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1.
We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and
compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become
unmanageable. |
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I know that nothing good lives in
me,
that is, in my sinful nature.
For I have the
desire to do what is good,
but I cannot carry it
out.
Romans
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2.
We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves
could restore us to sanity. |
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For it is
God who works in you to will
and to act according to
his good purpose.
Philippians
2:13 |
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3.
We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over
to the care of God. |
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Therefore, I urge you,
brothers,
in view of God's mercy, to offer your
bodies
as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to
God
- this is your spiritual act of
worship.
Romans 12:1 |
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4.
We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves. |
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Let us
examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to
the Lord.
Lamentations
3:40 |
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5.
We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human
being the exact nature of our wrongs. |
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Therefore
confess your sins to each other
and pray for each
other so that you may be healed.
James
5:16 |
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6.
We were entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of character. |
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Humble
yourselves before the Lord,
and he will lift you
up.
James 4:10 |
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7.
We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
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If we
confess our sins, he is faithful
and will forgive us
our sins
and purify us from all
unrighteousness.
1 John
1:9 |
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8.
We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became
willing to make amends to them all. |
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Do to
others as you would have them do to you.
Luke
6:31 |
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9.
We made direct amends to such people whenever possible,
except when to do so would injure them or others.
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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 |
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10. We continue to take personal
inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
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So, if
you think you are standing firm,
be careful that you
don't fall!
1 Corinthians
10:12 |
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11. We sought through prayer and
meditation to improve our conscious contact with God,
praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and power
to carry that out. |
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Let the
word of Christ dwell in you richly.
Colossians
3:16 |
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12. Having had a spiritual
experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry
this message to others and to practice these principles
in all our affairs. |
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Brothers, if
someone is caught in a sin,
you who are spiritual
should restore them gently.
But watch yourself, or
you also may be tempted.
Galatians
6:1
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