Month: March 2019

Step 8: We made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Romans 12:17-18 Every…
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Step 7: We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:1 Step seven says that I must go to God, asking him to help with my life problems. Haven’t I…
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  Step 6: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. Luke 9:24 It’s common to hear an addict, in his misery, declare that he would do anything to be free.…
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Step 5: We Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. James 5:16 Secrecy has always been the opaque wall behind which I’ve hidden my darkest and most destructive behavior. As…
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Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. Luke 18:11 I recently overheard someone berating another individual behind his back. It’s unbelievable how arrogant and condescending that guy is. He’s completely unaware…
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Step 3: We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Not my will, but yours, be done. Luke 22:42 Not realizing it, I’ve been wrestling with step three my entire life. I’ve always felt this war between who I want to be and…
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Step 2: We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the…
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Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable. I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate . . . Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Romans 7:15,24 For a long time, like most…
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If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23 During my first attempt at recovery, I encountered several well-meaning Christians who informed me that I didn’t need AA or treatment. All you need is the church and Jesus. I certainly didn’t want to argue…
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I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. Micah 4:5 The addict’s life, singularly focused on the drug, is eventually consumed with obtaining and using that which he craves above all. As the disease progresses, he will sacrifice loved ones, possessions, career, integrity, and faith, in pursuit…
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