Carried By His Wings© -- Sexual Purity Recovery

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Wings Devotional Recovery ... October 19, 2009

Just For Today – Step Ten -- Balance

STEP TEN Is about maintaining progress in recovery.

We continue to take personal inventory, and when we are wrong, promptly admit it.

“So if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you do not fall.” -- I Corinthians 10:12

"We AA’s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance. We can’t stand it if we hate deeply.  The idea that we can be possessively loving of a few, can ignore the many, and can continue to fear or hate anybody, has to be abandoned, if only a little at a time."

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Wings Devotional© Daily Meditation Translation

is property of Wings Of Eagles Recovery©

Just for Today -- A Daily Devotional

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What the above talks about is excess.  We can not have excess, be it drink, drugs, shopping, food, it has to be a balance.  With Step Ten – we learn balance, we learn to do the inventory to see where and how we are off balance, where we need to realign.

Do not work Step Ten thinking you are now in recovery, walking with God in the lead, and doing things correctly.  We must realize that recovery and our faith walk are processes, places where we begin and then we grow with each STEP we take.  Yes, we can still have excesses in our lives, we can still have emotions or character traits that are unhealthy, that are bad, but as long as we faithfully and prayerfully seek God first, and process the Steps He as given to us for recovery, then we are assured of the peace that will come to us knowing we are ‘a masterpiece that God is developing’.

The Steps of recovery act as our shields for the battle as we march through daily life.  God uses in His Word many times references to the ‘battle, the armor’, etc.  The most famous passage is Ephesians 6:10-19, concerning the armor of God.  The Word of God is our best weapon – all truth for life is contained in the Bible. Utilize that tool in al your Step Work – because it will always keep you on the correct path.

Major change in mass amounts could be overwhelming to us and probably not very lasting.  It takes a little work each and every moment of our lives, just a little change at a time – remembering never to have large expectations – no excesses -- a little at a time.

Let God take the lead, follow Him and you will never walk in the wrong path or alone.

3 "Prepare your shields, both large and small,
and march out for battle!

4 Harness the horses,
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with helmets on!
Polish your spears,
put on your armor!

5 What do I see?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are defeated.
They flee in haste
without looking back,
and there is terror on every side,"
declares the LORD.
 -- Jeremiah 46:  3-5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will direct your paths.

Proverbs 3, 5-6

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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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