Category: Personal Growth

The One True Higher Power

25th December 2021 aeboyle Personal Growth, Step 12 Comments Off on The One True Higher Power

Isaiah 42:6 “I am God, I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations,

Now we have a high priest who perfectly fits our needs: completely holy, uncompromised by sin, with authority extending as high as God’s presence in heaven itself.

Jesus came to save sinners. To encourage us, to teach us to live right. To keep us safe and to help us to share His glory with those still suffering from the negative effects of addiction and compulsions in their lives, or the lives of a loved one or friend.

As we share Christmas together and approach a new season in our spiritual walk may Gods help us be all that He created us to be so others may also know the joy that can only come through personal relationship with Him through faith.

REPENTANCE

10th October 2020 aeboyle 2020, October, Personal Growth Comments Off on REPENTANCE

We must be sure that we know just what this word mean

DANGEROUS IRRESPONSIBILITY

3rd May 2020 aeboyle 2020, May, Personal Growth Comments Off on DANGEROUS IRRESPONSIBILITY

Psalms 23:4 Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I’m not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherd’s crook makes me feel secure.

When we were living irresponsibly, we often put our lives in danger, particularly when under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. At other time we experienced unexplainable fears and anxiety we were powerless to escape. Like many other people we tried to find release by using our favorite drug of choice. When we first entered recovery our fears and anxieties remained. Only brought under control when we allowed God to lead us.

Over the years I have lived in circumstances and through experiences that made me afraid. At those times alcohol and drugs helped to forget my fears but they did not remove them. When I finally decided to invite Jesus Christ to be my One True Higher Power.
When I started applying the Twelve Steps to my daily living I found God removing all my emotional fears. With Him leading “even when the way goes through Death Valley.” I am secure and certain that He will take care of me.

RECOVERY COMES WITH RESPONSIBILITY

Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Strength is for service, not status.

WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE SAY if you choose to speak, you’re also responsible for how and when you speak.

WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE DO Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, that, for you, is evil.

WE ARE NOT RESPONSBLE FOR WHAT OTHERS DO I am not a responsible for what outsiders do

WE NEED TO STAY ALERT AT ALL TIMES Great gifts mean great responsibilities; greater gifts, greater responsibilities!

You have been called to SHINE!

30th July 2015 aeboyle Life, Obedience, Personal Growth Comments Off on You have been called to SHINE!

Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven. Matthew 5:16

The world can be broken up into two groups of people:

BELIEVERS: People who are indwelt by God because of Jesus. who realize their spiritual helplessness, show sorrow over sin, and who are hungry for God’s righteousness, merciful and pure in heart because of Jesus,

UNBELIEVERS: People who are proud, self-sufficient, and do not understand their own unrighteousness before a Holy God.

Being a believer means having God’s nature within:
2 Peter 1:4 We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust.

Believers must interact with this world of corruption and darkness in order to act bas salt and light:

Matthew 5:13-14 “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavours of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.”Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colours in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill.

You have been called to SHINE!

Power

21st January 2015 aeboyle Living Life Recovery, Personal Growth, Recovery Keys Comments Off on Power

True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for. In awe before the glory, in awe before God’s visible power. Stand at attention! Dress your best to honour him! I’m filled with God’s power, filled with God’s Spirit of justice and strength. He set the power of salvation in the centre of our lives.  What comes next is very important: I [Jesus] am sending what my Father promised to you, so stay here in the city until he arrives, until you’re equipped with power from on high.

Job 12:13
Psalm 29:2
Micah 3:8 
Luke 1:69 
Luke 24:49

God’s Word is Dependable

27th December 2014 aeboyle Devotions, Life Experience, Living Life Recovery, Personal Growth, Recovery Keys Comments Off on God’s Word is Dependable

revelation 21.5-7Look! I’m making everything new. Write it all down—each word dependable and accurate.” Then he said, “It’s happened. I’m A to Z. I’m the Beginning, I’m the Conclusion. From Water-of-Life Well I give freely to the thirsty. Conquerors inherit all this. I’ll be God to them, they’ll be sons and daughters to me.

God the Creator is also God the Re-Creator. He created us in His image and we messed it up, our sinful natures leading us toward destruction. We see evidence through our wrong decisions, actions and attitudes. 

God will have the final judgement on each of us and He promises to make ‘everything new’ if we are willing to turn our lives over to His care and control and trust Him in every area of our lives.

When you are discouraged, and feel like giving up remember God’s promise. When you see no way forward look to Jesus. And, be prepared for that which is yet to come.

Day 12 – January 12, 2014

12th January 2014 aeboyle Devotions, Personal Growth, Prayers, Step 11 Comments Off on Day 12 – January 12, 2014

Thought:

“Lock the door.” Jesus said. Shut out the world and unlock the door to God by separating yourself from everything else. This is an invitation to intimate relationship with God.

Psalm 91:1-6 describes something of the unique positioning of a believer who obeys God. It is the secret of right living, the avenue of God-consciousness, the means of divine transformation.

Quiet time in recovery is an important avenue of our spiritual growth.

Scripture:

“When you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.”Matthew 6:6

Prayer:

Show me Lord how to put all I have learned into daily practice. Thank You for the invitation to meet with You intimately and personally to seek you assistance in my recovery.

 

Day 11, January 11 2014

11th January 2014 aeboyle Devotions, Others, Personal Growth, Step 12 Comments Off on Day 11, January 11 2014

Thought:

The willingness to share or stories, without holding back from the truth is one of the main contributions to the success of our meetings and recovery. Sharing encourages understanding, interest, support and fellowship. We feel better once we have been able to share our experience, strength and hope with others. Others benefit from our testimonies and open confession, gaining strength and hope for themselves.

 Scripture:

“This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren’t sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let’s go back and tell the people at the palace.”  2 Kings 7:9

 Prayer:

I pray that I may know the God in the universe in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ in a way that I can openly share with others daily something of the Good News as it has helped me.

Day 3 – January 3. 2014

3rd January 2014 aeboyle Devotions, Living Life Recovery, Personal Growth, Step 3 Comments Off on Day 3 – January 3. 2014

Jesus said, “I tell the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:7

Thought:

The Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:17  that when we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, give Him control of or wills and lives we become a new creation. A dramatic inward, revolutionary, miraculous change occurs in us. A new persons emerges, who, through faith and personal relationship with Him receives His holy Spirit as our helper for the way ahead,

The Holy spirit seeks to coordinate every area of our lives and provide what we need to grow and become the people God created us to be.

Scripture:

“Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone, a new life has begun!” 2 Corinthians 5:17

Prayer:

Thank You Lord, for the Spirit of life who recreates and who can, with my consent remain within me to change me and reclaim me to serve You! Help me not to neglect my relationship with You!

2013 in review

31st December 2013 aeboyle New Year, Personal Growth Comments Off on 2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 680 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 11 trips to carry that many people.

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