Meditations on "Surrender"

Happy New Year! There is a line in a Christian music song which says, God has "opened up my future, closed my past.

Coming into a recovery group setting is threatening for many of us.

Many people who choose for life with God in recovery think they can live any way they want to as long as they attend meetings, complete an honest set of steps, pray on occasion, and don’t pick up.

Just for today I will adjust myself to what is and not try to adjust everything else to my desires.

Many people believe that freedom to act as they choose gives them the opportunity to have control over their own lives.

When we surrender our will and our lives into God’s care, we are restored to relationship with God.

God’s artistic skill in our lives did not end the day we were born.

Audio for CONFESSING THE ERROR OF OUR WAYS It’s time to confess the error of our ways in dealing with life situations in the isolation of our own minds and hearts.

The choices we make today matter to God. God created men and women in His own image and brought them together in a loving relationship with Himself and with each other.

God is willing to support and strengthen us as we lay down our own self-directed ways and invite Him to lead us along the path He has chosen for us.

God’s great love for women and men sent Jesus to the world to pay the price for our freedom from sin.

Rationalizing endorses the internal belief that we are victims of circumstances beyond our control.