Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and power to carry that out. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! (1 Corinthians 10:12)ġ1. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. First go and be reconciled to your brother then come and offer your gift. Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. Made direct amends to such people when ever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.ĭo to others as you would have them do to you. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. Humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. We're entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs. Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.įor it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors. Matthew 5:10 (Step 12) The Twelve Steps and Their Biblical Comparisonsġ. Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires. Y Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and my words. R Reserve a daily time with God for self examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow his will. I offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others. Matthew 5:6 (Steps 6 and 7)Į Evaluate all my relationships. Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires. V Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. O Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God and to someone I trust. Matthew 5:4 (Step 2)Ĭ Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christs care and control. Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:3 (Step 1)Į Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him and that He has the power to help me recover. Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor. R Realize I am not God I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable. Rienhold Niebuhr 8 Recovery Principles-Based on the Beatitudes
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