In Training All good athletes train hard. They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and fades. You’re after one that’s gold eternally. I don’t know about you, but I’m running hard for the finish line. I’m giving it everything I’ve got. No sloppy living for me! […]
I read this the other day and posted it on facebook. Not because I liked it but because it troubles me. ‘For every success story, there are 100 failures. I find myself more and more as each day passes wanting to understand the reasons ‘WHY?’ Last night in conversation about the same […]
Rest is Important Psalms 127:2 It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late and work your worried fingers to the bone. Don’t you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves? Rest is an important ingredient in the recovery process. Rest is important in maintaining […]
Jesus said: “If you’re honest in small things, you’ll be honest in big things.” Luke 16:10 God calls us to be honest even in small details we could easily ignore. We need to maintain our integrity in every area of our lives Recovery requires rigorous honesty.
Read: John 3:1-12 There was a man of the Pharisee sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader among the Jews. Late one night he visited Jesus and said, “Rabbi, we all know you’re a teacher straight from God. No one could do all the God-pointing, God-revealing acts you do if […]
NOW THAT I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE,I WILL CHECK MYSELF DAILY TO MAKE SURE I AM NOT SLIPPING BACK INTO MY OLD WAYSIF I AM, I WILL TAKE STEPS TO RECTIFY IT. When Jesus arrived, he saw this huge crowd. At the sight of them, his […]
If you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around […]
Recovery with Christ brings FREEDOM! Romans 6:6-9 Could it be any clearer? Our old way of life was nailed to the Cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life–no longer at sin’s every beck and call! What we believe is this: If we get included in […]
STEP NINE Having identified the people, I have harmed, I will now go and make restitution to them. Unless to do is going to cause them or others pain or suffering. Having completed steps 1 to 8 we start step nine, aware that some of the resentment we […]
James 4:10 Get down on your knees before the Master; it’s the only way you’ll get on your feet. Bowing in humility before the Lord means recognizing that our worth comes from God alone. To be humble involves leaning on his power and his guidance, and not going our […]
