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God Power vs. Good Power: The Bible and Day to Day Recovery Challenges (Part 1)

January 3, 2024

The Power of the Mind vs. The Empowered Mind 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 New American Standard Bible This text discusses the importance of wisdom and its implications. The passage suggests that one should…
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Navigating Recovery Through The Outside Confusion (Part 3)

August 27, 2023

The real issue of all of this is an argument about how much of what is said in the Bible you have to do and why. Some of the questioning of “why” is a distraction when the answer can so easily be because the creator of the universe said to.
Read More: Navigating Recovery Through The Outside Confusion (Part 3)
Navigating Recovery Through The Outside Confusion (part 2)

August 25, 2023

So, you believed in your heart and confessed with your lips and got “saved.” You have received your get-out-of-hell-free card. Now that this has been accomplished, what is it that makes you any better than the demons while you are still here on earth?
Read More: Navigating Recovery Through The Outside Confusion (part 2)
Navigating Recovery Through The Outside Confusion (part 1)

August 23, 2023

There is the UNNECESSARILY massive argument that shows up wherever faith in Jesus and recovery comes up that is pointless and indicates a misunderstanding of things taught in both recovery and the Bible. It is two arguments that are secretly only about what things are called and have nothing to do with the concepts they…
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The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 16: Step 12)

August 9, 2023

There is a special place for people who work to help save others from destructive situations. Especially if the conditions are self-inflicted, which this verse indicates in the words “strays from the truth.” These are the last words of the Book of James in the Bible. It summarizes everything in the book to help the…
Read More: The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 16: Step 12)
The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 14: Step 11)

August 4, 2023

This is where the action we keep discussing goes to the next level of being driven by God. This is also where we deepen our connection to God. We make time to connect to Him. What a fantastic idea; if we want to connect with God, we stop and connect with Him. For we are…
Read More: The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 14: Step 11)
The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 14: Step 10)

July 28, 2023

What do I have to do after making a list of what is wrong with me, struggling with God at the wheel to repair the damage created by those things, then I went and repaired those damages. If I just stopped here, I can quickly create plenty for an entirely new amends list within minutes.…
Read More: The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 14: Step 10)
The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 13: Step 9)

July 28, 2023

I will not mislead any of us about this part of the journey. This is usually a challenging and emotion-filled phase of the journey. This is also a part of the journey that many avoid, skip or completely give up because of. Some of us can even say it is the hardest thing we have…
Read More: The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 13: Step 9)
The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 12: Step 8)

July 27, 2023

Why would someone volunteer to make amends to everyone on their inventory? If you are looking at a fresh inventory right now, you can pinpoint the most obvious ones you resist. There may even be times when a strong sense of “they don’t deserve amends” arises, driving further from wanting to make amends. Doesn’t that…
Read More: The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 12: Step 8)
The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 11: Step 7)

July 26, 2023

When this step was titled, the word “humbly” was made very prominent. Because the group that started all of this spent much time studying the Book of James, it is not hard to imagine why. In James 4:6, we are told that God gives resistance to those who are not humble but gives grace to…
Read More: The Bible and Recovery: Divine Guidance Through Bible Verses for Finding Sobriety and Healing… (part 11: Step 7)