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Recovering My Whole Person Spirit, Soul, And Body

Saturday March 10, 2018

God created us to live forever, to be secure in His love, to live with curiosity and wonder, and to interact with other people and creation in ways that bless and bring joy to them.

Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.’ This is the most important, the first on any list. But there is a second to set alongside it: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ These two commands are pegs; everything in God’s Law and the Prophets hangs from them.”  (Matthew 22:37-40 MSG)

Before coming into recovery, we recognized that our life was unmanageable and admitted that we needed a power greater than ourselves to restore us to a life that was worth living.  In the Bible we learned that Jesus said He is the way, the truth and the life. How do we make sense of this?  How does this help us maintain sobriety?

In order to answer these questions, it's important that we understand who we are.  We are more than skin and bones. We are even more than thoughts and feelings. We are spiritual beings who have a soul and we live in a body.  The interaction between these parts that make up our being has everything to do with living well and finding freedom from addictive and destructive lifestyles. 


Jesus said: “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.  (John 8:32, Romans 12:2 NLT)



We speak often about our core issues.  We know change must start on the inside and work its way out.  As God brings new life to our spirit, things begin to change in our thinking and feeling.  Only then are we able to choose new ways of behaving that will bless others and give us deep satisfaction.

Prayer:  Loving God, My desire is to be transformed by the renewing of my mind so that I may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.  Amen


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