Wings Devotional Recovery ... March 24, 2008

Step Three -- Just For Today - Independence

Step Three: Made a decision to turn our will and our  lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

"If I keep on turning my life and my will over to the care of Something or Somebody else, what will become of me?  I’ll look like the hole in the doughnut.'  This, of course, is the process by which instinct and logic always seek to bolster egotism, and so frustrate spiritual development.  The trouble is that this kind of thinking takes no real account of the facts.  And the facts seem to be these: The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.  Therefore dependence, as AA practices it, is really a means to gaining true independence of the spirit."

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Just for Today -- A Daily Devotional

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We all struggle with the "pride" issue.  We think we are super human and invincible.  Our pride is the thing that causes us to wonder about 'losing ourselves' if we all Jesus to be Lord in our lives.  The truth is that it takes a strong person to turn over our lives to Him.  We must come to realize that up until now, we have not done very well in controlling our lives, which we have not done.  At this point in our recovery, we probably are still completely out of control, the exact opposite of what we sometimes think and feel.

Once we become humble, pride will not be our downfall.  Humility will allow us to 'Let go and Let God'.  Once we begin practicing this step and allowing Him to work in us, we will find a new confidence, a new inner strength, a new will that will allow us to conquer the impossible things in recover and in live that we were never able to do before.  Each step we walk with God, we walk with assurance of the faith we have in Him based on His greatness and kindness. 

He will enable us to face every challenge that comes our way.  So step out - and begin a new journey with this wonderful Savior God who loved us so much He sent His only begotten Son to die for our sins, was buried and resurrected to give us eternal life.  The only requirement is to believe on these things, believe on Him.  We really have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

I Corinthians 15:1-8 –

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.

2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

5 and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.

6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

I John 3:1-3 --

1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!  And that is what we are!  The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known.  But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

3 Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

* As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:

·        greater personal discipline,

·        worldwide persecuted Christians,

·        Hedge of protection to our children

·        Blessings to our spouses

·        Godly men in Government

·        Rest and Peace to our pastors

·        Your activities for the day.

Love One Another

Stand Together

Fight this war, no matter the cost

Pray for our children

Turn our hearts toward heaven

Seek to be one nation under God.

God Bless and Guide You in your Christian Walk Today

“The Lord bless you and keep you,
the Lord make his face shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”
-- Numbers 6:24-27

You can help when no one else can."
  -- c. 2001, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 89
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