6:00 - 6:30PM
Fellowship
12 Steps to Recovery
Step 1 - Powerlessness
Principle: We acknowledge our powerlessness over sin and the destructive effect it had on our lives. Romans 7:18-19
Step 2 - Hope
Principle: We recognized that, by putting our hope in the restorative love of God through Jesus Christ, we could find healing and victory over our sinful tendencies. Romans 8:24-25
Step 3 - Surrender
Principle: We surrendered all aspects of our lives over to the care and direction of God seeking to serve his will. Romans 12:1-2
Step 4 - Self-Examination
Principle: We made a thorough examination of ourselves by preparing a moral inventory.
Lamentations 3:40
Step 5 - Confession
Principle: We shared our inventory with another person in order to confess the depths of our sin and brokenness. James 5:16
Step 6 - Commitment
Principle: We committed to growing in holiness.
Psalms 86:11
Step 7 - Grace
Principle: We pursued holiness by humbly relying upon God’s transforming work in our hearts and petitioning him for renewal. Romans 3:23-24
Step 8 - Forgiveness
Principle: We considered all people we had harmed and sought to forgive them.
Ephesians 4:32
Step 9 - Reconciliation
Principle: We attempted reconciliation with such people by making direct amends for any wrongs we had committed. Matthew 5:23-24
Step 10 - Mortification (Dying to Self)
Principle: We sought to put off the old self through continued use of the inventory process.
Luke 9:23
Step 11 - Prayer & Meditation
Principle: We sought to put on the new self through a regular process of prayer and meditation.
Joshua 1:8
Step 12 - Sponsorship (Making More Disciples)
Principle: We shared our experiences with others hoping to recover and lead them through this process via discipleship/sponsorship. 1 Corinthians 11:1
