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Webster list 3 definitions of integrity.
1. firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values OR INCORRUPTIBILITY
2. an unimpaired condition OR SOUNDNESS
3. the quality or state of being complete or undivided OR COMPLETENESS
Prayer
Oswald Chambers said that spiritual confusion can only be conquered through obedience.
illustration of troubleshooting fire alarm
EST distributor
showing up and finishing work
INTEGRITY
Noah’s ark
Moses striking the rock keep him from the promise land
The importance of the 12 steps and following them
Your recovery and life depend on it
Our temptation as addicts or humans is to cut corners
We do not like to follow directions
Celebrate Recovery 12 Steps and Biblical Comparisons
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We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Romans 7:18 NIV
2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Philippians 2:13 NIV
3. We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship.
Romans 12:1 NIV
4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:40 NIV
5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
James 5:16a NIV
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We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
James 4:10 NIV
7. We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NIV
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We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Luke 6:31 NIV
9. We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar.
First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:23-24 NIV
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We continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 1 Corinthians 10:12
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We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and power to carry that out.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.
Colossians 3:16a NIV
12. Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore them gently.
But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
Galatians 6:1 NIV
Are you ready to cross the Jordan and enter the promise land of recovery.
It works if you work them.
Illustration of living out your recovery through Jesus
Promise land
no more Egypt
no more bondage
living sold out for Jesus equals real recovery
invitation
ROMANS ROAD
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