Carried By His Wings© -- Sexual Purity Recovery

Wings Devotional Recovery ... November 29, 2010

We are at the end of November month eleven,

Spiritual Disciplines of Prayer and Meditation …

Prayer and Meditation has been a blessing learning how to!!!

We are starting the busiest season of the whole year …

Temptations will be at every turn …

How is your Recovery Journey coming along …

Open your prayer time and do NOT close the prayer until you go to bed  …

 A GROWING RELATIONSHIP

LISTENING TO GOD

STEP ELEVEN Involves the spiritual disciplines of prayer and meditation.

I seek to know Christ more intimately through prayer and meditation, praying only for knowledge of His will for me and the power to carry that out.

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” -- Colossians 3:16a

JUST FOR TODAY! – Step Eleven -- Nourishment

"Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine.  And for the same reason.  When we refuse air, light, or food, the body suffers.  And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support.  As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul.  We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of his strength, and the atmosphere of His grace."

c. 1952, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pages 97- 98

Wings Devotional© Daily Meditation Translation

is property of Wings Of Eagles Recovery©

Just for Today -- A Daily Devotional

**********************************

There is an old saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder.  The saying is definitely, not true -- absence makes us get used to the other person not being around and eventually makes us forget them.

That is what recovery is like without prayer.  When we stop communicating with God – we get out of the habit of seeking His will and our will gets back in gear.  We all realize that is a disastrous thing – and will most likely cause a relapse. 

We all need to stay close to God – He is our strength and the more we pray the closer we become and the more we can experience His grace, love and mercy.

Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.

I said, "I will confess
my transgressions to the LORD"--
and you forgave
the guilt of my sin.

Selah

Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you
while you may be found;

surely when the mighty waters rise,
they will not reach him.

You are my hiding place;
you will protect me from trouble
and surround me with songs of deliverance.

Selah

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you and watch over you. -- Psalm 32: 5-8

************************************************

Step Eleven

Working Step Eleven

The first ten steps have set the stage for us to improve our conscious contact with GOD.  They give us the foundation to achieve our long sought, positive goals.  Having entered this phase of our spiritual program through practicing the previous ten steps, most of us welcome the exercise of prayer and meditation.  Our Spiritual condition is the basis for a successful recovery that offers unlimited growth. 

Many of us really begin to appreciate our recovery when we get to the Eleventh Step.  In the Eleventh Step, our lives take on a deeper meaning.  By surrendering control, we gain a far greater power.  The nature of our belief will determine the manner of our prayers and meditations.  We need only make sure that we have a system of belief that works for us.  Results count in recovery.  Our prayers seemed to work as soon as we entered the Christian Twelve Step Recovery program and surrendered to our disease.  The conscious contact described in this step is the direct result of living the steps.  We use this step to improve and maintain our spiritual condition.

Goals For Step Eleven

·        Identify the primary purpose of prayer.

·        Describe Christian Meditation.

·        Examine methods to help you work Step Eleven.

Eleven Step Prayer

"Lord, make me a channel of thy peace

– That where there is hatred, I may bring love

– That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness

– That where there is discord, I may bring harmony

– That where there is error, I may bring truth

– That where there is doubt, I may bring faith

– That where there is despair, I may bring hope

– That where there are shadows, I may bring light

– That where there is sadness, I may bring joy. 

Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted

– to understand, than to be understood

– to love, than to be loved. 

For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.'"
 

Tenth Step Bible Reading

*       John 4:13, 14

*       Romans 8:26-28

*       Galatians 2:20

*       Philippians 4:6-9

*       Titus 3:1-7

*       Psalm 84:5-12

*        Psalm 127:1,2

************************************************

When Things Are Tough

These times are hard but challenge and adversity can push people toward their own greatness.  It can launch you on a deeper personal journey toward happiness, fulfillment, and a life of meaning.  As you look at ways to gather strength and improve self-esteem, remember it is not so much about what you have, but who you are:

Broke Is Not Broken

Being broke is not the same thing as being broken, losing money is not the same as being lost, and finding your balance is not something you can do on a balance sheet.

Having Less Doesn’t Mean You Are Less

Don’t confuse having less with being less, having more with being more, or what you have with who you are.

Savor Life and Slow Down

          When you are in a hurry, go slowly.  The faster you go in life the sooner it is a blur.

Prayer Creates a New Path

          Prayer creates a path where there is none and turns your stumbling blocks into building blocks.

Courage Is Not Absence of Fear

Put your faith, and not your fears, in charge.  Courage isn’t the absence of fears but how you wrestle with them.

Embrace the Future

If you are busy hugging the past, you can’t embrace the future.  Don’t let the past kidnap your future.

Change Is the Only Constant

This too shall pass.  Change is the only constant.  In order to take a breath, you must release your breath.

Make a Difference

Do what you can, but never forget that letting go is very different from giving up.  Of all the things you can make in life, remember that you make all the difference in your life.

Embrace Happiness

Tough times do not require you to be tough on yourself.  Find the courage to embrace happiness.

You Are Great

          Things don’t have to be good for you to be great.

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.

* 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
**********************************