- Nothing good comes out of us apart from Christ--The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick; who can understand it. Jeremiah 17:9
- We are not capable of judging fairly--
- Our "good" things don't go on our inventory--
- All sin comes from my trying to take what I believe is mine and not relying on God to give it to me or not give it to me.
- The closer I get to God, the dirtier I become--
- God came to bring us out of the shame and guilt
- God died to shed light into the dark areas of my life
- It is our human nature to try and hide our sins--God came so we don't have to
- Hiding is saying God died for nothing
- We don't clean ourselves up before we come to Christ, we come broken and sinful, he takes care of the cleaning.
- Any cleaning we try to do ourselves is short lived, insane (I am the one who got myself into this mess, how am I going to get myself out), I'm acting like I'm God-and I'm not, keeps me from growth, keeps me from healing.
- I need to learn to repent well-it becomes a life long exercise
- We weren't designed to handle the sin of this world on our own. We were given each other to come together to fight, pray, encourage, stand next to. Jesus' ministry was never done alone. He sent the disciples out in pairs. We shouldn't try to fight the things of this world on our own. We have the body for a reason.
- Now we fill our lives with the things that stir our affections for the father. Whatever we fill ourselves with will ultimately control us. Eph. 5:18-Be filled with the Spirit-the fruit of the spirit. What do you fill yourself with...money-greed, food-gluttony, adoration of man/women; when your speaking well of me-people,
- Greatest tragedy that man has ever know-in the garden-man chose to go about it alone-independent of Christ.
- You have to know Christ in order to enjoy him and reflect him. Matt 7:21-23--Col. 2
- God is more concerned with my heart than with the outward behavior. Matt 15:8--its not to check boxes
- He is the source of all joy pleasure and peace. Treasure in a field
- You can't rest on what you did yesterday Matt 6:9-13 It's a daily self examination
September 08, 2008
Recovery
What I have learned from my recovery program that I have gone through:
