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Growing Daily in God and Sobriety!

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!!!!

Opening Prayer
"Heavenly Father, In Jesus name-Father, I pray today for all your children that are still sleeping, lost in addiction, or too stubborn to receive You. I pray that we all turn away from that which enslaves us in the patterns that have separated us from you. That we stop distracting ourselves from what we know is true and what we must do. Father I humbly ask that you have mercy on all our souls during these troubled times, and through the tribulation to come. In Jesus name-Amen"
John 17:9-19
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

 Bible Study
1 Corinthians Part 4
2:1-10


  • And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
( Testimony of God: This was not Paul’s testimony of God, but God’s testimony of Himself (namely, “the Cross”). I determined (lit., “I decided”): The implication is that Paul gave careful thought to his approach, and resolved to lay aside the ornaments of speech and philosophical skill to announce Jesus Christ, and him crucified. Paul’s message and method reflected divine wisdom)

  • And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
(Paul’s mention of the Spirit here is significant. The Corinthians thought they knew a great deal about the Holy Spirit, for more than most churches in apostolic times, perhaps, they had experienced various manifestations of the Spirit’s power.)


  • That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
(Perfect refers to the morally and spiritually mature. Paul cannot resist the use of irony here. In verse 4 he denies the use of wisdom; now he admits to using it—but only among those capable of comprehending and appreciating it (namely, the perfect).


  • But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
(In a mystery: In may be instrumental (i.e., “by a mystery”), modal (“in the form of a mystery”), or local (“hidden in a mystery”). Mystery refers to some work or purpose of God unrevealed until now (Rom. 16:25, 26). In this case, the reference is to the hidden wisdom, which God ordained . . . unto our glory. The purpose of God concerning our salvation was designed by God from eternity and is directed toward the everlasting glory that believers will enjoy in His presence.)


  • Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
(Revealed . . . unto us: Unto us is in the emphatic position in Greek, emphasizing the enormous privilege granted the recipients of divine revelation. The magnificent treasure of God’s revealed truth is accessible to the mature believer.  Lord of glory: See Psalm 29:1; Acts 7:2; Ephesians 1:17; and James 2:1.)

My Prayer
"Heavenly Father, in Christ Jesus-Thank you for Paul's teaching us here about the power of The Holy Spirit giving us wisdom that is NOT of us, for us or by us. You blessed me with sobriety that I could have never obtained from any wise words from others or critical thinking on my part. You then granted me the courage and to carry a message to complete strangers and not have to be "buzzed" to do! . Whether it be the first phone call with a new women, reaching out through a email, or chairing a meeting where I had to tel my story...You always show up and take over-even when I trembled in fear and stammered over my words. You gave me the words. You gave me the courage. You gave me a life that I didn't have to get drunk in order to show up for. In Jesus name-Amen"

Todays Action


  • Today I will pray for God to have mercy on my soul and the souls of others
  • Today I will find ways to glorify Him for getting me sober-never taking credit for it
  • Today I will be grateful for all that I am blessed with. If I am having trouble with someone in my life, or beating them up in my head, I will write down 5 things I am grateful to them for-and-I will find at least one way to be of service to them-and-I will pray for Jesus to grant me forgiveness toward them!


Big Book
How It Works...continued.... 
"Now about sex. Many of us needed an overhauling there. But above all, we tried to be sensible on this question. It’s so easy to get way off the track. Here we find human opinions running to extremes—absurd extremes, perhaps. One set of voices cry that sex is a lust of our lower nature, a base necessity of procrea­
tion. Then we have the voices who cry for sex and more sex; who bewail the institution of marriage; who think that most of the troubles of the race are traceable to sex causes. They think we do not have enough of it, or that it isn’t the right kind. They see its significance everywhere. One school would allow man no flavor for his fare and the other would have us all on a straight pepper diet. We want to stay out of this controversy. We do not want to be the arbiter of anyone’s sex conduct. We all have sex problems. We’d hardly be human if we didn’t. What can we do about them?

 We reviewed our own conduct over the years past. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, or inconsiderate? Whom had we hurt? Did we unjustifiably arouse jealousy, suspicion or bitterness? Where were we at fault, what should we have done instead? We got this all down on paper and looked at it.

 In this way we tried to shape a sane and sound ideal for our future sex life. We subjected each relation to this test—was it selfish or not? We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them. We remembered always that our sex powers were God-given and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and loathed.

 Whatever our ideal turns out to be, we must be willing to grow toward it. We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing. In other words, we treat sex as we would any other problem. In meditation, we ask God what we should do about each specific matter. The right answer will come, if we want it.
God alone can judge our sex situation. Counsel with
persons is often desirable, but we let God be the final judge. We realize that some people are as fanatical about sex as others are loose. We avoid hysterical thinking or advice.

 Suppose we fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does this mean we are going to get drunk? Some people tell us so. But this is only a half-truth. It depends on us and on our motives. If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson. If we are not sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are quite sure to drink. We are not theorizing. These are facts out of our experience.

 To sum up about sex: We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the strength to do the right thing. If sex is very troublesome, we throw ourselves the harder into helping others. We think of their needs and work for them. This takes us out of ourselves. It quiets the imperious urge, when to yield would mean heartache."
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. -John 14:6