Meditations on "Obedience"

It is not God's plan that we swing between the extremes of being pushy or being passive.

To come out of the shadows and live in the light, we must be willing to shift our focus from our grief and woundedness to God’s comfort and care.

God accepts us as we are and invites us to rely on His strength to help us live life successfully.

From time to time we all have anxious feelings but we can choose to make our feelings line up with our decisions.

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.