Sunday Rewind for August 6: Addict Part 4

Addict, Part 4: RECONCILIATION Who have I hurt?  As hard as it is to ask this question, our recovery hinges on our willingness to not only confess our character defects but to seek reconciliation.  Steps 8 & 9 put flesh on our pain and move us to go make amends.  We now put action to our claimed change in behavior. Matthew 5:21-24 (from www.biblegateway.com) 21 “You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’[c] 22 But I say, if you are even angry with someone,[d] you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot,[e] you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone,[f] you are in danger of the[…]

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Sunday Rewind for July 30: Addict Part 3

Addict, Part 3: INVENTORY Am I an addict?  How much of a mess have I made?  Jesus will bring full and complete healing to our lives…but we’ve got some “house-cleaning” to do.  Can we admit and acknowledge our trash…why we are the source of our trash…and that we are ready to quit making more trash? James 4:1-10 (from www.biblegateway.com) 1 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you[…]

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