Verse For Today
Jesus said John 5:34 “My purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere human testimony. I’m speaking to you this way so that you will be saved.
Month: October 2019
The Word For Recovery
PURPOSE
We, humans, keep brainstorming options and plans, but God’s purpose prevails. Form your purpose by asking for counsel, then carry it out using all the help you can get. It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living.
God’s wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don’t find it lying around on the surface. It’s not the latest message, but more like the oldest–what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene. Proverbs 19:21 ~ Proverbs 20:18 ~ Ephesians 1:11 ~ 1 Corinthians 2:7 #TheWordForRecovery #Purpose
Going to Any Length
In order to discover God’s purpose in my life, implement it and to improve my relationship with Him,
I will spend time daily in prayer, reading the Bible and meditating on it.
We need to be aware of the process of recovery of our strengths and our weaknesses. We all have weaknesses in some areas of our lives and we are strong in others. In areas where we are weak, we need to make sure we avoid putting ourselves in vulnerable situations
Jesus said, “Keep watch, and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mark 14:38
One of the reasons I live in Victoria instead of Western Australia is because in W.A. I have too many contacts from my past. After all my years of recovery, I do not believe I would ever be tempted to relapse. But, in early recovery when I was susceptible and vulnerable I am not sure I would still be where I am today had I continued to live in Western Australia. To obtain and maintain recovery I had to leave everything I had and knew and step out in faith. It was the hardest, yet the best decision I ever made in my life. Not knowing what was ahead, yet confident God knew and He would look after me.
- What lengths are you willing to go to gain and maintain recovery on God’s terms? #StepEleven #Prayer #Meditation
Verse For Today
You must not despise those who were broken off like branches. How can you be proud? You are just a branch; you don’t support the roots—the roots support you.
Romans 11:18 #Pride #Broken #Support
The Word For Today
Character
Romans 5:4 Patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.
- None of us are born with Godly character. It is developed through a relationship with the Holy Spirit, reading God’s Word and doing what He prompts us to do.
- We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us—they help us learn to be patient. Romans 5:3 #Character #Hope #Strength
The Right Supports
Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.
Focus on your character, not your reputation.
Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes.”
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In the process of recovery, we are going to come across people who seem like they are in recovery. They will make all the right noises and present in all the right ways. It is important when we engage others in recovery that we include them in our prayers. That we talk to God about them and listen to what He has to say about them.
Matthew 7:15 “Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character.”
In the passage of scripture Matthew 7:15-20 the Bible talks about genuine leaders not exploiting our emotions or pocketbooks. Some of the people we are going to engage in recovery are not producing the good character we need to learn to decide between those who are supportive of the recovery process and those who are not.
What The Bible Says
There’s nothing done or said that can’t be forgiven. But if you deliberately persist in your slanders against God’s Spirit, you are repudiating the very One who forgives. None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! Guard this precious thing placed in your custody by the Holy Spirit who works in us. Matthew 12:31 ~ Romans 14:7 ~ Romans 15:13 ~ 2 Timothy 1:14 #WhatTheBibleSays
Get Ready
Get Ready
In order to discover God’s purpose in my life, implement it and to improve my relationship with Him,
I will spend time daily in prayer, reading the Bible and meditating on it.
- How prepared are you for what God has in store for you?
Step Eleven says “In order to discover God’s purpose for my life, implement it and to improve my relationship with Him, I will spend time daily in prayer, reading the Bible and meditating on it.”
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for what is right. They will be filled.
I am hungry to discover God’s purpose for my life. Because of that, I am going to apply all the principles of recovery to my life so I can be best equipped to do what God wants when I discover what it is. I am thirsty to taste this new way of living and experience all it has to offer me. I recently heard a sermon titles Ready-Set-Go. The speaker said the SET is all about READY for what God had in store for us. That’s how I see step eleven – getting ready!
Prayer: Lord prepares me, equip me and make me ready to obey Your plan for my life. #StepEleven #Ready #Purpose
The Word For Recovery
Holy Spirit
Job 14:1-2 “We’re all adrift in the same boat: too few days, too many troubles. We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt, transient as the shadow of a cloud.”
None of us can complete the process of recovery alone and in our own strength. We need God, we need others and we need the power of the Holy Spirit working in and through our lives on a daily basis. #TheWordForRecovery
Verse For Today
“You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God.” Matthew 5:6
- Addiction and compulsion lose there influence over our lives as we increasingly yield them to the control of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God living in us reduces our appetite for sin and increases your hunger for God
Romans 8:5 Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them.