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The 12 Steps

This is a journey of discovering our relationship with God and the yielding of our life to the work of the Holy Spirit, Gods Word and the twelve steps.The twelve steps are about individual life change leading to improved deeper more intimate relationships. In the first three steps we admit that our relationships are unmanageable and that we are not perfect, resulting in relationships that are not high quality and God honoring. we also acknowledge that Jesus is Lord over our lives. In steps four through nine we explore our areas of imperfection, work on resolving conflict and achieving greater intimacy in our relationships. In the final steps we seek to share our personal growth with others.

1. We admitted we were powerless over our relationships with others, life circumstances and our patterns of behavior that are not God honoring. I know 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)

2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us and our relationships with God, ourselves, and others. For it is God, brothers, who is at work in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.                                    (Philippians 2:13)

3. Made a decision to turn our life and our will 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)

4. 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)

5. 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 4:10)

6. 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)

7. Humbly ask him to remove all our shortcomings. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1John 1:9)

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and become willing to make amends to them all. Do to others as you would have them do to you. (Luke 6:31)

9.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 alter and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there in front of the alter. First go and be reconciled to your brother, then come and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:23-24)

10. Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promtly admit it. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful you don't fall! (1 Corinthians 10:12)

11.Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our concious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly (Colossians 3:16a)

12.Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and practice these principles in all our affairs. Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. (Galatians 6:1)