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The Spiritual Twelve Steps and Related Scripture |
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1. We admitted we were powerless over the effects of our separation from God - that our lives had become unmanageable. Romans 7:18 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Philippians 2:13 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God. Romans 12:1 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Lamentations 3:40 5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. James 5:16a 6. We're entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. James 4:10 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. I John 1:9 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Luke 6:31 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Matthew 5:23-24 10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. I Corinthians 10:12 11. Sought 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. Colossians 3:16a 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Galatians 6:1 (Taken from "The Twelve Steps - A Spiritual Journey", RPI Publishing, Inc., San Diego) |
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