CELEBRATE RECOVERY 12 STEPS
Addiction Recovery Program should be practiced with the support of a Christian Counselor, Mentor, Support Group, or Worship Community. One of the key aspects of healthy living is learning you cannot be the person you were meant to be without help. God uses gifted and loving people to empower us.
- 1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Scripture: I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. Romans 7:18 NIV
- 2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Scripture: For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Philippians 2:13 NIV
- 3. We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.
Scripture: Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1 NIV
- 4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Scripture: Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40 NIV
- 5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Scripture: Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. James 5:16a NIV
- 6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Scripture: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10 NIV
- 7. We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
Scripture: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NIV
- 8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
Scripture: Do to others as you would have them do to you. Luke 6:31 NIV
- 9. We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Scripture: Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:23-24 NIV
- 10. We continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
Scripture: So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 1 Corinthians 10:12
- 11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and power to carry that out.
Scripture: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Colossians 3:16a NIV
- 12. Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs.
Scripture: Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore them gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Galatians 6:1 NIV
FREE IN CHRIST IN-DEPTH STUDIES
Phase 1
Lesson 1: A Plan for Victory
Lesson 2: Is Alcoholism a Disease?
Lesson 3: What Are the Works of the Flesh?
Lesson 5: How To Overcome Addiction
Lesson 6: One Step To Freedom Scriptures
Lesson 8: The Cycle of Sin
Lesson 9: Accountability for Restoration
Lesson 11: A Sample Daily Devotion
5th SessionCHAPTER 2 INITIAL RESTORATION
Lesson 1: Man’s Condition
Lesson 2: God’s Remedy
Phase 2
Lesson 4: Put Off and Put On
Lesson 5: A New Way of Thinking
Lesson 1: Seeking God’s Help
Lesson 2: Our Confession
Lesson 4: Forgiving Others
Lesson 1: Trials and Temptations
Lesson 3: Don’t Judge Others
Lesson 4: Your Faith Is Revealed in Works
Lesson 5: Taming Your Tongue
Lesson 6: Get Godly Wisdom
Phase 3
Lesson 7: Pride Versus Humility
Lesson 8: Perseverance and Prayer
Lesson 1: What Is Spiritual Warfare?
Lesson 2: Tactics of the Enemy
Lesson 3: The Armor of God
Lesson 4: The Power of Prayer
Lesson 5: Our Vulnerability
Lesson 6: Victory In and Through Jesus
Lesson 1: What is the Fruit of the Spirit?
Lesson 2: Love
Lesson 3: Joy
Lesson 4: Peace
Lesson 5: Patience
Lesson 6: Kindness
Phase 4
Lesson 7: Goodness
Lesson 8: Faithfulness
Lesson 9: Gentleness
Lesson 10: Self Control
17th Session
CHAPTER 7 GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
Lesson 1: When We Are Tempted
Lesson 2: No Room For Excuses
Lesson 3: Treasure God’s Word
Lesson 4: To Equip and Edify
Lesson 5: God Is Faithful to Deliver
Lesson 6: I Can Do All Things Through Christ
Lesson 7: Trusting God