Recovery Principle Devotional: Self-Perception.
Read (Romans 12:1-2).
How many time have we wished that we could be someone else? Perhaps one reason we act out our addiction /compulsive personality. If we dont like
who we are and feel helpless to change, we can be reassured in knowing that God has the power to change as dramatically.
The apostle Paul wrote : " I plead with you, to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind he
will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Dont copy the behaviors and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you
will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect" (Romans 1231-2).
Paul tells us to avoid being like the world around us. If we copy the behavior and customs of this world we will head straight towards- selfish ways and destructive dependencies. Our work involves turning our lives over to
the care of God, As we trust and obey him, he will work the changes in us and make us new people. God wants to change us from the inside out. As we are changed on the inside, we will begin to demonstrate those changes in our
externalattitudes and actions.
we all have great potential for change, but we cannot do it under our own power, As we yield our lives and wills to God, we can depend on Him to renew our minds
and hearts. He will help us overcome our defects of character, transforming us from the inside out.
* I found this by chance today- The worship song that was played at the beginning of the Bible Study was by Hillsong "I Surrender" and the scripture Romans 12:1-2 was in the lyrics.
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