Recovery @ The Rock Step 11. A Personal Relationship with God.
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Step 11 of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) states:
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (2001). Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book (4th ed.). New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
This book outlines all of the Twelve Steps, including Step 11, and serves as a primary resource for understanding AA's principles and spiritual practices.
Genesis 4:26 (NKJV)
26 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the Lord.
There are five tools that I want to talk about tonight in relationship with The Lord.
There are five tools that I want to talk about tonight in relationship with The Lord.
1. Prayer.
1. Prayer.
6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
2 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
17 pray without ceasing,
2. Meditation.
2. Meditation.
3. Meditate on the word of God.
3. Meditate on the word of God.
148 My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word.
17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
4. Take stock of my actions and the thoughts that caused them.
4. Take stock of my actions and the thoughts that caused them.
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—
5. Be in fellowship.
5. Be in fellowship.
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
