Author: ArchieB

I was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. I now live in Melbourne Australia with my wife Karen and my three children Duncan (23) Mitchell (22) and Ashleigh (18). I am a recovered alcoholic. recovered through the Saving Grace of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit living in and working through me. My life mission is to help people suffering from addiction to discover personal relationship with Jesus Christ so they to can experience what it means to be truly sober.

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No need to understand

1 Corinthians 15:34 You should come back to your senses and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know anything about God. Understanding God is not as important in recovery as obeying Him is. I think A.A. is a great fellowship and it has helped millions of people find recovery across the world. One of my […]

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The Word For Today

CONFESSION Disclosure Of Your Sins In The Sacrament Of Reconciliation CONFESSION OF OUR SECRETS BRINGS HEALING AND RESTORATION Prepare your confession and come back to God. Pray to him, “Take away our sin, accept our confession. Receive as restitution our repentant prayers. Hosea 14:2 How to return to God Through prayer express your needs to […]

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Welcome to Step Four

Step Four: In order to help me change, I will investigate and record with god’s help – my sinful habits and attitudes. Recovery is a process that begins with changes in our attitudes and changes in our behaviours. We begin today with a question:What Kind of attitudes does God want us to have? Firstly, God […]

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God cares

We can’t earn access to the kingdom of heaven. It is a gift from God, given to us because of our spiritual need, I love it when people say to me –recovery is a spiritual program. It has nothing to with God or the Bible. My response is always the same – try taking God […]

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ACTION IS THE MAGIC WORD

James 1:22-25 Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no […]

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I could not do this on my own!

John 16:21-22 “When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out the memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the […]

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Spiritual purpose

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are those whose hearts are pure. They will see God. God wants us to live pure lives. To clean up our attitudes and behaviour. Recovery is not about personal gain. Recovery is about spiritual purpose. Spiritual purpose has nothing to do with where you work and everything to do with how you […]

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MORNING HARMONY

MORNING HARMONYBy Brigadier Denis Gudgeon WHO IS THE B0SS? “Decide today whom you will serve, ………… As for my family and me, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 There is a fairly common resentment against the established management or lawful supervision today. Contrarily, those who fight against law and order often opposing those given top-grade […]

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Step Two ~ Week Two

I BELIEVE GOD EXISTS, THAT HE CARES ABOUT ME AND HE CAN HELP ME TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY LIFE.

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Step Two ~ Week One

John 12:46 “I have come into the world to be a light. No one who believes in me will stay in darkness.” Commitment to reuniting us with God and helping us to change our lives is why Jesus came to earth. All He asks of us is that we believe in Him. I have always […]