Carried By His Wings© -- Sexual Purity Recovery

Wings Devotional Recovery ... February 20, 2009

Just For Today – Quality

STEP TWO: Is about the birth of faith in us.

I  believe that GOD, through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, will restore me to sanity.

“For it is GOD who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” -- Philippians 2:13.

STEP TWO PRAYER

God, I'm standing at the turning point of my life right now.

I know in my heart that only you can restore me to sanity. 

I humbly ask that you remove all

twisted thought & addictive behavior from me this day.

Heal my spirit & restore in me a clear mind.

Give me your protection and care as I abandon myself to you

and for me to give-up my old ways

and forget my old ideas just for today.

AMEN

"To clergymen, doctors, friends, and families, the alcoholic who means well and tries hard is a heartbreaking riddle.  To most AAs, he is not.  There are too many of us who have been just like him, and have found the riddle's answer. 

This answer has to do with the quality of faith rather than its quantity. 

This has been our blind spot.  

We supposed we had humility when really we hadn't. 

We supposed we had been serious about religious practices when, upon honest appraisal, we found we had only been superficial.  Or, going to the other extreme, we had wallowed in emotionalism and had mistaken it for true religious feeling. 

In both cases, we had been asking for something for nothing.  The fact was that we hadn't really cleaned house so that the grace of God could enter us and expel the obsession."

©  1952, AAWS, Inc.; Printed 2005; Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 32  Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, and the Big Book are registered trademarks of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services.  Just For Today is neither endorsed by, approved by, associated, nor affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., or The AA Grapevine, Inc.

Wings Devotional© Daily Meditation Translation

is property of Wings Of Eagles Recovery©

Just for Today -- A Daily Devotional

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Quality of faith - - is what it is all about.  We have been brain-washed in this world to think that quantity equals success.  it does not.  Quality of faith is what is in our hearts.  The Bible says God knows our hearts, and that can be scary based on what we are hiding there.

Faith is not an emotion driven event, emotions come and go and we cannot really depend on our emotions since we have been living in addiction.  Our emotions are most time out of control.  Faith comes with knowing God, being in communion with Him, inviting Him into our hearts to cleanse us.  That is right - dying to ourselves and letting God bring the new creation in. 

God is waiting, He is a gracious God, not forcing Himself on us, He only waits for the invitation to come in.  Then we have quality of faith and as time grows, when we work our recovery program, we will see our quantity of faith increase.

16 “Your words were found and I  ate them,
And Your  words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart;
For I have been called by Your name,
O LORD God of hosts.” -- Jeremiah 15:16

STEP TWO: Is about the birth of faith in us.

I  believe that GOD, through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, will restore me to sanity.

“For it is GOD who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” -- Philippians 2:13.

STEP TWO PRAYER

God, I'm standing at the turning point of my life right now.

I know in my heart that only you can restore me to sanity. 

I humbly ask that you remove all

twisted thought & addictive behavior from me this day.

Heal my spirit & restore in me a clear mind.

Give me your protection and care as I abandon myself to you

and for me to give-up my old ways

and forget my old ideas just for today.

AMEN

Additional Scriptures to help me understand what the Word of God says about me being ready to believe that God can restore me to sanity …

·        Job 14:1-6

·        Daniel 4:19-33

·        Psalm 18:1-3

·        Psalm 142

·        Matthew 12:18-21

·        Mark 5:1-13

·        Mark 9:23, 24

·        Luke 8:43-48

·        Luke 13:10-13

·        Luke 15:11-24

·        John 6:63

·        John 12:46

·        Romans 1:18-20

·        Hebrews 11:1-10

Came to Believe

I cried a tear that came from my soul,

Please set me free, I said,

The doctor had already told the news,

That, soon I would be dead!

Why me, I screamed, this just can't be,

You know how hard I tried!

It must be someone else's fault,

When, to myself, I lied.

Just this one drink and not anymore,

I often was heard to say.

It worked a thousand times before,

So why not on this day?

My soul lay naked, I looked at myself

To see what I had done.

It started out so innocently,

It really looked like fun.

Reliving it now, as I look back,

I see it all was me.

I didn't like the person at all

That I had come to be.

The change came slowly,

one day at a time,

For this I had to pray,

The steps gave me a way of life,

I practice everyday !

Sharlett Hunt @ 2002

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Come To Believe*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

As we receive God's love and impart it to others,

we are given the power to repair the world.

Marianne Williamson

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* 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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