Wings Devotional Recovery ... March 25, 2008

JUST FOR TODAY! -- Aid

From "How It Works:"

"So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making.  They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so.  Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness.  We must, or it kills us!  God makes that possible.  And there often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His aid."

c. 2001, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 62

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Just for Today -- A Daily Devotional

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God has promised us, that He will make all things possible, when we are willing to die to our selfish desires and seek His aid.  Even in our worst, God was guiding us through our path -- even when we faced the pit of destruction, we see from the verse below – that God kept us from falling all of the way in.  That is a love that reaches beyond our comprehension. 

The rest of the story is in the remainder of the verse … it says the God put our sins behind His back.  Jesus Christ came to this earth as the perfect sin offering, to die for our sins, to save us from the condemnation of the disobedience – He died in our place.  But it doesn’t stop there – Jesus was raised from the dead, with a promise of life everlasting beyond the grave. 

That is how we rid ourselves of “self”  By entering into a covenant/agreement with Jesus to call Him Lord, to allow His will to be done through us.  This brings new meaning to “let go and let God!”

“I cried like a swift or thrush,

    I moaned like a mourning dove.

  My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens.

    I am troubled; O Lord, come to my aid!

 But what can I say?

    He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.

  I will walk humbly all my years

    because of this anguish of my soul.

Lord, by such things men live;

    and my spirit finds life in them too.

  You restored me to health

    and let me live.  Surely it was for my benefit

    that I suffered such anguish.

  In your love you kept me

    from the pit of destruction;

  you have put all my sins

    behind your back.” -- Isaiah 38:14-17

* 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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