7th Step
A Clean Heart
16/Jun/08
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a
steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
—Psalm 51 (NAS95)
Seven
10/Jun/08
Humbly asked Him to remove our
shortcomings.
Real humility is seeing myself in proper relationship to God and to others. It doesn't mean begging for mercy. It doesn't mean humiliation. It just means realizing Who is really in charge of the Universe.
Shortcomings. I now no longer see mine as necessarily being crimes or faults or sins or mistakes (although many are one or more of these). Rather, I see them as roadblocks that prevent me from living the life that God wants me to live. So I humbly ask Him to begin to remove them.
Real humility is seeing myself in proper relationship to God and to others. It doesn't mean begging for mercy. It doesn't mean humiliation. It just means realizing Who is really in charge of the Universe.
Shortcomings. I now no longer see mine as necessarily being crimes or faults or sins or mistakes (although many are one or more of these). Rather, I see them as roadblocks that prevent me from living the life that God wants me to live. So I humbly ask Him to begin to remove them.
—Anonymous
Removing Defects
30/May/08
The Seventh Step looks pretty simple—at first
glance. Now, all I have to do is humbly ask God
to remove my shortcomings. In my case, the asking
hasn't been so hard, but the process has been
wrenching. No, it's been more like God has been
using coarse sandpaper on me rather than a
wrench.
I've got more than my share of rough spots, and, as Holy Spirit works to get me smoothed out, not all of the changes have been within my comfort zone. However, if I am to change, I must allow God to act on me and through me. While the work is sometimes strenuous, it is never beyond my capacity. Recovery is a journey; it is not our destination. God knows my limits, and He keeps keeps the pace within my ability stay on the path.
I've got more than my share of rough spots, and, as Holy Spirit works to get me smoothed out, not all of the changes have been within my comfort zone. However, if I am to change, I must allow God to act on me and through me. While the work is sometimes strenuous, it is never beyond my capacity. Recovery is a journey; it is not our destination. God knows my limits, and He keeps keeps the pace within my ability stay on the path.
—Anonymous
Humbly Asked ...
18/Apr/08
Humbly asked Him to remove all our
shoutcomings.
The first word is the key to the Seventh Step. When my work through the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Steps has convinced me that I am ready to be delivered from a hampering character defect, the next Step suggests that I ask God to remove it. I must be ready to let the Holy Spirit work as He wills in order for this to work.
I must let God change me. This does not mean that I remain passive; rather, it means that I must move at His direction in the way He has prepared for me. I must concentrate on following God's lead instead of taking control on my own. This humble approach will color all that I do, making me more acceptable—to myself as well as to others.
The first word is the key to the Seventh Step. When my work through the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Steps has convinced me that I am ready to be delivered from a hampering character defect, the next Step suggests that I ask God to remove it. I must be ready to let the Holy Spirit work as He wills in order for this to work.
I must let God change me. This does not mean that I remain passive; rather, it means that I must move at His direction in the way He has prepared for me. I must concentrate on following God's lead instead of taking control on my own. This humble approach will color all that I do, making me more acceptable—to myself as well as to others.
—Anonymous