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VICTORIOUS STEPS
Step 1.) We admit we are powerless over our sin that our lives are unmanageable. [Romans 3:20-24]
Step 2.) We believe that only God can restore us to sanity in the person of Jesus Christ. [Luke 8:27 & 33-35]
Step 3.) We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God the Father. [John 3:16-17]
Step 4.) We make searching and fearless moral inventories of ourselves. [James 4:1-4]
Step 5.) We confess to God, and to another human being, the exact nature of our sins. [Numbers 5:7]
Step 6.) We are entirely ready to have God remove our sins by the power of the Holy Spirit. [Psalm 103:11-12]
Step 7.) We humbly asked Him to remove our sins. [John 1:27-30]
Step 8.) We make lists of all the persons we had harmed, and are willing to make amends to them all. [Psalm 86:1-6]
Step 9.) We make direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others. [1 John 1:8-9]
Step 10.) We continue to take personal inventories, and when we are wrong we promptly admit it. [Ephesians 4:25-27]
Step 11.) We seek through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for the knowledge of His will and the power to carry it out. [Matthew 7:7-11]
Step 12.) Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, and having chosen a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, we carry this message to others, practicing these principles in all our affairs.
[Luke 4:17-19]
HOW WE SEE IT …
[John 14:6] Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
[Romans 8:37-39] … in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that not even death or life, angels or rulers, things present or things to come, hostile powers, height or depth, or any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!
[1 John 1:8-10] If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
What we see when we look at you, and when we look at the man or woman in the mirror, is a victor not a victim! We are convinced through our own experiences that healing and victory over our sin (and its consequences) is possible. This can only happen in the name and person of Jesus Christ, however. If you are willing to be healed, then God is able to do what no man can do!
Sin, by definition, is the distance between us and God created by our natural rebellion and temptation in the flesh. This sin condition is not unique, but it does prevent us from healing if we are not honest about what we have been up to and that how we have conducted our lives dishonors God and grieves His Spirit. And while we do not believe perfection is possible this side of heaven, we do believe that our lives can be free from the agony of addiction and abuse we have subjected ourselves and others to. We believe that you and I can live productive and meaningful lives that boast of Jesus Christ and honor Him hour to hour, day to day. Let God be God and be amazed!