Carried
By His Wings© -- Sexual Purity Recovery
Wings Devotional Recovery
... March 31, 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! -- Step Three -- Could and Would
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.
From "How It Works:"
"Our description of the
alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal
adventures before and after make clear three pertinent
ideas:
(a) That we were alcoholic
and could not manage our own lives.
(b) That probably no human
power could have relieved our alcoholism.
(c) That God could and would
if He were sought."
c. 1976, Alcoholics
Anonymous, page 60
Wings Devotional© Daily
Meditation Translation
is property of Wings Of
Eagles Recovery©
Just for Today -- A Daily
Devotional
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Reprinted
from Today’s Gift - One of the greatest decisions any of
us ever made concerned our Third Step. This decision
seemed to go against everything we wanted to do. We all
know so well that every time we tried to manage our own
lives, we produced misery and heartache. Human beings
seem created to fight the decision to give up control.
Yet this decision in Step Three, very hard for us to
make, was one of the greatest decisions we ever made.
When we did our Third Step,
we merely embraced the truth. When we decided to let
God be God, we were able to participate in the plan.
Whenever we let go and let God, we become a player on a
team that will always win.
WILL POWER = Our WILL-ingness
to use a Higher POWER.
-- Anonymous
He put a new song in my
mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.
Blessed is the man
who makes the LORD his
trust,
who does not look to
the proud,
to those who turn aside to
false gods. -- Psalm 40:3-4
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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