Scripture vs. Temptation: Playing the Battlefield of Your Mind

Scripture vs. Temptation: Playing the Battlefield of Your Mind

From Faith Over Addiction | Biblical Idenity and Boundaries for Loving Someone with Addiction by Tanya Gioia

March 20, 2026 · 54 min · Season 4 · Episode 10

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Tanya Gioia interviews Jai Roza about his journey through addiction and the power of choice in overcoming temptation.

What does a battle card game have to do with breaking addiction? Everything — when the battlefield is your mind. In this episode of Faith Over Addiction, host Tanya Gioia sits down with Jai Roza, creator of Eden's Conflict, a cooperative scripture-vs-temptation card game born from his own journey through addiction, spiritual identity crisis, and near-death despair. Jai opens up about struggling with pornography addiction, substance abuse, dyslexia, ADHD, childhood trauma, and a season of communing with spirits in New Age practices — and how God used unexpected moments, a broken bong, and a DVD on prophecy to redirect his path. Together, Tanya and Jai explore the power of choice in the face of temptation, what it means to stand in the gap for someone you love, and why your transformation may be the very key that unlocks theirs. KEY POINTS 1. Satan's greatest trick is convincing you that you have no choice. 2. You can honor God in your sin, even when you can't honor God with your sin. 3. Stop focusing only on removing — start focusing on what you're bringing in. 4. God works with your willingness, not your perfection. 5. Loving someone through addiction can become idolatry. 6. You…

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