Recovery Meditations

True friends help us become the people God created us to be.

How do I get over sadness and disappointment? How does God want to work with me to deal with my feelings and circumstances?

Depression is defined in part as "a hollow; being in a low state; a state of sadness; dejection.

Does our happiness depend on everything in our life being just right?

Jesus told the story of a Samaritan who helped a Jewish person who had been robbed, beaten and left half dead.

Jesus countered the ways of this world with the ways of the Kingdom of Heaven and gave us principles on how to live graciously.

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.

In what areas am I particularly vulnerable to allowing stress and anxiety in my life?

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.

What’s the “good news” of life that God has awakened in me?

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012 – STEP 12 – CARRYING THE MESSAGE What’s the “good news” of life that God has awakened in me?