The Road to Recovery
Eight Principles Based on the Beatitudes
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Realize
I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do
the wrong thing and
that my life is unmanageable.
Happy are those who
know they are spiritually poor.
Earnestly
believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that he has the power
to help me recover.
Happy are those who
mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Consciously
choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.
Happy are the meek.
Openly
examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
Happy are the pure
in heart.
Voluntarily
submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask
Him to remove my
character defects.
Happy are those
whose greatest desire is to do what God requires.
Evaluate
all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and
make amends for harm
I done to others, except when to do so would harm them
or others.
Happy are the
merciful. Happy are the peacemakers
Reserve a
daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in
order to know God
and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.
Yield
myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my
example and by my
words.
Happy are those who are
persecuted because they do what God requires
