LESSON 15 - VICTORY

Principle 5: 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."  (Matthew 5:6)

Step 6:  We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."  (James 4:10)

Step 7:  We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."  (1 John 1:9)

1.  As you voluntarily submit to every change God wants you to make in your recovery, how does Romans 12:1 - 2 help you know that real, positive change is possible?

2.  In Principle 5, you need to ask God to help you identify the defects of character that you need to work on first.  List the changes that you want to ask God to help you work on now.  Will you work on them?

3.  God's word teaches us that real change comes from the changing our of minds.  We must take the positive action required to follow God's directions.  List the actions that you need to take to begin working on the defects of character that you listed in question 2.

ACTION PLAN

(Read the Principle 5b verses on page 39)

Defects of character:


I need to stop doing:


I need to start doing:


4.  List the specific ways that you have turned from relying on your own willpower and relying on God's will for your life.

5.  What does the phrase "One day at a time: mean to you and your recovery?

6.  It has been stated that, "Recovery is not perfection; it is a process."  Do you agree with that?  Why?

7.  What does humility mean to you?  How will being humble allow you to change?