a grea......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on March 12, 2025

1st sentence: I put a shotgun to my head because I wanted my life to end.......more

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