Meditations on "Recovery"

O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Relapse can catch us more easily when we allow our minds to drift away from God’s truth and linger instead on foolish obsessions.

We make ourselves vulnerable to relapse when we are willing to dwell on harmful thoughts and desires for activities that previously led us astray.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Upon wakening each morning, are our first thoughts of God with a desire to praise Him for His grace and goodness to us or, are they focused on our problems and those things that need to be done?

It is very common among the community of those who struggle with addictions to find individuals who feel as though they don't belong, don't have much worth, and don't feel loveable.

God desires to have fellowship with each one of us.

How do we see ourselves? To get an accurate picture of how we look, we need to use a mirror.

To know the will of God for our lives requires spending time with Him.

Taking responsibility for our lives means owning our behaviour, confessing our sin, and turning away from destructive actions.

Accepting responsibility for our behaviour is difficult for most of us even in recovery.

When we bring our requests to God, do we come before Him with clean hands and a pure heart?