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Feeling Vulnerable (3)

Wednesday March 8, 2017

We will always feel vulnerable when we choose to live life without God.  Life is too much for humans to deal with on their own.  We were created to do life well only as we live in loving relationship with God who gives us wisdom and strength. 






By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him ... He has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.  (2 Peter 1:3-4 NLT)



How do we get “everything we need for living a godly life” active in our lives today?  1) We admit that our addictive desires are harmful and choose to forsake them.   2) We get to know God’s promises and principles by reading the Bible.  3)  We practice "speaking truth to ourselves" rather than simply reacting to how we are feeling. 4) We start to put God’s principles into daily practice.  
As we persevere, we find that peace comes, our emotions quiet down, and we begin to experience goodness filling our hearts and our minds.

Paul Baloche has written a song that reminds us that life is often overwhelming.  In this song, "God My Rock" he sings of the faithfulness and reliability of God being the strength of his heart.  He is assured that God will be there like a rock that will not move from him in challenging times. 

When my heart is overwhelmed I will look to You alone, God my rock, God my rock, God my rock.  You will stand when others fall. You are faithful through it all, God my rock, God my rock, God my rock.  In the blessing, in the pain, through it all You’ve never failed me.  You are the strength of my heart.  You are the strength of my heart.  I can rely on You, I can rely on You.  You are the joy of my life.  You are my song in the night.  There is no one as true.  Jesus I trust in You. 

Prayer:  God, I want to live well in recovery.  Help me to remember that I have everything I need because you have already provided it for me.  You are my strength.  I can rely on you.  Amen


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