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Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out
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Matthew 4:1 - Matthew 4:11
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| 4:1 |
Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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| 4:2 |
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
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| 4:3 |
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
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| 4:4 |
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of
the mouth of God.
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| 4:5 |
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
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| 4:6 |
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:
and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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| 4:7 |
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. |
| 4:8 |
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world,
and the glory of them;
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| 4:9 |
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
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| 4:10 |
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve.
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| 4:11 |
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
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12Step.org Comments:
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In this portion of scripture, we read about how Jesus used fasting to grow in His consecration to the will of God.
This passage also shows how oftentimes when we grow in our consecration, then there is an opposition from the evil
one and a time of temptation.
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John 15:4 - John 15:11
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| 15:4 |
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye,
except ye abide in me.
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| 15:5 |
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
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| 15:6 |
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire,
and they are burned.
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| 15:7 |
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
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| 15:8 |
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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| 15:9 |
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
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| 15:10 |
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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| 15:11 |
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
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12Step.org Comments:
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This passage in the gospel of John is so rich for the believer in Christ. It tells us plainly that we have our power, our peace
and our joy from abiding in Christ. In our recovery process, this is a key concept. If we are working a 12 step program as a
Christian, by the 11th step we should be consistent in our walk with God. In order to maintain this consistency we need to
continue to abide in Christ, keeping His commandments, abiding in His love and His joy, having His words abide in us.
There is a warning here also that those who do not abide in Christ will be cast out. If we have gone through the recovery
process to the 11th step, we should know that going backwards is not an option, that it is only filled with pain, misery and
spiritual death. So we continue to grow in God's ways and abide in Christ and find the peace and joy that is in Christ and
a full recovery from our addiction.
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Philipians 4:5 - Philipians 4:9
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| 4:5 |
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
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| 4:6 |
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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| 4:7 |
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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| 4:8 |
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
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| 4:9 |
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
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12Step.org Comments:
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We are encouraged here to rest in and be content in the ways of God. The apostle Paul points out that we do this through a life of moderation,
prayer, thinking about the good things of God and living out the things that we have learned from the scriptures and good examples.
This is what is talked about in step 11, to continue to grow in our walk with God. In doing so, we can grow in that great reward of the
peace of God which passes all understanding. If we were to try to live this life when we were just getting out of our addiction,
then we might find it boring or difficult or unrewarding. But by going through the previous steps, we learn how valuable these
things are in our life - more valuable than any of the false and shallow "rewards" that we got from our addictive behavior.
We realize by now how God has worked so beautifully in our lives and we want to live more of that.
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1 Peter 4:1 - 1 Peter 4:8
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| 4:1 |
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath
suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
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| 4:2 |
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
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| 4:3 |
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess
of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: |
| 4:4 |
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: |
| 4:5 |
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. |
| 4:6 |
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live
according to God in the spirit.
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| 4:7 |
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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| 4:8 |
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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12Step.org Comments:
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Here the apostle Peter reminds us of our past life, when we walked in licentiousness, lust, excess of wine, reveling,
carousing and abominable idolatries, and the fact that many still walk in these ways and think it strange when we do not.
But just as for us, there was a time of judgement, a time of hitting bottom so that we might know that it was the
grace of God that could pull us out, there also will be a time of judgement for others who walk in these ways.
God is just. And the response in our lives should be to do the will of God. It is to be sober minded, spending time
in prayer and loving our brothers and sisters in Christ fervently. In this way we can avoid the roaring lion that would
seek to devour even more of our lives and the good fruit of the Spirit that God wants to bear in us.
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