Meditations on ""

When we begin the recovery process we are often overwhelmed by the guilt and shame of the mess we have made of our lives. Being confident in our minds that we can live a positive and joyful life is half the battle.

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

In sobriety, we begin to be aware of how much spiritual poison we have allowed to build up in our hearts and minds. The most toxic spiritual poison we have fed ourselves is the belief that we know how to live life on our own without God.

We need to encourage ourselves with the truth of God’s Word rather than allow feelings of inadequacy and lingering guilt to control us.

God promises to supply what we need to overcome temptation. He will empower us to keep on the right path even during difficult times of temptation.

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.

As we walk in conscious contact with God, He is faithful to complete what He has begun in us.

There is no time in our life when we don't need correcting because circumstances keep changing and we have limited understanding and often get used to bad habits. There’s always more we need to learn about some issues and then be willing to receive correction when we are in error.

God will reveal to us the underlying root cause of our anger if we ask Him.

We should never, by our words or actions, humiliate others, regardless of their position, their viewpoint, or their religion

Demonstrating to others that we care about them is encouragement to them whether the problem is resolved or not. If God had not come alongside us when we were struggling and encouraged us to try again, where would we be today?