Tag: Problems

#ThoughtForToday

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Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God— soon I’ll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He’s my God.
Psalms 42:11

Bad Memories can haunt us. Memories of relationship break-ups, childhood trauma, loved ones gone, beaten up or other painful experiences, often leave permanent impressions on our minds, as well as affecting our inner most spirit. Often it seems our addictions followed in the wake of torment suffered. Must we be forever subject to the torment? No! It can take time to overcome our problems, but God can and will erase the unpleasantness because NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD.

Many of us wallow in our pasts and sink easily into the harbour of such memories. Ask forgiveness for allowing these feelings to overcome what you know is your new reality. Psalm 42 suggests the simple method of remembering God and the good things as we battle against our bad memories. We must disqualify the potency of attack and the tendency to dwell in what was through concentrating of the positive that now exists.

denounce the devil, who feeds you poisonous ideas on your own worth. Pray to God, delve into His precious word and be mentally safeguarded by it. we have a Savior, His name is Jesus Christ and He gives us the power we need to tackle any problem life and the world through at us.

2022 | What the Bible Says | Day Forty-Three

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Stubborness

WHAT MAKES US SO STUBBORN WHEN IT COMES TO RECOVERY?
Deuteronomy 1:43 I told you what the Lord said. But you wouldn’t listen. You refused to obey his command. You were so filled with pride that you marched up into the hill country.

  • Almost all stubborness in our ;ives is because of our pride and thinking we know better than God.


HOW CAN WE OVERCOME STUBBORNNESS?

2 Chronicles 30:8  Don’t be stubborn. Obey the Lord. Serve the Lord. Then he’ll turn his burning anger away from you.

  • Serving and obeying God ios how we overcome stubborness.


Jeremiah 3:17  says All nations will come together in the city of Jerusalem to give honor to the name of the Lord They will not follow their stubborn, evil hearts anymore.

  • All of our problems can be fixed through honoring God and doing what He tells us to do.

There is Power in the name of Jesus

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Psalms 29:11 God makes his people STRONG. God gives his people PEACE.

In Psalm 29 we are reminded of God’s great power. His majesty is greater than words can describe. He knows and loves each if us unconditionally He knows our problems and issues, our weaknesses and our strengths. And yet He is willing and enable to help each of us. Making us strong enough to deal with all life will throw at us and giving us peace to understand and accept there is nothing that will ever happen to us He will not equip us to face and overcome when we put our faith in Him.

*When we accept we are powerless and need help we are in a great place of opportunity if we are willing to turn our problems and issues over to God.

* When we are willing to put ourselves in His hands our success in overcoming will be defined by His power. And, that will give us peace.

Recovery Devotion 136, 2021

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RECOVERY CHANGES LIVES
Psalms 32:3  When I kept silent about my sin, my body became weak because I groaned all day long.

Suppressed guilt and shame in my life because of how I was living made it impossible for me to live a normal life. All-day, every day I searched in vain for an answer to my problems.

Coming into recovery changed that. Just being able to talk about my problems openly and honestly in a safe environment helped me so much to open my mind and heart to God and others.  There is nothing I enjoy more in my life today than an opportunity to share my experience, strength, and hope with people.

Several years ago a Pastor in the church I belonged to used to ask me week after week “Archie are you RFA?” I never knew what he was talking about till I asked him weeks later. Ready for Anything!  

– Are you RFA?

Prayer: Lord, today let me be ready for anything You prompt me to do and equip me to do it.

Guilt

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Always weigh up your options with His Word

Guilt causes us to hide from God
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she’d know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate. Immediately the two of them did “see what’s really going on”—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves. When they heard GOD strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from GOD. Genesis 3:6-8

A guilt conscience is a warning signal from God that goes off when we have done the wrong thing or intend to do the wrong thing. Eliminating our guilty feelings through taking mind-altering substances is like using a painkiller. It does not cure the disease. Guilty feelings are God given. They make us aware of our sin and encourage us to ask God for forgiveness and change whatever is causing the guilt.

Jesus Christ takes away all guilt
Since we’ve compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity, he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it through Jesus Christ. Romans 3:23-24

There are no minor sins, and the Bible tells us all sin leads to death. (because they disqualify us from living our lives according to God’s Word) Don’t minimize sin in your life. Suppressed guilt and shame make it impossible for us to live lives that are pleasing to God. He prompts us and equips us to deal with what we need to deal with to become the people He wants us to be.

RADICAL PREJUDICE

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Alcohol and drugs are international problems. Users belong to the universal brotherhood. We have blood relationships with those of different colors of skin.

YOU ARE ENOUGH

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One of our biggest problems in the process of recovery is our own self-worth.

Church For People With Addictions

22nd April 2019 aeboyle 2019, April,, Church For People With Addictions Comments Off on Church For People With Addictions

Archie Boyle 1986

Ephesians 1:11 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.

Acts 2:38 Peter said, “Change your life. Turn to God and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, so your sins are forgiven. Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

Hi and welcome to Church for People with Addictions. One of the definitions dictionary.com gives for a church is a part of the whole Christian body, or a particular denomination, belonging to the same city, country, nation, etc. I want to begin by saying my name is Archie and I am recovered alcoholic. Recovered through the saving Grace of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit living in and through my life on a daily basis.

Living Life Recovery is very much a part of the whole Christian body. Our goal is to see people overcome the pain and suffering associated with addictive and compulsive lives through an introduction to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Our denomination is we are all sinners and the only requirement for seeking to belong to Living Life Recovery is a sincere desire to change your life.

Living Life Recovery is a safe place where people can come and investigate the realities of God’s promises for
themselves, at their own pace. We do it by way of learning and applying the Twelve Steps of Living Life Recovery to
every area of our lives. Through getting into a relationship with others suffering from the problems of life who also desire change and will support us in our daily walk.

As a way of support, we also recommend people establish their own or join a 12 Step study group for the purpose of
spiritual growth. We are not a substitute for attendance at a local church but we do recognize that attendance at church in the early stages of recovery can be threatening. We recommend if you do not now attend a local church you find a good Bible-based church and start attending it as often as you can. And, that you seek to find a supportive Christian friend who can introduce you to the first steps of faith.

Church for People with Addictions purposely aims at helping people grow spiritually through:

We believe that Jesus Christ is the one True Higher and The Holy Spirit is necessary for achieving freedom from our
addictions and compulsions. We believe that productive and peaceful lives result from knowing Him, sharing in relationship with Him and seeking His will for our lives and His strength to achieve it.

Today we are going to look at three points about ourselves that I am sure we can all relate to.

 

1. WE ALL HAVE PROBLEMS
John 16:33 “In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the
world.”

I recently read a quote that says “What we get out of life depends a lot on what we look for. Are we more likely to see each experience as trash or treasure.”

We have all heard the saying “You become what you think about most.”

If we trust people we get what people can do. If we trust money, we get what money can do; If we trust God we get
what God can do.—What or who are you trusting in when it comes to overcoming your problems?

2. WE ALL HAVE PLANS
Proverbs 16:9 We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it.

A lot of people are trying to operate on the plans of Christ when they aren’t even Christians. A word of caution ‘make
sure you know Him and His plans for you before you start to apply His principles to your life.’

The only thing that can defeat the faith God has given you is you. We must use our faith to keep it growing ‘USE IT OR LOSE IT.’

3. WE ALL HAVE POTENTIAL
Philippians 4:13 Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.

The original and simple meaning of the word ‘Character’ is something carved or inscribed in a man’s nature. Our
character determines how we see ourselves, how others see us. It is also the measure by which God will judge us when we stand before Him. Our character is what will determine whether we are successful or unsuccessful in the recovery process.

John 3:16 “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.”

 

I don’t know who among you have read this before but this Easter the Holy Spirit is prompting me to repost it.

 

Godly Sadness

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Godly sadness is an acute sense of sadness we experience as a result of the things that are wrong in our character. It’s that moment in the recovery process when you realize what a mess you have made and you are going to have to fix it.

The change that God makes in our character prepares us for changed relationships with Him and with others. Those closest to us were the most affected by our problems. Often having to sit back and allow us to make our own mistakes.

There is none happier than my Mum and siblings that I made a conscious decision to change my life. It is the best feeling to know today they trust me as a result of my recovery.

 

– Who are the saddest people in your life that you have messed it up?

 

Prayer: Lord today help me to do something nice for those I hurt most.

 

 

Sorry lost track of time today 12 Steps podcast will be uploaded tomorrow. Archie

 

Something Good is Happening

19th March 2019 aeboyle 2019, March, Step 1 Comments Off on Something Good is Happening

I ADMIT MY LIFE IS A MESS AND I AM OUT OF CONTROL

 

We refuse to wear masks and play games. We don’t maneuver and manipulate behind the scenes. And we don’t twist God’s Word to suit ourselves. Rather, we keep everything we do and say out in the open, the whole truth on display so that those who want to can see and judge for themselves in the presence of God. 2 Corinthians 4:2

 

Restoring our personal integrity is something we are all striving for. Admitting our lives are a mess is a priority. Honesty with ourselves and with others essential. Rather than wearing masks and playing games we now need to face up to the reality of our lives. Taking a good honest look at ourselves has proved to shatter in the past. Excuses have been our norm. We are now at a crucial stage in the recovery process.

The only direction we have to turn now is to God. As we do we feel different from we have ever before. Confident that with His help we can and will overcome our problems. Relationship with Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, is an exciting entry onto what we hope will be better relationships with others.

The refining process of spiritual growth through a relationship with God will continue to work in our lives as long as we remain willing to allow Him to work in and through our lives.

#2160 A Boulder Blocking Your Way?

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Living life Recovery Reflection

Isaiah 8:11-15 God spoke strongly to me, grabbed me with both hands and warned me not to go along with this people. He said: “Don’t be like this people, always afraid somebody is plotting against them. Don’t fear what they fear. Don’t take on their worries. If you’re going to worry, worry about The Holy. Fear God-of-the-Angel-Armies. The Holy can be either a Hiding Place or a Boulder blocking your way, The Rock standing in the willful way of both houses of Israel, A barbed-wire Fence preventing trespass to the citizens of Jerusalem. Many of them are going to run into that Rock and get their bones broken, Get tangled up in that barbed wire and not get free of it.”

When others try to coerce us into their problems we should not fear their rejection because we don’t go along with them. The Bible says if we fear God  we need not fear anything else. His way of living is the right way but not necessarily the easy way. He can be our hiding place or our road block.

Step Six of the ‘Living Life Recovery Twelve Steps’ says After discovering my sinful habits and attitudes and confessing them, I am now willing to let God change me.

Through the process of recovery God is warning us of our need for change and through reading the Bible prayer and meditation He highlights what each of us needs to do to become the people He created us and supports us to be.

 

 

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