Month: August 2015

Don’t let others compromise your recovery

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Don’t become partners with those who reject God.
How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong?
That’s not partnership; that’s war. Is light best friends with dark?
2 Corinthians 6:14

We should avoid situations that compromise our recovery. If we continue to mix in our old groups and circles it may weaken our commitment to recovery. In the process of recovery we establish new levels of integrity, new standards of living, new boundaries for our attitudes and behaviors. Now this doesn’t mean we have to isolate ourselves from others (though this may be necessary in the early stages of recovery) But it may we may look at where, when and how we interact with people from our past. An important part of the recovery process is introducing others to recovery. We can’t do that by breaking ties.

Recovery is about setting, monitoring and maintaining boundaries for ourselves where we are in the recovery process, TODAY!

August 30, 2015

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DeedsOn your feet now—applaud God!  Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. Psalm 100:1-2

Worship us of the power of God. Worship Him daily. Allow Him to work in and through your life. The best way to WORSHIP Him is continually and sincerely.

August 29, 2015

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New_bluIn this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties.
But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.” John 16:33

Spiritual growth occurs from the inside out.God does not hide from us the fact that once we make a decision to continue in recovery we can expect to experience difficulties in resisting the world. When we turn around from the past of disillusionment to attempt a new-lifestyle it is not going to be easy. We must not kid ourselves. Self-confidence will soon be shattered.  The world at large will not pat us on the back for restructuring our lives. We will run into all kinds of disinterest, and few will care about our new found goals. This can distress us. We may be tempted to throw in the towel.

God alone gives us faith, as He call s us to keep moving forward with Him. ‘He has conquered the world.’ and invites us to participate in his victory.

Thank You!

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No matter how terrible our past, God is willing to forgive us and transform us..

August 28, 2015

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Deeply moved, Jesus put out his hand, touched him, and said, “I want to. Be clean.” Then and there the leprosy was gone, his skin smooth and healthy.
Mark 1:41-42

 

The year was 1989. I was a client of The Salvation Army, Bridge Program at Eden Park in Mount Barker, South Australia. The program was conducting a spiritual retreat, led by Brigadier Denis Gudgeon. I had recently had a spiritual experience when kneeling at the side of my bed in my room on the program I heard The Lord say to me “YOU DO NOT NEED TO LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE, FOLLOW ME AND I WILL LEAD YOU.” Now caught up in a battle of my pride and God’s prompting I attended the spiritual retreat, with no intention of getting involved.

At the end of the meeting an altar call was given and I found myself (without intention) at the front of the mercy seat, feelings of physical, mental and spiritual bankruptcy oozing through my veins. With nothing else to do I knelt and I prayed and I felt it “A TOUCH FROM THE LORD.”

The song they were singing said “Is your mind mixed up and are your thoughts in turmoil. Is there part of you that your heart deplores. Do you want some peace instead of inner conflict. If you want it, it’s yours” (sorry to TSA if I got some of the words wrong) Anyway I knelt broken and I prayed. When I arose after prayer I physically felt the power of The Holy Spirit enter my body and travel through my body from my head to my feet and I knew the “I’D BEEN CHANGED.”

I have felt His Power in my life many times since then. But the memory of that touch is as clear today as when it happened. The feeling warms my heart as I reflect on that day. The day love lifted me.

Today I know Jesus Christ is looking at me in tenderness and love. His arms outstretched welcoming me and helping me stay clean from mind altering substances so I might seek His will and follow His plan for me.

God can change the worst in us

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Many of the Samaritans from that village committed themselves to him because of the woman’s witness: “He knew all about the things I did. He knows me inside and out!” John 4:39

August 27,2015

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Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you. Galatians 5:1

The discovery early in my twenties that I was an alcoholic was a hard pill for me to swallow. I loved the effect of alcohol on my body and everything I did in my life revolved around alcohol. So as a young man in his twenties to discover I was an alcoholic and had to abstain from all mood altering drugs for the rest of my life was not easy for me to accept. I remember in my first year of A.A. one of the old-timers telling me I couldn’t be an alcoholic because I was too young. Happy to say I didn’t believe him or I may still be out there.Acceptance of my addictive personality made my recovery easier.

Now I am not going to say the recovery road was an easy road to walk, because that would be a lie. It has been hard work!Only made possible through establishing and maintaining faith in my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.In His strength I managed to face-up to the truth about myself and fess-up to the mistakes I have made in my life through catering to the needs and desires of my addictive personality.

It would have been easy for me, back then to run away from the reality and calamity of my past. To shun the shattered personality that I became through addiction and simply hide in the denial of a bottle. It would have been less painful than some of the things I have had to endure to get to where I am now.

Recovery is not a journey I could have travelled alone. I thank God everyday that He helped me see who I really was, and helped me to become who I have become. Because of His presence and involvement in my recovery today I know I have everything I need to continue, and,  through faith to grow in His image until the task is complete – RECOVERY

August 26, 2015

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Prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out. Ephesians 6:18

‘Prayer is not the conquering of God’s reluctance, bit taking hold of His willingness.’

What an encouraging quote! God is waiting on us to call on Him, on us to request His intervention, on us to summon His help.

The access we have to the God of the universe is almost unbelievable. Unfortunately, sometimes we allow our disbelief to divert us from prayer. Prayer is our means of sharing, personally with Him. Not just taking stock, but sharing our deepest, scariest, most shameful secrets with Him. Prayer is our source of repair when we are broken, of spiritual supply when our well runs empty and our down-to earth source of contact with heaven. We can pray anywhere at any time.

In recovery we need to set aside time to keep appointment with God. We need to learn to lift our thoughts and desires to Him. As we reach out and up to Him we will become sensitive to Him reaching down to us. There is elevating power in prayer.

August 25, 2015

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We’re able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because we’re doing what he said, doing what pleases him. 1 John 3:22

We may confidently expect answers to our prayers. It is the reason we pray: to get answers. The answers may not always be what we want, God decides what is best for us, He may even say “not yet.”

Communication with God is a learning experience, and a discipline. It is the intake of the personal grace of God.

Prayer does not change God, but it does change us. This is the Master plan of appealing to God. For us to bring every area of our lives, spiritual, material, practical into line with His will for our lives and take action on His answers.

August 24, 2015

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“Continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you.” Matthew 7:7

We need to learn to talk to God: Openly and honestly if we want to maintain a recovery process that is one of spiritual growth and enjoy a healthy, worthy relationship with our Higher Power. Prayer is basically asking and receiving. God tells us “ You do not have because you do not ask God.” (James 4:2) We need to affirm this in our minds, in order for the attitude to become a habit in our lives. As it does seeking His will for our lives intensifies, knocking in His door intensifies and knowledge of His desire for us intensifies.

We have to ask to receive. Failure to ask means not receiving from Him the resources we need to do all that He wants us to do and enjoy all that He wants us to enjoy. In the process of recovery it is imperative we expect extraordinary things as we grow in our relationship with Him. He did not bring us here to watch us wither. His desire is that we grow to be all He wants us to be in order that we might influence this world and it’s people for His glory.

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