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40 Days of Recovery ~ Day 20

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God is concerned about every human being He has created

 

Matthew 19:4  “Don’t you read the Scriptures?” he replied. “In them, it is written that at the beginning God created man and woman.”

God doesn’t want anyone to miss the opportunity of life-transformation and recovery. He values each of us is concerned about each of us and cares about each of us. No matter what we have done in the past, how we have lived ‘Today is the day of salvation.’ And He has designated people to come into our lives, walk with us and lead us in His way of living. Establishing ‘Spiritual Principles.’ in our lives, seeking to find and to follow his will for us will reveal to us how important to Him and how much He loves us.

 

4o Days of Recovery – Day 11

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Practice Servant Living Matthew 5:41

The Twelve Steps should lead us to be servants, willing to carry the load of others and be a witness of the Saving Grace of Jesus Christ to others. A true witness of spiritual growth through the recovery process is how willing we are to help and to serve others. Jesus did not come as a conquering king. He came to save sinners Matthew 1:21.  We live in a world full of contradiction.  to the spiritual principles of recovery. but we are called to stand up, be counted, to love God and love others and encourage them to follow Jesus on the ‘Road to Recovery’

Every day I wake up I am thankful! Thankful that when given the opportunity by Jesus to change my life I took it. Recovery is a choice! And no one else can make the choice for us. We have to do it alone, we have to learn these Spiritual Principles of Recovery and we have to put them into practice on a daily basis in the strength of His help.

Accept Different

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2 Corinthians 10:18  When someone boasts about himself and how well he has done, it doesn’t count for much. But when the Lord commends him, that’s different!

When we big note ourselves and don’ t accept the contribution of God and other people to our recovery we can miss out on a lot of valuable experiences. Sometimes we fail to accept others it is because they are not like us. They don’t think like us, they don’t act like us, and we think they don’t understand us.

One of the things I have enjoyed most in my recovery journey has been the opportunity to meet with so many different people from so many different backgrounds and cultures. God created us all in His image but in His Wisdom He also made us all individuals for a purpose.

 

Prayer: Lord,  today help me to accept everyone, to accept and embrace their differences and remember they too are created in Your image.

Thought For Today

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Romans 13:8 Pay everything you owe. But you can never pay back all the love you owe each other. Those who love others have done everything the law requires.

Some relationships can never be repaired. People may have passed away. They may have moved away and you have lost touch with them.

The most devastating thing that ever happened to me in my life was not attending my Dad’s funeral. The second was not taking the time to get to know him again when I had the opportunity. There are a number of gaps in my life, things I can’t remember only my Dad could have filled no one else can.

Part of the healing process in my recovery journey was writing a long letter to my Dad telling him what I should have told him and asking him the questions I should have asked him.

  • Who on y our list can’t you contact writing a letter to will help?

Prayer: God reveal to me the people writing a letter to will help me heal. Let me not use this as an excuse to avoid.

40 Days of Recovery ~ Day 20

22nd February 2019 aeboyle 2019, February Comments Off on 40 Days of Recovery ~ Day 20

God is concerned about every human being He has created

 

Matthew 19:4  “Don’t you read the Scriptures?” he replied. “In them, it is written that at the beginning God created man and woman.”

God doesn’t want anyone to miss the opportunity of life-transformation and recovery. He values each of us is concerned about each of us and cares about each of us. No matter what we have done in the past, how we have lived ‘Today is the day of salvation.’ And He has designated people to come into our lives, walk with us and lead us in His way of living. Establishing ‘Spiritual Principles.’ in our lives, seeking to find and to follow his will for us will reveal to us how important to Him and how much He loves us.

 

#2088 Don’t Wait

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Luke 1:38 Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” 

A young unmarried girl who became pregnant risked disaster. Unless the father of the child agreed to marry her, she would probably remain unmarried for life. If her own father rejected her, she could be forced into begging or prostitution in order to earn her living. And Mary, with her story about becoming pregnant by the Holy Spirit, risked being considered crazy as well. Still, Mary said, despite the possible risks, “May everything you have said about me come true.” When Mary said that, she didn’t know about the tremendous opportunity she would have. She only knew that God was asking her to serve him, and she willingly obeyed. Don’t wait to see the bottom line before offering your life to God. Offer yourself willingly, even when the outcome seems disastrous. 


Write a Letter

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Romans 13:8 Pay everything you owe. But you can never pay back all the love you owe each other. Those who love others have done everything the law requires.

Some relationships can never be repaired. People may have passed away. They may have moved away and you have lost touch with them.

As I said previously the most devastating thing that ever happened to me in my life was not attending my Dad’s funeral. The second was not taking the time to get to know him again when I had the opportunity. There are a number of gaps in my life, things I can’t remember that my Dad could have filled. No one else can.

Part of the healing process in my recovery journey was writing a long letter to my Dad telling him what I should have told him and asking him the questions I should have asked him.

  • Who on your list can’t you contact writing a letter to will help?

 

 Prayer: God reveal to me the people writing a letter to will help me heal. Let me not use this as an excuse to avoid

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Opportunity For Great Joy

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Endurance

Pray Diligently

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Guide me with your laws so that I will not be overcome by evil. Psalms 119:133

I love this verse in the Bible. I have one prayer I pray every day, sometimes several times a day and it is “God show me the next step.” The next step in my recovery, the next step in my relationships, the next step in my work etc.

In my life back in 1989 God and I reached an agreement. He leads I follow. From that day to this day that is how my life has worked. He opens doors and I walk through them. He creates opportunities and I grasp them with both hands. He shows me the next steps to take in my life and I follow them.  Even though I can’t see the whole picture this much I am sure of: God didn’t bring me this far to drop me.

  • How disciplined is your prayer life?
  • When you pray do you give God time to answer?

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“Prime Time”

16th June 2018 aeboyle 2018, June, Living Life Recovery Comments Off on “Prime Time”

Ephesians 5:15-16 Be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.

Those of us who have chosen to be Christian accept the teaching from the Bible that leads us into truth makes us “wise unto salvation’, voices the message of to God to our hearts and nourishes our innermost spirit. The words of today’s text remind us of our responsibility to use our time wisely.

Television and the internet have become thieves of our time. They have asserted control in many homes. If I want the attention of my household all I need to do is unplug the modem.

We can become addicted to screens. There seductive influence cornering our attention. We need to be selective with what we allow to dominate our time. We should never permit ourselves to succumb to continuous viewing.

The Word of God asserts that time is precious. It is a non-renewable resource; a gift from God to be expended with diligence and discretion. Prime Time is usually representative of our best hours. Can we allocate these hours to unproductive indulgence? or are we cultivating a spiritual life and learning discriminatory practices so that our time can easily be used to cultivate the art of discretion?

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