| “Prescription Fraud” | Pastor Stephen J. Thurston II | July 19, 2026 |

Main message: Sometimes the things that "devour" us come disguised as well-intentioned but false remedies—coping mechanisms or prescriptions that don't heal and instead fracture faith and deepen our wounds. The speaker warns that we often accept these ineffective fixes and mistake coping for true cure.

Key points:

• "Devouring" can look like bad medicine—solutions that seem helpful but are harmful.
• Many carry scars from people who prescribed false remedies for real pain.
• Those false prescriptions can fracture faith and frustrate genuine feelings.
• They create false narratives about our struggles.
• We often convince ourselves that coping equals healing when it does not.

Scriptures mentioned: none