Sunday Recap Dec. 6

HELP, I WANT MY LIFE BACK!! 7th CHOICE

First Choice: I admit I need help, that I'm powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.

Second Choice: Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has power to help me recover.

Third Choice: consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control.

Fourth Choice: I openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.

Fifth Choice: Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.

Sixth Choice: Evaluate my relationships, offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for the harm I've done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others.

Seventh Choice: Reserve time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow Him.

Relapses happen during times of complacency, confusion, compormise, catastrophy.

Relapses happen when...

1. I revert to my own will power

2. I ignore one of the steps

3. I try to do it all by myself

4. I think I've arrived.

Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? Gal. 3:3

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV

So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty. Zech. 4:6 NIV

Preventive Maintenance -

1. Keep doing checkups- physically, emotionally, relationally (peace with others)

2. Slow down to know God

3. Prayer