Spiritual
Goal (1)
Step (2)
Related Biblical Text (3) Discipline
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1. Admitted we
were powerless over the effects of our separation from God - that our lives
had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn
our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
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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
7:17
For it is God who works in you to
will and to act according to his good purpose.PHILIPPIANS
2:13
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4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. |
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return
to the Lord. LAMENTATIONS
3:40
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. JAMES 5:16a Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. JAMES 4:10 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 JOHN 1:9 |
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Peace with Others | 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became
willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except
when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. |
Do to others as you would
have them do to you. LUKE
6:31
Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. MATTHEW 5:23-24 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:12 |
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11. Sought through
prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we
understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the
power to carry that out.
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. |
Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly. COLOSSIANS 3:16a
Brothers, if someone is caught in
a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch
yourself, or you also may be tempted. GALATIANS
6:1
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