Meditations on "Faith"

To be effective in our new life in recovery, we need to choose to follow God’s ways. We need to find new sources of interest and a new set of skills to help us stay clean and sober.

We need not be troubled or allow doubts to sink us. Jesus is always with us, ready to reach out and help us.

Our focus on day-to-day living has to be God’s agenda and giving Him opportunity to work that out in our lives.

A saying we often hear is, “What goes around comes around.” God’s word brings a positive truth to this saying. His promise is that as we bless others we can expect God to bless us.

In order to move from a lifestyle of surviving to one of thriving we must empty ourselves of all that keeps us from living totally dependent on God.

Whatever the goal, the way to success is to plan how we will work to achieve it.

When we have hurt someone, we need to take responsibility for the harm we have caused and do all in our power to make things right. This is what we call making restitution.

Scientific evidence suggests that being cheerful seems to have positive benefits on our over-all health. There are studies that suggest being cheerful and optimistic limits stress, reduces pain, supports our immune system, and even helps to protect our heart. Is it any wonder that long before there were tests to prove it, the Bible already had this important information available?

We do a disservice to others when we continually do things for them that, with instruction, they can do for themselves.

We need to discipline ourselves to rejoice in the encouragement that God’s word brings and embrace the unfailing love of God.

What seems impossible for us to believe is only impossible when God is not involved

We often give up on God before His plan for us, in His perfect timing, takes effect. Jesus’ death on Good Friday came before His resurrection on Easter Sunday. Things looked hopeless for Jesus’ followers during the time between those two events, but God was still in charge.