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 […]
Trying to look good to others
“Let no man publish his own righteousness…; sooner let him confess his sins, and then he will be forgiven, and he will bring forth fruit” (Joseph Smith, in History of the Church, 4:479). I have totally been there. Addiction is a double life, a life of masks, a surreal world. I guess this “looking good […]
Confession to others: “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed” (James 5:16).
You may feel that someone who really knew all your weaknesses and failings would reject you. But a priesthood leader or a trusted friend who understands the recovery process usually responds with understanding and compassion. How could such a response help you heal? It is very hard for pornography addicts to come out of the […]
Most of us feel fear and an unwillingness to take step 5. How can confessing your sins to God give you courage and strength eventually to confess to another person?
I believe this question is aimed at those of us who fear meeting someone to share our inventory with. I must say confessing was terrifying for me. I believe I’ve come a long way. When I attended my first meeting I was determined to “pass.” As people went around telling their stories and their struggles, […]
Confession to God: How does confessing your sins to God help you make positive changes in your life?
Two things come to mind: (1) In order to confess my sins to God I have to know what my sins are. I have to recognize that I’ve sinned. (2) Once I’ve recognized my sin and felt remorse, I have to pray to “call up” God. So confessing my sins to God help me because […]
Step 5: Confession to a priesthood leader
Last night I confessed to my bishop my addiction and all that, but I really confessed and felt bad about being so secretive and dishonest. I have covered up, minimized, and pretended I was alright for many years. I wanted to go into the bishops office and unload all this heavy burden of lies and […]
Step 5 – Relieving Stress & Finding Peace – Forsaking Sin
I would not dwell upon your crimes, to harrow up your soul, if it were not for your good” (Alma 39:7). Some people would claim that we dwell too much on negative things in life by taking steps 4 and 5 and that doing so can only add to our stress. In this verse, we […]
Step 5 – More on Confess Sins as Soon as You Recognize Them
What might be the detrimental effects of procrastinating step 5? To me, the detrimental effects of putting off step 5 could be falling back in to the same errors. It could also be getting scared to even go there and talking myself out of even completing step 5, maybe just “skipping over it” and justifying […]
Step 5 – Confess Sins as Soon as You Recognize Them
In this same year were they brought to a knowledge of their error and did confess their faults” (3 Nephi 1:25). This verse is an example of people who did not procrastinate confessing their faults once they were brought to a knowledge of them. What are the benefits of doing step 5 as soon as […]
Step 5 – Sincerity
Whosoever transgresseth against me, him shall ye judge according to the sins which he has committed; and if he confess his sins before thee and me, and repenteth in the sincerity of his heart, him shall ye forgive, and I will forgive him also” (Mosiah 26:29). When you confess your sins, you must be sincere. […]
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