Meditations on "Acceptance"

In order to claim the promises of God we need to know the details of our inheritance as recorded in the Bible.

We come to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Without God’s wisdom, none of us know how to live purposefully in this life, or what will happen to us in the next.

Sometimes we think we have got recovery because we are feeling fine. It's when we think like this that we are most vulnerable to relapse to our substance of choice, or habit, or of sliding into other unhealthy behaviours.

It’s in the turning of our will and our life over to God on a moment by moment, day by day basis, that we are safe under the protection of God.

As we pray with a quiet heart and listen, we will hear God’s voice echoing in our ears “I love you”.

Because of God’s unfailing love for us, we can look at our past with eyes wide open.

God knows what we need in every area of our life and He promises to take care of us if we will come to Him first and let Him work out His will in each situation.

Alone we could never accomplish what is possible when we work together in love and build each other up.

As we leave behind worthless things and begin to put God’s principles into action, He will give us the courage and strength to continue to do what is right.

God will support us each step of the way and, as we experience success, our confidence will grow

We also hear individuals talk about what a difference it made to their life to turn their will and life over to the care of God. The question is, what does it look like to do that?