Twelve Steps Of Recovery
1. We admitted we were powerless over sin and death and that our lives had become unmanageable. 2 Chronicles 25:8b, Deut. 24:16, Isaiah 59:2, Jeremiah 31:30, Romans 3:23
2. Came to believe that God in Christ could restore us to sanity through His Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 28:16, Romans 9:33, Romans 10: 11
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, to help us to rebuild our lives according to the Word of God. Matthew 17: 11-13, Luke 15:18
4. Made a searching and fearless personal inventory of ourselves.
Proverbs 20:27, I Corinthians 2: 10-12, I John 4:18
5. Admitted to our God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our liabilities and our assets. James 5:16, I John 1:9
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all our liabilities. Proverbs 16:3, Luke 23:54
7. Humbly asked God to remove these liabilities and to help us to strengthen our assets for the full life. James 1:5, Matthew 7:7
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Leviticus 5:16, Exodus 22: 3, 5, 6 & 14
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Luke 19: 8-10, Exodus 22:1, Numbers 5: 6&7
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when wrong promptly admitted it, while continuing to recognize our progress in sanctification. Acts 2: 42-44
11. Sought through prayer, meditation and study of the Word to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Matthew 26:41, II Peter 1: 5-9
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these Steps, we promised to carry this message to others who experience sin and death in their lives and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Luke 4: 18 & 24: 53, Acts 13: 1-4 & 1:8, Mark 16: 20, Matthew 28: 19&20
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