Fwd: Scripture and the Twelve Steps

Subject: Scripture and the Twelve Steps

Step One: 

NOW I REALIZE and admit I am powerless over the effect of separation from God and that my life has become unmanageable.

NOW I REALIZE because of DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS, I am SEPARATED from God.

NOW I REALIZE all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  Romans 3:23

NOW I REALIZE and know nothing good lives in me, that is, in my  DNA CHARACTER nature.   

NOW I REALIZE that I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 

Romans 7:18 

Step Two: 

NOW I REALIZE and come to believe that a Power Greater than myself could Restore me to Sanity. 

NOW I REALIZE the wages of  DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS is death, but the Gift of God is Eternal Life in Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23

NOW I REALIZE  it is not I that does these things but it is the DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS in my flesh that was inherited and genetically transferred down from generation to generation! Apostle Paul 

NOW I REALIZE it is God who works in me to will and to act according to His good purpose. Philippians 2:13  

Step Three:

NOW I REALIZE  I must make Daily DECISIONS to turn my will and my life over to the care of God.

NOW I REALIZE that God DEMONSTRATED His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

NOW I REALIZE if you CONFESS with your mouth the Lord Jesus and BELIEVE in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be SAVED! For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Romans 10:9,10

NOW I REALIZE ... in view of God's mercy, we need to offer our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - which is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1 

Step Four

NOW I REALIZE  we CONTINUALLY make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

NOW I REALIZE  we need to EXAMINE our ways and TEST them, and let us return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40 

Step Five

NOW I REALIZE that we need ADMIT to God, to OURSELVES, and ANOTHER human being the exact nature of our wrongs known as DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS!

NOW I REALIZE we must have Mentors to Discuss our DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS to each other and pray for each other so that you may be HEALED!

James 5:16 

NOW I REALIZE that when we CONFESS with our mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in our heart that God has RAISED Him from the dead, we will be saved. For with the HEART one believes unto righteousness, and with the MOUTH confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9,10)

Step Six

NOW I REALIZE  that I have a fervent desire to have God REMOVE ALL of these DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS.

 

NOW I REALIZE how important it is to be HUMBLE  before the Lord, and He will LIFT us up. James 4:10 

NOW I REALIZE whoever CALLS on the name of the Lord shall be SAVED! Romans 10:13

ETERNITY STARTS NOW!

Step Seven

NOW I REALIZE that I must HUMBLY ask God to REMOVE my SHORTCOMINGS / DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS

NOW I REALIZE If we CONFESS our sins known as DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS  He is faithful and just and will forgive us and PURIFY us from all UNRIGHTEOUSNESS! 1 John 1:9

Step Eight

NOW I REALIZE that we must make a list of all persons we had HARMED and become WILLING to make AMENDS to them all.

NOW I REALIZE how important it is to, "to do to others as you would have them do to you." Luke 6:31

Step Nine

NOW I REALIZE that we need to make direct AMENDS to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

NOW I REALIZE that if I am offering my gift at the altar and there remember that my brother has something against me, leave my 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

Step Ten

NOW I REALIZE the we need to continue to take personal inventory, and when we are wrong, promptly admitted it.

NOW I REALIZE not to be complacent and think that I am standing firm; I need to be careful that I don't fall. I Corinthians 10:12 

Step Eleven

NOW I REALIZE how important it is to seek 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.

NOW I REALIZE  we seek through PRAYER and MEDITATION, to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

NOW I REALIZE  it is important to let the WORD of Christ dwell in my life richly.

Colossians 3:16a 

Step Twelve

NOW I REALIZE  by experiencing God's GRACE, MERCY and EMPOWERMENT found in these steps, I will carry this message of hope to others, and continue to practice these principles in all affairs.

NOW I REALIZE if someone is caught in his/her DNA CHARACTER DEFECT that we who are spiritual restore him/her gently.  But I need to watch myself, or I also may be tempted because of my own DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS! Galatians 6:1

NOW I REALIZE the PENALTY for our DNA CHARACTER DEFECTS was PAID IN FULL by Jesus Christ!

NOW I REALIZE with Gratitude every Day how fortunate I am. 

NOW I REALIZE God has a wonderful plan for my life!

"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." 

(John 10:10b)