Recovery Meditations

A patient person is very smart. A quick-tempered person makes stupid mistakes. (Proverbs 14:29 ERV)

Joy is a sign that a person is thriving rather than just surviving.

We are instructed to work hard, to give our work the best effort we can, and to be content with what we have.

God calls us to overcome shame by living in community with Him and with others.

God’s Power is awesome to save us from sin but, if we fail to reverence and follow God’s laws, our lives will be in danger. 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. (Proverbs 3:5 GNT)

We have become beloved sons and daughters of God.  This is the truth that frees us from our past life. 

  If we are to reach maturity, we need to faithfully follow God’s principles in all our affairs.

Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts are higher than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:9 ERV)

Do for others what you want them to do for you.  (Luke 6:31 ERV)

Our ways are changing, and new life is developing in us every time we ask God to remove a character defect.

When God is silent, He is not deaf or dumb.