Fwd: Subject: Scripture and the Twelve Steps

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> Subject: Scripture and the Twelve Steps
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> STEP I
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> NOW I REALIZE and admit I am powerless over the effect of separation from God and that my life has become unmanageable.
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> NOW I REALIZE because of DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES, I am SEPARATED from God.
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> NOW I REALIZE all have DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES and have fallen short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
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> NOW I REALIZE and know that nothing good lives in me, that is nothing good lives within my DNA CHARACTER nature.
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> NOW I REALIZE I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
> Romans 7:18
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> STEP II
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> NOW I REALIZE and come to believe that a Power Greater than myself could Restore me to Sanity.
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> NOW I REALIZE the wages of my DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES is death, but the Gift of God is Eternal Life in Jesus Christ.
> Romans 6:23
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> NOW I REALIZE it is not I that does theses things but it is the DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES within my flesh that craves these things. These FLAWS were inherited and genetically transferred down from generation to generation! Paul
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> NOW I REALIZE it is God who works in me to will and to act according to His good purpose. Philippians 2:13
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> STEP III
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> NOW I REALIZE I must make daily DECISIONS to turn my will and my life over to the care of God.
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> NOW I REALIZE that God demonstrated His own love toward me, in that while I was yet flawed with DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES Christ died for me.
> Romans 5:8
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> NOW I REALIZE since I confess with my mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in my heart that God has raised Him from the dead, I am as if right now free from the Slave Driver who uses my DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES and shortcomings against me. Romans 10:9
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> NOW I REALIZE ... in view of God's mercy, (knowledge of mankind as well as my DNA DILEMA) I want to choose to offer my body, mind and spirit as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is my spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1
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> STEP IV
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> NOW I REALIZE I need to continually make a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself!
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> NOW I REALIZE I need to examine my ways and test them, and keep returning to the Lord every hour of every day. Lamentations 3:40
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> NOW I REALIZE that my request is to...Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts...
> Psalm 139:23
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> STEP V
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> NOW I REALIZE that I need to admit to God and to another human being (Mentor) the exact nature of my wrongs known as my DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES caused by some anxiety that is triggered by a chemical imbalance in my brain.
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> NOW I REALIZE I must have a mentor to discuss my DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES for me to be HEALED!
> James 5:16
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> NOW I REALIZE that when I confess with my mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in my heart that God has raised Him from the dead, I will be saved. Romans 10:9
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> STEP VI
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> NOW I REALIZE that I have a fervent desire to have God REMOVE ALL of these DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES.
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> NOW I REALIZE how important it is to be HUMBLE before the Lord, and He will lift me up. James 4:10
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> NOW I REALIZE when I call on the name of the Lord I shall be SAVED! Romans 10:13
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> STEP VII
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> NOW I REALIZE that I must humbly ask God to remove my DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES.
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> NOW I REALIZE since I am confessing my sins known as DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES that all people have including me, that He is faithful and just and will forgive me and purify me from all unrighteousness.
> John 1:9
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> STEP VIII
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> NOW I REALIZE that I must make a list of all persons that I harmed and become willing to make amends to all of them.
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> NOW I REALIZE I will do unto others as I would have them do unto me. Luke 6:31
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> STEP IX
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> NOW I REALIZE that I need to make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would harm them or others.
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> NOW I REALIZE that when I am offering my gift at the altar and remember that my
> brother/neighbor has something against me, I must leave my gift in front of the altar.
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> I then must first go and be reconciled to my friend then I may come and offer my gift.
> Matthew 5:23-24
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> STEP X
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> NOW I REALIZE that I need to continue to take personal inventory and when I am wrong, I need to promptly admit it.
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> NOW I REALIZE I cannot be complacent and think that I am standing firm on my own; I need to be careful that I don't fall. I Corinthians 10:12
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> STEP XI
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> NOW I REALIZE I want to seek through prayer and meditation, to improve my conscious contact with God, praying only for the knowledge of His will in my life and the power to carry that out.
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> NOW I REALIZE it is important to let the Word of Christ dwell in my life richly. Colossians 3:16a
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> STEP XII
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> NOW I REALIZE by experiencing God's:
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> - GRACE
> - MERCY
> - EMPOWERMENT
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> found in these steps, I will carry this message of hope to others, and continue to practice these principles in all affairs.
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> NOW I REALIZE when someone is caught playing out his/her DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES that I (who am a spiritual being) need to restore him/her gently.
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> However, I also need to watch myself or I also may be tempted because of my own DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES that sneak up on me! Galatians 6:1
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> NOW I REALIZE the penalty for my DNA CHARACTER CHALLENGES that have been passed down in my Genetics was given to the Higher Power and Paid for on a Roman Cross by this Higher Power!
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> NOW I REALIZE I need to have Gratitude every hour of every day and be quick to Forgive as I have been Forgiven of all!
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> NOW I REALIZE God has a wonderful peaceful plan for my life.
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> NOW I REALIZE my Higher Power, Jesus said,
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> "I have come that you may have life, and that you may have life more abundantly."
> John 10:10
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> NOW I REALIZE if I do what I don't want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is my DNA GENETIC CHARACTER CHALLENGES living in me that does it. Romans 7:20
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> NOW I REALIZE there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus...
> Romans 8:1
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> NOW I REALIZE I'm a Winner because my Higher Power is Jesus and He said the following to some other people with DNA GENETIC CHARACTER CHALLENGES:
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> "The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, for the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor (poor at heart or anxious and depressed).
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> He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted (those I will make amends with) and to proclaim that those captives that are slaves to the DNA GENETIC CHARACTER CHALLENGES of life will be released and prisoners will be freed from their DNA GENETIC CHARACTER CHALLENGES that began in the Garden.
> Isaiah 61:1 Luke (paraphrased)
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> NOW I REALIZE I STEP by Faith and not by sight!
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> STEP XII AND BEYOND...
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> NOW I KNOW Life is about Serving God and He wants me to Serve and Help others above all things.
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> NOW I KNOW I'm at Peace with God and myself.
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> NOW I KNOW I am able to turn off the voices in my brain that ridicule me.
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> NOW I KNOW I can turn on the voice that connects the dots of my past to the understanding of my present.
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> NOW I KNOW how to Accept, Own and take Responsibility for my situations by moving forward. This allows me to regain control of my situation more effectively.
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> NOW I KNOW I have a New Beginning! The Past is gone! My slate is wiped clean by the blood of Jesus Christ who took and sterilized all of my DNA Character Defects/Challenges, Shortcomings and Flaws.
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> NOW I KNOW the future is One Hour at a time and anything beyond that is God's.
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> NOW I KNOW 'For it is in Him I live and move and have my being.'As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'
> Acts 17:28
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