August 7th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 10: Continue to take personal inventory It is easy to fall back into sin, and we must realize that the road to growth is bumpy, not smooth. However, the apostle Paul encourages us to build holy habits into our lives: rejoicing always, praying continually, and giving thanks […]

July 31st, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 9: Make direct amends to such people wherever possible In order to make amends appropriately, we can use the famous Serenity Prayer – asking for acceptance, courage, and wisdom in each situation. With the help of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, we can […]

July 24th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 8: Make a list of persons harmed In step 8, we see the importance of making amends with those we have harmed. We must also take steps to forgive those who have harmed us.

July 17th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 7: Humbly ask God to remove shortcomings The purpose of humbly asking God to remove our shortcomings is not to change God’s will but to shape our own will. Prayer makes us more compassionate and caring.

July 10th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 6: Be entirely ready to have God remove all defects of character Rather than justify our shortcomings or cling to “lesser” sins, we must get to the point where we are ready for God to entirely remove all our defects of character. We do this by preparing […]

July 3rd, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 5: Admit to God, ourselves, and another human the nature of our wrongs Confessing our sin to God and to others is incredibly difficult, but this type of accountability brings freedom as we experience God’s forgiveness.

June 26th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 4: Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of self A crucial step to healing and recovery from the brokenness of sin is to commit to a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves in order to allow God to deal with our past. There is joy […]

June 12th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater June 19th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 3: Make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God- Step 2: Come to believe that the Power of God can restore us to sanity The third important step in our spiritual battle with sin […]

June 12th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 2: Come to believe that the Power of God can restore us to sanity The Lord seeks to be in a relationship with each of us. When we cultivate a desperate desiring, our defensive behaviors will break down and the Lord’s presence will flood around us

June 5th, 2022 – Breathing Underwater – Step 1: Admit that our lives have become unmanageable The first step to spiritual healing is to die to the false self that you can fix yourself. “There is a Savior and you ain’t It!” Our ego hates to change and so we do the same thing over […]