Carried
By His Wings© -- Sexual Purity Recovery
Wings Devotional Recovery
... March 25, 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 ...
Step Three -- Just For Today
- Independence
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!
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."
©1952, AAWS, Inc.; Printed
2005; Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 36
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Meditation Translation
is property of Wings Of
Eagles Recovery©
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.
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
Manny
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Celebrating Twelve
Years of Spiritual Sobriety
*** February 29, 1996 ***
”Two are better than one, because they
have a good reward for their toil.
For if they fall, one will lift up the other;
but woe to one who is alone and falls
and does not have another to help”
-- Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
"Carry
this message to other alcoholics!
You
can help when no one else can."
-- c. 2001, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 89
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