Twelve Steps and Biblical Principles
Step One is about recognizing our brokenness
We admitted we wer powerless over the effects of our separation from God – that our lives had become unmanagable I know nothing good lives in me, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out ( Romans 7:18)
Step Two is about the birth of faith in us
Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.( Phillipians 2:13)
Step three involves a decision to let God be in charge of our lives
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s Mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – which is your spiritual worship (Romans 12:1)
Step Four involves self examination
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. (Lamentations 3:40)
Step Five is the discipline of confession
Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed (James 5:16)
Step Six is an inner transformation sometimes called repentance
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of Character. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. (James 4:10)
Step Seven involves the transformation or purification of our character
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
Step Eight involves examining our relationships and preparing ourselves to make amends.
Made a list of all the people we have harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. Do to others as you would have them do to you. (Luke 6:31)
Step Nine is the discipline of making amends
Made direct amends to such people wherever positive, except when to do so would injure them or others. Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:23-24)
Step Ten is about maintaining progress in recovery
Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall. (1 Corinthians 10:12)
Step Eleven involves the spiritual disciplines of prayer and meditation
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understand Him, Praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that our. Let The word of Christ dwell in you richly (Colosians 3:16)
Step Twelve is about ministry
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, as you also may be tempted. (Galatians 6:1)
Overcomers meets every Saturday at 3:00pm @ CCBC
