Getting Right with God, Yourself, and Others

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Guide 3: Getting Right with God, Yourself, and Others Covers lessons 12-18 of the Celebrate Recovery program

"Pastor John Baker and I shared something in common: we used to drink too much. Our hearts changed, and then we quit. That is a tried and true formula. The problem is government is not good at changing hearts. But people like John Baker have been."
-- President George W. Bush on Celebrate Recovery and founder John Baker. Faith Based and Community Initiatives Conference, March 3, 2004

 Realize I'm not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendencies to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.
"Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor"

Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him and that He has the power to help me recover.
"Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."

Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control.
"Happy are the meek."

Openly examine and confess my faults to God, to myself, and to someone I trust.
"Happy are the pure in heart."

Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.
"Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires."

Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make ammends for harm I've done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others.
"Happy are the merciful." "Happy are the peacemakers."

Reserve daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.

Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.
"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires."