Q075_032626 Rom. 5:1,2 You Have Direct Access To Almighty God

Q075_032626 Rom. 5:1,2 You Have Direct Access To Almighty God

What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol, drugs, or other compulsions, and instead lean fully on faith? This short teaching from *How it Happens with Colin Cook* looks at Romans 5:1–2 as a kind of spiritual training ground for anyone wrestling with addiction or constant worry.

Speaking directly to people who wake up with anxious thoughts or cravings, Colin explains how the apostle Paul’s words about being "justified by faith" and having "peace with God" can reshape how you face each day.

Rather than waiting to *feel* peaceful or strong, you’re urged to talk back to your own thoughts: "Lord, I thank you that I have peace with you, even if my mind says otherwise." The focus is on access to God – not through a priest, ritual, or good behaviour – but through Jesus Christ.

Colin uses the picture of a heavy temple curtain splitting from top to bottom to show what it means to have direct entry into "the father’s home" and to stand in a "dome of grace". That image is meant to help you hold on to hope when you’re broke, lonely, sick, tempted, or feeling like you’ve blown it again. He keeps circling back to one practical habit: speaking truth in gratitude, especially when it feels most unnatural.

Instead of arguing with your mind or rebuking yourself, you quietly declare what God says is true – that you have peace, that you stand in grace, that eternal joy is ahead, even if the day in front of you looks stressful or bleak.

If you’re looking for a faith-based way to intercept addictive patterns and negative thinking, this episode offers a simple but demanding practice: train your mind by thanking God for a reality your feelings haven’t caught up with yet. How might your recovery change if you started your day standing, by faith, in that "dome of grace"?