Day 29 – 12.22.14 KEY PRINCIPLE: Make a searching and fearless written moral inventory of yourself. When you took step 3, you decided to trust the Lord. You turned your will and your life over to His care. In step 4, you show your willingness to trust God. You make a searching and fearless written […]
Archives for December 2014
Finalizing Step 3 in Addiction Recovery
Day 28 – 12.21.14 Final preparation for step 3, which you will take together with your sponsor when you are ready to move on in the step process. Prayerfully consider these points as key aspects of your step 3 decision and commitment to Trust in God: Remaining abstinent with patience and faith while waiting upon […]
My Gratitude Journal – Day 27
Today was a pretty good day. Got to sleep in a little bit while the kids watched cartoons. Then we got up and I started step work. Today’s step work was quite long. As I was working on the step work, the kids were being crazy and I could tell Becky was getting a little […]
What Does it Mean to Put Your Trust in God?
Day 27 – 12.20.14 Attend sacrament meeting; review and renew baptismal covenants Taking step 3 and trusting God in all things can be like putting on a new pair of glasses and seeing everything with new eyes. By making the decision to turn your will over to God, you will begin to experience the comfort […]
My Gratitude Journal – Day 26
Today was a good day. Fridays are usually a bit more laid back and slow with work, which is nice. I played basketball this morning and then came home to help get the kids ready for school. I took them to school too, which was fun. Then I did my step work. I’m grateful for […]
The Blessing that Come from Submitting to God
Day 26 – 12.19.14 Continued submission to God’s will reduces strife and brings more meaning to our lives. Small things like traffic jams are no longer cause for upset. We no longer fear our creditors. We accept responsibility for our actions. We accept and treat others as we would like to be treated, as the […]
How Submitting to God Equals Addiction Recovery
Day 25 – 12.18.14 Our ability to withstand temptation is now grounded in our continual submission to the will of the Lord. We express our need for the power available to us through the Savior’s Atonement, and we begin to feel that power within us, fortifying us against the next temptation. We have learned to […]
My Gratitude Journal – Day 24
I’m grateful today is over. It wasn’t a bad day, just a long one and it ended harder than I like days to end. How I felt the hand of the Lord today: I closed the Marie deal and she paid half instead of 25%, which was a surprise. I got an email from BR […]
Using the Atonement in All Aspects of My Life
Day 24 – 12.17.14 The Lord extends the same invitation: “I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20). How does this invitation from the Lord apply to step 3? […]
My Gratitude Journal – Day 23
This journal entry will be short because it’s late. But I had a great talk tonight with Becky about how things are going, about submitting ones will to God, and about how my meeting with Gordan went today. First, my meeting with Gordan went fine. We talked about my recovery and a lot about my […]
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