1 John 3:10 Here’s how you tell the difference between God’s children and the Devil’s children: The one who won’t practice righteous ways isn’t from God, nor is the one who won’t love brother or sister. A simple test.
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STEP TWO: I BELIEVE GOD EXISTS, THAT HE CARES ABOUT ME AND HE CAN HELP ME TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY LIFE.
The basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. Romans 1:19-20
Knowing that God exists is not enough. People must learn that God is loving and that He sent His Son to demonstrate His love for us.
Romans 5:8 God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.
People must be shown how to accept God’s forgiveness of their sins.
Romans 10:14 How can people call for help if they don’t know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust if they haven’t heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them?
Look for the Similarities not the differences.
Those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind. Isaiah 40:31
Believe God can and will help you recover.
When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive–right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s Cross. Colossians 2:13-14
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1 John 4:10 What is love? It is not that we loved God. It is that he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to pay for our sins
I could use this space to tell you about the relationships I have been involved with females through my life. But I won’t.
I won’t because the two greatest relationships in my life are with God and my wife. Both of whom I would die for.
Pre-recovery my life was all about me. I didn’t care about anyone else and I never understood the meaning of love.
True love is about sacrifice that’s what Christ done for me and that is what God calls us to do for others. Love is not based on the WIFM (what’s in it for me) It is based on what I can do for others.
“I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20
None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It’s God we are answerable to–all the way from life to death and everything in between–not each other. Romans 14:7-8
The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. John 14:26
That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all–irrespective of how we got here–in what he is building. Ephesians 2:19
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Prayer: Thank You God for loving me. Show me how to love other with a love like Yours.