Page 5 : Recovery principle devotional : (Genesis 1:26-31)
SELF-PERCEPTION.
If we have lived in bondage to our compulsive behaviour for a while, we probably see more bad than good inside us. Many of us tend to see life in terms of all or nothing. As a result,we probably think we are all bad. But in recovery, we need a balanced understanding of ourselves. We need to see that along with our bad points we have also been gifted with strengths. It's not either / or propositions. A balanced view of ourselves will help us better understand our shortcomings while also giving us greater hope in our potential.
At the end of the fifth day of creation God had made everything except the first people. The Bible tells us that when he looked at what he had made so far, "God saw that it was good."Then God created the first man and woman. "So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them;... Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the Earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground. Then God looked over all he had made, andhe saw that it was very good !" (Genesis 1:25 , 27-31)
God distinguished between the human race and the rest of creation. He made us in his very image, with capacities far beyond those of mere animals. God was (and is) excited about us! He gave us abilities and responsibilities to reflect his own nature in all of creation. When he created us, he was proud of what he had made!
Although we have a sinful nature that came as a result of the Fall, we also must rememberthat we were created in the likeness of God. There is excellence and dignity inherent in being human that should cause us to ponder our potential for good as well for bad.
Page 7 : Adam and Eve profile
Page 9 : 12 Step Devotional. Coming Out Of Hiding. (Genesis 3:6-13)......Step Four : We made a searching and Fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Page 11 : Cain and Abel's profile.
page 15 : Noah and Sons profile.
Page 17 : Abraham and Sarah's profile.
Page 19 : lot and family profile.
Page 19 : Hagar and Ishmael profile.
Page 25 : 12 Step Devotional. "No- Win Situation". (Genesis 16:1-15).....Step One : We amitted that we were powerless over our problems- that our lives had become unmanageable.
Page 27 : Serenity Prayer devotional. (Genesis 18:20-33.)
Page 31: Recovery principle devotional. "FAITH". (Genesis 22:1-19.)
Page 33 : 12 Step Devotional."TakingTime To Grieve." (Genesis23:1-4; 35:19-21).....Step Six : We were entirely ready for God to remove all these defects of character.
Page 35 : Isaac and Rebecca's profile.
Page 37 : Esau and Jacob profile.
Page 45 : 12 Step Devotional."Personal Boundaries."......Step 10 : We continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admit it.
Page 49 : 12 Step Devotional "Long Awaited Healing".....Step nine : We made Direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so with injure them or others.
Page 57 : Jacob and Sons profile.
Page 55 : Serenity Prayer devotional (Genesis 37:19-29.)
Page 57 : Judea and Tamar profile.
Page 59 : 12 Step Devotional. "Overcoming Denial".....Step Five : We admitted to God to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Page 61 : Joseph and Brothers profile.
Page 74 - 76.... Reflections on Genesis.
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