Carried By His Wings© -- Sexual Purity Recovery

Wings Devotional Recovery ... March 16, 2009

The Month of March brings us to Step Three ... We will have Step Devotionals every Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday and sometimes on Mondays ... Tuesdays and Thursdays Sobriety Devotionals ...

Just For Today! -- Why?

From “Because I'm An Alcoholic”:

"Somehow I still managed to keep my job and most of my friends, social drinkers who were urging me to cut down on the alcohol.  That counsel only made me mad, but I was concerned myself.  I asked the therapist I was seeing, sometimes with beer in hand, would I have to stop?  His answer was that we had to find out why I drank.  I’d !  already tried but was never able to find out why until I learned the answer in AA - because I'm an alcoholic.”

© 2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 342

Wings Devotional© Daily Meditation Translation

is property of Wings Of Eagles Recovery©

Just for Today -- A Daily Devotional

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A simple answer - because I am an addict - that is why I use or drink.  I can blame both parents, every teacher I had in school, every friend, every bad thing that happened in my past, my wife, my kids, my dog the cat the weather, etc. but the fact is I am an addict - I drink because I am an addict.  When I could really grasp that - I was at the beginning of my recovery - because i was at the end of myself. 

“14For this reason I bow !  my knees before the Father 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.  16I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith.  I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, 18 may be able to comprehend.” -- Ephesians 3:14-21

STEP THREE: Involves a decision to let GOD be in charge of My Life.

I make a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of GOD through Jesus Christ

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of GOD’s  mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to GOD - which is your spiritual worship." -- Romans 12:1

Promise: We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.

Third Step Prayer~ (Page 63 - A. A. Big Book)

God, I offer myself to Thee

To build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt.

Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will.

Take away my difficulties,

that victory over them may bear

witness to those I would help of Thy Power,

Thy Love and

Thy Way of life,

May I do Thy will always!

Prayer of commitment to GOD:

Dear Jesus,

Thank YOU for making me and loving me,

even when I ignored you and gone my own way. 

I realize I need You in my life

and I’m sorry for my past behavior. 

I ask You to forgive me. 

As much as I know how, I want to follow You from now on.

Please come into my life and

make me a new person inside. 

I accept Your gift of salvation. 

Please help me to grow now as a Christian.

Amen.

God, Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery.

Show me how to live. (the step on p. 59 BB)

AMEN

Additional Scriptures to help me understand what the Word of God says helping me understand what the Scriptures say about surrendering my will and life to GOD, …

· Numbers 23:18-24

· Deuteronomy 30:15-20

· Psalm 3:5, 6

· Psalm 19:1-4

· Psalm 23

· Psalm 61:1-8

· Proverbs 3:5, 6

· Isaiah 54:4-8

· Matthew 11:27-30

· Matthew 11:28-30

· Matthew 16:21-26

· Ephesians 2:8, 9

· Acts 17:23-28

· James 4:7-10

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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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