Day: 10 October 2015

To successfully continue in recovery we need to adapt the three aspects of concern Jesus ministry shows us

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He [Jesus] used synagogues for meeting places and taught people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was his theme—that beginning right now they were under God’s government, a good government! He also healed people of their diseases and of the bad effects of their bad lives. Matthew 4:23

There were three aspects to the ministry of Jesus. Teaching, preaching and healing. Teaching shows His concern for understanding. Preaching shows His for commitment. Healing shows His concern for wholeness. His miracles of healing authenticated His teaching and preaching, proving that He truly was from God.

MEDITATION
To successfully continue in recovery we need to adapt the three aspects of concern Jesus ministry shows us:

Understanding:

An important aspect of recovery that is developed through trust. We come to recovery with many questions and doubts. We shouldn’t be too harsh on ourselves because we don’t understand everything about God and recovery. One of the key elements of recovery is time. We need to take time to heal, to grow, to listen and to learn in order to improve our understanding of the process of recovery.

Commitment:

Our commitment to recovery needs to be complete, consistent and life-long. Nothing is more important to the recovering addict than our recovery. Without it we have nothing. As we grow in recovery our way of living should demonstrate the importance of recovery in our lives. Regardless of what others say or do we need to avoid putting our selves in circumstances that can lead us to relapse.

Wholeness:

The peace sought through recovery is more that just the absences of conflict. We are looking for completeness, health, justice, prosperity and protection in every area of our lives. Things we can only find through personal relationship with God, through Jesus and walking daily with the Holy Spirit. To find wholeness in our hearts, minds and relationships with others we must first find peace with God.

PRAYER
God help me today to take time to heal, to hear and to hope in You. Keep me focused on the process of recovery and help me to live today in the presence of the Holy Spirit so I may know Your peace

RECOVERY THOUGHT #282

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God’s value of us is based on His character, not ours

i don’t deserve all the love and loyalty you’ve shown me. When I left here and crossed the Jordan I only had the clothes on my back, and now look at me! Genesis 32:10

 In God’s eyes our worth has nothing to do with what we have, where we have been or what we have done. It also has nothing to do with our social or economic standing in the world. God supersedes the social order of the world, often choosing His future leaders and ambassadors from the outcasts. In recovery we need to learn that everyone has value and is important to God and treat them accordingly – like Jesus would …

The Right Side of Recovery

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Placing ourselves on the right side of recovery. God’s side:

Jesus Christ – The Great Teacher –

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Late one night he visited Jesus and said, “Rabbi, we all know you’re teacher straight from God. No one could do all the God-pointing,
God-revealing acts you do if God weren’t in on it.” John 3:2

 

There are plenty of people who claim, to live by the principles of recovery who hardly understand there in-depth meaning. Nicodemus was an educated religious, leader who recognised Jesus as ‘The Wisdom of God.’  Even then, Nicodemus was alienated from the real understanding of what he was saying. Today it is the same for those who use this title lightly. If we know and accept Jesus is ‘The Great Teacher’ we should be prepared to continually be His pupils in His school, and be obedient to His Word. Spiritual learning in His school is not always easy to accept and thre is no graduation. Recovery is a life-long process.

 Meditation

The teacher is right. He does not falter, nor make mistakes. He disciples us and does not accommodate the notion ‘as long as you tried’ Recovery is not a game. Addiction is a life-threatening condition, that left un arrested will kill us.

 

1 Corinthians 2:14 The unspiritual self, just as it is by nature, can’t receive the gifts of God’s Spirit. There’s no capacity for them. They seem like so much silliness. Spirit can be known only by spirit—God’s Spirit and our spirits in open communion.

 

Success in the process of recovery is reliant on us making a conscious decision to let God teach us to change our lives, through committing them to Him, seeking His will for our lives and following where He leads us when we discover his will.

 

PRAYER
Teach me Lord the simple things that can change my life, help me to better understand you and hear your voice

SUFFERING DOESN’T MEAN GOD HAS ABANDONED US.

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SUFFERING DOESN’T MEAN GOD HAS ABANDONED US.

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