Tag: Testimony
You can’t exist on your story forever!
Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all care what other people think about us and say about us. A couple of weeks ago a comment on one of my posts made me think. The comment was “your story is good but you can’t exist on it forever.” In Exodus 23:1-2 the Bible says “Don’t […]
Read More…God called you to do good- even when it’s hard.
Read 1 Peter 2:1-15 WE CAN LIVE GODLY LIVES BECAUSE WE HAVE TASTED GOD’S KINDNESS1 Peter 2:2-3 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness. OUR TRUE […]
Read More…Recovery Devotion 154, 2017
NO STATIC RECOVERYRomans 6:1 What should we say then? Should we keep on sinning so that God’s grace can increase? Recovery is a growth process. You are either moving forward or you are going backward. There is no such thing a static recovery. Growth doesn’t stop because we get discouraged. God continues to help us […]
Read More…Daily Reflection August 27, 2016
Psalms 1:2 Love the Lord’s teachings and think about them day and night. When we first started drinking, taking drugs most of us found a ‘friend’ to help us face life’s problems. But it didn’t take long before that ‘friend’ became our biggest problem. To begin with our drug of choice made our life happy, […]
Read More…Spiritual Nourishment
“I’ve been married for 22 years today. In that time my wife has cooked around 24,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this… They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my […]
Read More…Last Night I had the Strangest Dream
Great song by the ‘Corries’ but that’s not what my post is about. I normally don’t remember what I dream about. But last night’s dream I believe was a Holy Spirit filled revelation. I was in a room talking to Pastor Rick Warren (I’ve never met the man, but love his work) Talking about ministry. […]
Read More…Thought for Today – Archie Boyle
I thank God regularly for all He has done, is doing and will do on my ‘Road to Recovery’ from sin. 1 Corinthians 1:3-4 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
Read More…Thought for Today – Archie Boyle
The A.A. Big Book in Chapter 6 says:“Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path.” All of us, whether in recovery or not are trying to live a better […]
Read More…Thought for Today – Archie Boyle
Preparing for Thursday night’s ‘Celebrate Recovery’ in Melbourne I was looking for a folder to put my notes in. I found one in which was a copy of a lesson I delivered on 3.2.2011 on the subject of POWERLESSNESS. It was headed: Powerlessness is not uselessness and the ‘Good News’ is the opposite of powerlessness […]
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