Month: February 2018

Genesis 22: 1-2, 9 God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" he replied. Then God said: "Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will … Continue reading Total Surrender to God

James 1:19-20 Remember this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to human anger; God's saving justice is never served by human anger; Commentary: When I first started my journey into recovery from pornography addiction, it was always recommended to do an anger inventory (Step 4: We take a … Continue reading A Searching and Fearless Anger Inventory

Psalm 36: 1-7 Sin speaks to the sinner in the depths of his heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes. He so flatters himself in his mind that he knows not his guilt. In his mouth are mischief and deceit. All wisdom is gone. He plots the defeat of goodness as he … Continue reading The Shelter of God’s Wings

Matthew 7: 24-25 Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. Commentary: The term … Continue reading Hitting Rock Bottom

Matthew 12: 18-21 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not contend or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, a … Continue reading In God We Trust

Isaiah 15: 1-9 Thus says the Lord GOD: Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness, and the house of Jacob their sins. They seek me day after day, and desire to know my ways, Like a nation that has done what is just and not abandoned … Continue reading Fast Acceptable to God

Psalm 51: 19 A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. Commentary: Feeling spurned or rejected by a person we love is often a major emotional trigger that precedes an addictive behavior. The Psalmist offers the solution to feeling accepted which is to be humble and contrite. I have discovered that many … Continue reading Humility Destroys Lust

James 1: 5-8 But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it. But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the … Continue reading The Wisdom of 12 Step Work

John 6:37 Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me Commentary: Many addicts discover the emotion of feeling rejected (I believe that rejection is another way of saying I feel unloved) as a trigger for acting out with their drug of choice (sex, … Continue reading The Gifts of God

Mark 7: 21-23 "From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder , adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile.” So often as addicts we want to take another person's inventory when we haven't taken our own inventory. It defiles us when we constantly … Continue reading Keep Your Own House In Order