The Twelve Steps Resources
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The Twelve Steps made famous by Alcoholics Anonymous constitute a spiritual path with roots in the biblical tradition. We have found them a wonderful resource in facing our brokenness as human beings whether or not that brokenness is expressed in a classic addiction like alcoholism. As such they can be view as a spiritual discipline for growth in Christ.
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol [or insert here any other expression of our brokenness]—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.
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.
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.
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 alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
An Historical & Prophetic Perspective on Alcoholics Anonymous
by Ken Wilson
Twelve Steps Sermons
Step 1: Admitting Defeat (January 4, 2004)
Step 2: Faith in a Higher Power (February 8, 2004)
Step 3: Turn It Over (March 8, 2004)
Step 4: Taking Moral Inventory (April 4, 2004)
Step 5: Admit it! (May 1, 2004)
Step 6: Entirely Ready! (June 6, 2004)
Step 7: The Humility Highway (July 4, 2004)
Step 8: Zacchaeus, Poster Child of 8th Step (Aug. 7, 2004)
Step:9 Making Amends By Nancy Wilson (Sept. 5, 2004)
Step:10 Takin' Out The Trash (Oct. 3, 2004)
Step:11 Sought to Improve Conscious Contact (Nov. 7, 2004)
Step:12 One Step Closer to Knowing (Dec. 5, 2004)
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name. May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen
The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
Morning Prayer
My creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding.
Evening Prayer
God, I offer myself to thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always.
Sermon Series:
Impoving Conscious Contact
#1: Jesus at Prayer (Dec 19, 2004) Sermon Series:
The Return of the Prodigal Series
(first full weekend of each month)#1: The Storyteller Who Welcomes Sinners (Jan. 2, 2005)
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
by Alcoholics Anonymous12 Steps with Jesus
by Don Williams
