Day 62 – Step Work HUMILITY KEY PRINCIPLE: Humbly ask Heavenly Father to remove your shortcomings. All the steps require humility, but step 7 requires it most explicitly: “Humbly ask Heavenly Father to remove your shortcomings.” The humble heart we developed in step 6 brought us to our knees in step 7 to ask the Lord […]
How Can I Have God Become Everything To Me?
Day 61 – Step Work CHANGE OF HEART KEY PRINCIPLE: Become entirely ready to have God remove all your character weaknesses. After the rigorous emotional and spiritual cleansing of steps 4 and 5, most of us were amazed at the transformation in ourselves. We prayed more intently, pondered the scriptures more regularly, and kept a […]
Why is Confessing Such An Important Part of Addiction Recovery
Day 60 – Step Work CONFESSION KEY PRINCIPLE: Admit to yourself, to your Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, to proper priesthood authority, and to another person the exact nature of your wrongs. A common characteristic of many who have suffered from addiction is a sense of isolation. Even in a crowd or […]
The Re-Start of Step 4 in Addiction Recovery
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
Submitting My Will to God One Day at a Time
Day 23 – 12.16.14 When we took step 3, we faced the truth that recovery was far more the result of the Lord’s efforts than our own. He worked the miracle when we invited Him into our lives. Step 3 was a decision to allow God to recover and redeem us. It was a decision […]
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