Carried By His Wings© -- Sexual Purity Recovery

I want to apologize for not sending devotionals ... It is complicated ... I went on vacation then my mother was very sick ... then she passed away at the end of June ... ten I grieved until now I think I can resume ..

Wings Devotional Recovery ... October 26, 2009

Just For Today – Step Ten -- Contentment

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

"Our inventory enables us to settle with the past.  When this is done, we are really able to leave it behind us.  When our inventory is carefully taken, and we have made peace with ourselves, the conviction follows that tomorrow's challenges can be met as they come."

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Wings Devotional© Daily Meditation Translation

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Just for Today -- A Daily Devotional

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What is described above could be labeled contentment.  No, we have not finished the walk we have begun, but we now know that we can face any challenge that comes our way.  At Step 10 - we have the victory we see that we are settling with our past, that our mistakes have not killed us, that people will still love us because we have made amends, because we are being honest with God, ourselves and others.  Because we are willing to acknowledge our part in the hurts of others in our life, because we are not perfect BUT we have a perfect God living in our, giving us His Spirit to cause us to walk in His ways.  All it takes is for us to allow His Spirit to have more room than our old inner self.

Some days it is easier than others, but the truth is that each day we take, one day at a time, with each step, we are growing in the grace of God and the knowledge of His Word and utilizing the tools of the 12 Steps provided for us to walk in peace on this road of recovery.

11Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

12I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going  hungry, both of having abundance and  suffering need.

13I can do all things through Him who  strengthens me.
-- Philipians 4:11-13

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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