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Step Four What’s In An Inventory?

Monday October 24, 2022
 

God created man and woman in His own image and together they lived in loving relationship with Him and with each other.  This was the foundation that God established for a solid and satisfying life here on earth. 


Jesus said:  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.  (Mark 12:30-31 NIV) 

The way we take inventory of our life starts with identifying those attitudes and actions that either help or hinder us from loving God others, and ourselves.  This applies to reflection on our daily living as well as a formal inventory when working the steps. earth. 

Put on your new nature and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”  (1 Corinthians 2:9; Colossians 3:10 NLT)

 

To live life in God’s way rather than in our own self-willed way we need to:  1) Be convinced that God knows everything about the good and evil in us but still loves us.  2) Let go of our flawed understanding of how life works and become willing to learn about new ways from God.  3) Retrain our minds in the principles found in God’s word and ask the Holy Spirit to instruct us in how to apply them in each situation that arises.  4) Ask God to show us how to love with a pure heart and to help us be obedient to Him in all our thoughts and actions. 

As our relationship with God is restored, we will be renewed and strengthened to restore or build healthy human relationships. 

Prayer:  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.  (Psalm 139:23-24 NIV) Amen

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