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Lesson 16 – Amends Romans 12:1-21 …Foundational Christian Living Principle 6: Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I ‘ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others. Step 8: We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. (Luke 6:31) A Admit the Hurt and the Harm- (Luke 6:37 “Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you.” (Luke 6:37 GNB))...
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The Fight Inside Your Thinking Part 2 Principle 2: Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover. “Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 (TEV) Step 2: We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. “For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.” Philippians 2:13 (NIV) 4. Don’t just think – do, and don’t just do – think. a. We need both in our lives. I compare “think – do, do –...
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Redimidos con Propósito: La Promesa de Dios y Nuestra Respuesta Dudamos porque no creemos lo que el Señor ha prometido. A lo largo de las Escrituras, el Señor ha hecho promesas a su pueblo... y Él sigue haciéndonos promesas hoy. Pero a veces, debido a la espera, tendemos a no creer, a tener dudas o incluso a cuestionar nuestra fe... Hoy nos vamos a sumergir en el Antiguo Testamento... Vamos a leer Éxodo 6:6-8. Para quienes trajeron sus Biblias, por favor busquen: Éxodo 6:6-8 (NVI) 6 “Por tanto, diles a los israelitas: ‘Yo soy el SEÑOR. Yo los libraré del yugo que les han impuesto...
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READY Principle 5: Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. “Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires.” Matthew 5:6a (TEV) Step 6: We 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 (NIV) R...
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LISTO Principio 5: Para que Dios pueda hacer los cambios en mi vida, me someto voluntariamente a Él y con humildad le pido que remueva mis defectos de carácter. "Dichosos los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia, porque serán saciados". Mateo 5:6 (NVI) Paso 6: Estamos completamente listos para que Dios remueva todos nuestros defectos de carácter. Humíllense delante del Señor, y él los exaltará. Santiago 4:10 (NVI) ...
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Q&A What is Celebrate Recovery (CR)? Celebrate Recovery is a Bible-based, Christ-centered recovery program for those who struggle with life’s hurts, habits and hang-ups. Its curriculum takes participants through The 8 Recovery Principles, which are based on the Beatitudes. What is the purpose of Celebrate Recovery? The purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to fellowship together and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives by sharing our experience, strength, and hope through The 12 Steps and The 8 Recovery Principles. This experience allows us to “be changed”. ...
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Principle 4:
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
“Happy are the pure in heart.”
Matthew 5:8a (TEV)
Step 5:
We admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Therefore confess our sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
James 5:16a (NIV)
C your shortcomings, resentments and sins
He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
(Proverbs 28:13 NIV)
O God’s directions
“As surely as I am the living God,” says the Lord, “everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will confess that I am God!” Everyone of us then, will have to give anaccount of himself to God. (Romans 14:11–12 GNB)
N more guilt
All have sinned; . . . yet now God declares us “not guilty” . . . if we trust in Jesus Christ, who . . . freely takes away our sins. (Romans 3:23–24 LB)
F the truth
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32 NIV)
E the pain
There was a time when I wouldn’t admit what a sinner I was. But my dishonesty made me miserable and filled my days with frustration. My strength evaporated likewater on a sunny day until I finally
admitted all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, “I will confess them to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. (Psalm 32:3–5 LB)
S the blame
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and fail to notice the plank in your own? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me get the speck out of youreye,’ when there is a plank in your own?..... Take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you can see clearly enough to remove your
brother’s speck of dust.” (Matthew 7:3–5 PH)
S accepting God’s forgiveness
For God was in Christ, restoring the world to himself, no longer counting men’s sins against them but blotting them out. (2 Corinthians 5:19a LB)