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4o Days of Recovery – Day 12

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LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

 

Bible Reading: Matthew 5:43-48
Focus Verse: Matthew 5:46

Loving our enemies doesn’t mean we have to like them and approve of everything they do. It does mean however we have to forgive them and desire the best for them. Resentments lead to relapse if they are left unchecked. In Romans 5:8 it points out the fact that even at our worst God loves us. Through the process of recovery, we need to learn to develop our attitudes and actions to seek and to follow God’s will for our lives so we can learn to accept people for who they are not who we think they should be or would like them to be.

Recovery is about becoming the best you, you can be through  God’s guidance and help.

Step 6 – Day 4

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In the message it says 2 Corinthians 8:12 “Once the commitment is clear, you do what you can, not what you can’t. The heart regulates the hands.” Too often in life, we talk ourselves out of doing what God tells us to do through our opinion of our strengths, gifts, talents, and worth. What God is asking from us in Step 6 is a commitment ‘to be ready to obey Him in order to let Him make the changes in us He knows ae necessary.

In the name of faith with good intentions, we pray “Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 We say “I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.” Psalms 40:8 and plead Help me to do your will, for you are my God. Lead me in good paths, for your Spirit is good. Psalms 143:10 As it says in the verse above “Once the commitment is clear, you do what you can, not what you can’t.” In the ‘SERENITY PRAYER,’ we pray God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Recovery is a process – We did not arrive where we are right now overnight and nor will we change to become the people God is calling us to be overnight. One of the most important ingredients in the process of recovery is TIME. Don’t get so caught up in changing you miss some important steps. EASY DOES IT!

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Verse for Today

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VERSE FOR TODAY
You are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you.
1 Peter 2:9

VERSE FOR TODAY IN CONTEXT
The Scriptures provide precedent: Look! I’m setting a stone in Zion, a cornerstone in the place of honor. Whoever trusts in this stone as a foundation will never have cause to regret it. To you who trust him [JESUS], he’s a Stone to be proud of, but to those who refuse to trust him, The stone the workmen threw out is now the chief foundation stone. For the untrusting it’s . . . a stone to trip over, a boulder blocking the way. They trip and fall because they refuse to obey, just as predicted. But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you— from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives. 1 Peter 2:6-12

OBSERVATIONS – APPLICATION
God sent Jesus as the foundation stone to our lives – we must learn to live our lives according to His examples.
We will never regret believing in Him – failure to believe in Him and obey Him will never be content with their life.
Chosen by God comes with a responsibility to live right, tell others about what He has done for us, the difference He makes and wants to make in them and their lives.
In order to let others know about Him and want a relationship with Him we need to live among them, mixing in their realities and letting them see the difference He makes in and through us.

Discussion Starter #54

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Recovery Without God is Just Abstinence

Psalm 46:1 God is our place of safety. He gives us strength. He is always there to help us in times of trouble

Prior to accepting Jesus Christ as my Higher Power, I had periods of sobriety. Periods where I abstained from drinking and using mood altering drugs. But they weren’t recovery because I never changed. My attitudes never changed, my beliefs never changed, and my behaviors never changed. Personal relationship with Jesus Christ is required if you want to achieve lasting, growing life recovery

  • Are you willing to accept Jesus as your Higher Power?
  • Will you accept Him now?

#Accept #Willing #Attitude

What The Bible Says

It can be bright with joy if you will do what you should! But if you refuse to obey, watch out. Sin is waiting to attack you, longing to destroy you. But you can conquer it!” Genesis 4:7

If you let Christ be Lord in these affairs, God will be glad; and so will others. Romans 14:18

Learn as you go along what pleases the Lord. Ephesians 5:10

Prayer: Jesus I accept You now as my Higher Power and ask You to walk with me through the rest of my life.

Discussion Starter #44

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Lasting Change

John 3:36 “Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life. Anyone who does not believe in the Son will not have life. God’s anger remains on them.”

God’s opposition to evil is permanent. So is His love for us. When we don’t believe in God and Jesus as His Son we cannot understand the peace and power that come from knowing Him and living with Him as our One True Higher Power.

Life changes when you believe in God and understand He loves you, no matter what you do, think or say. He loves you not because of who you are or have done but because of Jesus and what He has done for us.

I spent many years on my own trying to change Archie. Always failing because I tried to do it according to my faith or lack of faith in myself. When I accepted that God is God and I am not I learned to let Him be God, my God

  • ­Do you believe in Jesus?
  • Do you believe He is God’s Son?

Know where you are headed, and you will stay on solid ground. Don’t make a mistake by turning to the right or the left. Proverbs 4:26-27

You cannot be the slave of two masters! You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24

Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don’t ever become slaves again. Galatians 5:1

#Believe #Change #Accept

Prayer: Lord I believe, heal my unbelief

Morning Harmony #37

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Loving The Unloveable

Everyone who saw the incident was indignant and grumped, “What business does he have getting cozy with this crook?” Luke 19:7

“I love and care for everyone because I know the pain of being unloved and uncared.” ― Luffina Lourduraj

Some people in our estimation are incapable of knowing who Jesus Christ really is. Our own prejudices stop us from accepting them into our closed group.

There can be times because of our closed associations we can be held a captive. Unable to change our attitude, behaviors and opinions because of our own tunnel vision.

Jesus came to save sinners! To love the unloved, accept the unacceptable and invite them into relationship with Him. In our pursuit of continue sobriety on the road to recovery it is imperative we learn to accept others (with their differences) are entitled to all the opportunities we are.

Certain groups of people in our lives may be considered “untouchable” because of their political views, their immoral behavior, or their lifestyle. We should not give in to social pressure to avoid these people. Jesus loves them, and they need to hear his Good News.

What The Bible Says

If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care– then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends.
Philippians 2:1-2

Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand. Philippians 2:4

Anyone who claims to be intimate with God ought to live the same kind of life Jesus lived. 1 John 2:6

#Attitude #Accept #Obsessed

@LivLifeRecovery

Morning Harmony #34

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OWNING UP

“We are unfit to worship you; each of our good deeds is merely a filthy rag. We dry up like leaves; our sins are storm winds sweeping us away.”  Isaiah 64:6

I am sure all of us, at some point in our lives have experienced ‘denial’ Times where we have been unable or unwilling to admit we got it wrong. One of the hardest things any of us has to accept in the process of recovery is admitting and accepting “I was wrong.” In fact we have often gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid it.

Using a wide variety of diversion tactics, making excuses, making comparisons, blaming others, justifying why we acted how we did just to name a few.

The Bible is quick to point out all of these tactics are a result of ‘pride’ James 4:6 tells us God goes against the wilfully proud and gives grace to the humble. Refusing to admit and accept when we are wrong is very dangerous in recovery. It can lead to ‘relapse’

So today we have a choice. We can be proud and refuse God’s existence. We can accept He exists and continue to oppose Him. Or we can own up to getting it wrong on our own, ‘BELIEVE’ that God exists, He cares about us and He can help us recover.

“This is God’s work. We rub our eyes—we can hardly believe it!”  Psalms 118:23

“He’s famous for great and unexpected acts; there’s no end to his surprises.”  Job 5:9

“Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out.”  Romans 11:33

“Take in with all Christians the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights!”  Ephesians 3:18

#Admit #Accept. #Believe

Prayer: Lord help me today to admit I can’t do this on my own and accept Your help by placing my faith in You.

Morning Harmony #16

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Wake Up and Listen!

John 8:47 “Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words.”

There is an old saying ‘there is none so deaf as those who will not hear.’ Many of us when caught up in addiction and compulsion are on auto pilot. We don’t see what is around us, we don’t hear what is around us and we definitely don”t listen to what is around us.

The saying above suggests that our failure to listen is self-inflicted because we don’t like what we are hearing.

There are many people in this world who will tell you “I’ve never heard God.” The trouble I believe is for many of them they don’t really want to hear what God has to say to them.

THE TRUTH IS WHEN WE HEAR GOD’S VOICE IT IS HARD NOT TO OBEY

ACCEPT CORRECTION
Take good counsel and accept correction– that’s the way to live wisely and well. Proverbs 19:20

SEEK UNDERSTANDING
Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding. Proverbs 2:2

LOVE GOD
Psalms 116:1-4 I love God because he listened to me, listened as I begged for mercy. He listened so intently as I laid out my case before him. Death stared me in the face, hell was hard on my heels. Up against it, I didn’t know which way to turn; then I called out to GOD for help: “Please, GOD!” I cried out. “Save my life!”

#Accept #Seek #Understand

Prayer: I pray that I will learn to listen to God’s voice and direction in my life. That I may never follow the voices of my past.

Morning Harmony #13

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Unbuckled Guilt

“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him”. John 3:16-18

When we look back on our lives, we remember the many things that could have brought God’s condemnation upon us. We have often failed to live out our best intentions let alone God’s expectations of us. As we look back, we can see the things that caused us to fail. Through the process of recovery, we want to be rid of those things. We want to be able to accept God’s forgiveness for our past sins and failures. We want to live in the knowledge that He does not condemn us.

My faith in God’s forgiveness of my past sins gives me a ‘sense of freedom’ Before I accepted Jesus Christ as my One True Higher Power, I was always conscious of my guilt. Sure, that sooner or later I would have to pay for my wrongdoing. Today I know my sin and my guilt has been taken away through His precious blood. My peace of heart and mind dependend on walking daily with Him. Safe in His forgiveness, without condemnation.

It is necessary for me to believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. I can take to heart the promises, and be relieved of so much that used to bother me. Romans 8:1 With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud.

RECOVERY IS A GIFT FROM GOD
Now in a single victorious stroke of Life, -sin, guilt, death–are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God! 1 Corinthians 15:57

STOP BLAMING OTHERS
Now is the time to forgive this man and help him back on his feet. If all you do is pour on the guilt, you could very well drown him in it. My counsel now is to pour on the love. 2 Corinthians 2:7-8

ONE TRUE HIGHER POWER
If Christ wasn’t raised, then all you’re doing is wandering about in the dark, as lost as ever.
1 Corinthians 15:17

#Safe #Forgiveness #Accept

Morning Harmony #11

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For or Against

John 7:7 The world has nothing against you, but it’s up in arms against me. It’s against me because I expose the evil behind its pretensions

Whose side are we really on? Sometimes we want to be on the side of all that is good, clean and wholesome. Then at other times, we want to taste and experience the things which we know hurt and harm us. Two forces pulling us in different directions at the same time. We cannot go in both directions and be the person God wants us to be. God will expose the evil behind our pretensions.

It is a fact! All of us became caught between two opinions at times. Opposing forces. The world want us to ‘sit on the fence’, ‘go with the flow’ rather than make a firm decision. God demands a choice Either we are for him, or against Him. There is no middle-of-the-road. He is seeking our support. Men and women ready to follow Him wholeheartedly, without conditions. If it seems to difficult remember, Romans 8:31 With God on our side like this, how can we lose?

When temptation comes to me, I know God is close at hand to help me to overcome ­– even my greatest weaknesses. I want my life to be a witness to the power and love of God. For that reason, I will not allow into my life anything that is not in harmony with His will for me.

IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT ME
If you puff yourself up, you’ll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty. Matthew 23:12

STOP PLAYING RECOVERY
If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth–we’re not living what we claim. 1 John 1:6

ACCEPT THE TRUTH
Everyone who refuses to confess faith in Jesus has nothing in common with God. This is the spirit of antichrist that you heard was coming. Well, here it is, sooner than we thought! 1 John 4:3

#Accept #Stop #Experience

Prayer: I pray that my life and will speak for God, that I will be seen to be on His side. I pray that He will keep me from following other forces or powers that are in the world.

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