Meditations on ""

Someone has rightly said, "If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem.

What do we think makes a person great and someone we would highly regard?

In the process of getting to know God and coming to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, we are often not sure that God will hear and answer our prayers.

When we confess the exact nature of our wrongs, the terrible isolation we've lived with for most of our lives will be exposed.

To cope with living an addictive lifestyle we often repressed our moral thinking and denied the downward trend we were on.

Audio for CHARACTER STRENGTH - SHOWING RESPECT owing respect and being worthy of respect matters to God.

Contentment in life does not come from trying to control someone so they will meet our needs, or by trying to please them so they will like us and make us feel secure.

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will not criticize, not find fault, and not try to improve or control anybody except myself.

When we first come into a recovery meeting and someone is asked to share their experience, strength, and hope with the group, we are often skeptical in our thoughts about what the person is saying.

Why does God bother with rebellious humankind? As we read stories in the Bible, we notice that the people of God are fickle.

We lost our way. That is an obvious fact. We fell into addictive and destructive lifestyles.

Shame is a powerful emotion that repeatedly tells us we are worthless, unacceptable, unforgiveable, and have no place in a loving relationship.