Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Hope - Lesson 3 | Victor Orchard CR
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Hope - Lesson 3 | Victor Orchard CR
HOPE Principle 2: Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover.
"Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
Matthew 5:4Step 2:
We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Philippians 2:13 (NIV)Higher Power – Our Higher Power is the one and only true Higher Power and His name is: Jesus Christ!
In the past you may have believed in Jesus' existence and you may have even attended church. But what you will find in Principle 2 is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. You will see that Jesus desires a hands-on, day-to-day, moment-by-moment relationship with us. Romans 11:36 (TLB) says, "Everything comes from God alone. Everything lives by his power."
The first four words in the Second Step are: "We came to believe…" Saying that we "came to believe" in anything is describing a process. Belief is a result of consideration, doubt, reasoning, and concluding.
The Life Recovery Bible states, "The ability to form beliefs is the mark of God's image in our life. it leads to action."
Openness to change – Let's look at the process:
"We came…." We took the first step when we attended our first recovery meeting.
"We came to…" We stopped denying our hurts, hang-ups, and habits.
"We came to believe…" We started to believe and receive God's power to help us recover.
Hope is openness to change. Sometimes we are afraid to change, even if our past was painful. We resist change because of our fear of the unknown, or, in our despair, we think we don't deserve anything better.
Here is the good news: Hope opens doors where despair closes them!
Throughout our lives, we will continue to encounter hurts and trials that we are powerless to change. With God's help, we need to be open to allow those trials to change us. To make us better, not bitter.
How will you do that?
Power to change – in the past, we have wanted to change and were unable to do so. We could not free ourselves from our hurt, hang-ups, or habits. In Principle 2, we come to understand that God's power can change us and our situation.
"For I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and the power." (Philippians 4:13, TLB)
In Principle 2, we begin to understand that God's power can change us and our situation. And once we tap into that power, right actions – Christ-like actions – will follow naturally as a by-product of working this principle.
Expect to change – remember you are only at the second principle. Don't quit before the miracle happens! With God's help, the changes that you have longed for are just steps away.
View all episodes
By Pastor JenoHOPE Principle 2: Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover.
"Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
Matthew 5:4Step 2:
We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Philippians 2:13 (NIV)Higher Power – Our Higher Power is the one and only true Higher Power and His name is: Jesus Christ!
In the past you may have believed in Jesus' existence and you may have even attended church. But what you will find in Principle 2 is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. You will see that Jesus desires a hands-on, day-to-day, moment-by-moment relationship with us. Romans 11:36 (TLB) says, "Everything comes from God alone. Everything lives by his power."
The first four words in the Second Step are: "We came to believe…" Saying that we "came to believe" in anything is describing a process. Belief is a result of consideration, doubt, reasoning, and concluding.
The Life Recovery Bible states, "The ability to form beliefs is the mark of God's image in our life. it leads to action."
Openness to change – Let's look at the process:
"We came…." We took the first step when we attended our first recovery meeting.
"We came to…" We stopped denying our hurts, hang-ups, and habits.
"We came to believe…" We started to believe and receive God's power to help us recover.
Hope is openness to change. Sometimes we are afraid to change, even if our past was painful. We resist change because of our fear of the unknown, or, in our despair, we think we don't deserve anything better.
Here is the good news: Hope opens doors where despair closes them!
Throughout our lives, we will continue to encounter hurts and trials that we are powerless to change. With God's help, we need to be open to allow those trials to change us. To make us better, not bitter.
How will you do that?
Power to change – in the past, we have wanted to change and were unable to do so. We could not free ourselves from our hurt, hang-ups, or habits. In Principle 2, we come to understand that God's power can change us and our situation.
"For I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and the power." (Philippians 4:13, TLB)
In Principle 2, we begin to understand that God's power can change us and our situation. And once we tap into that power, right actions – Christ-like actions – will follow naturally as a by-product of working this principle.
Expect to change – remember you are only at the second principle. Don't quit before the miracle happens! With God's help, the changes that you have longed for are just steps away.