Meditations on "Obedience"

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

God’s will and God’s ways work every time and will bring us peace and stability.

The goal of Step 9 is, wherever possible we are to make amends to people we have harmed, except when to do so would injure them or others.

The first step in rooting out shame is to receive God’s forgiveness for any ways we have sinned against God and others.

The way to having more than enough for all our needs is to trust God’s word and act on it.

When we say we are entirely ready to have God remove our defects of character we need to be sure that we are not making room for some to stay.

Accountability means we have agreed to certain rules of conduct and are making every effort to live by these rules.

We should not be discouraged when we feel the need for approval, instead we should look to the One who sees all things and tell Him what is going on within us. God will comfort and strengthen us in our time of need, and we will grow stronger in the knowledge of His ways if we do not give up.

God’s ways are different from our former ways and from the ways of society in general, but with patient endurance and the Power that is greater that ourselves to help us, we can learn to live in ways that please God.

Jesus came into the world as a light so that those who believe in Him will not stay in darkness.

When we say we have given our will and life over to the care of God, what does that mean to us? It means that in every situation we may encounter we have decided that we will obey the principles God has established for the guidance of our behaviour.

For most of us, when difficulties surface, and we can easily become discouraged and intimidated by not finding quick solutions to our problems. Then, overwhelming feelings of wanting to run set in. The biggest obstacle to staying on course is, looking for solutions to our problems without seeing God’s help in the resolution of them.