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     • In essence, the Twelve Steps embody the Bible’s core teachings concerning God’s redemptive relationship with humankind, from salvation to evangelism. They begin with an admission of human shortcomings and a profession of faith in God’s power, love and forgiveness—the essence of justification.
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   What is God in the 12 steps?

   • The steps offer healing, forgiveness, and a new direction in life. You’ll find tools and resources to cope with stress, cravings, and triggers. The final step is to use your own sobriety to reach out and help other, still struggling alcoholics. ‘God’ in the 12 Steps absolutely does not have to be a religious entity.

   12 Steps - Alcoholics Anonymous

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   What is the purpose of the 12 steps?

   • The purpose is to think of a higher power, such as nature, or simply what happens when people come together to help each other. The 12 Steps: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

   12 Steps - Alcoholics Anonymous

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   What does God mean in 12 step programs?

   • So in 12 steps programs the word "God' has an unlimited number of meanings. As many meanings, in fact, as there are members of 12-step programmes world wide. GOD acronyms heard at Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step meetings: GOD - Group Of Drunks, AA's higher power. God - What does this word mean?

   God - a Power Greater than ourselves - Love | 12 steps

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   Are the 12 steps Christian?

   • The 12 Steps are Christian, but A.A. is not. Under Sam Shoemaker’s leadership, these 12 Steps would have created a Christian group; under Bill Wilson’s they made a group that has a wider appeal, for it takes on the pluralistic religious coloration of our culture.

   The Hidden Gospel of the 12 Steps: Understanding the Origins of the

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   What are the spiritual roots of the 12 steps?

   • The spiritual roots of the 12 Steps are complex, tangled between experience-oriented evangelical Christianity and secularizing, psychologizing tendencies of American religious pluralism. Understanding how these sources produced the 12 Steps can help Christians know how to interact with them today.

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   What are the 8 principles & 12 steps?

   • By applying the biblical principles of conviction, conversion, surrender, confession, restitution, prayer, quiet time, witnessing, and helping one another, which are found within the Eight Principles and the Christ-centered 12 Steps, you will restore and develop stronger relationships with others and with God.

   Twelve Steps & Biblical Comparisons - Goforth Recovery

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3. www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk › 12-steps12 Steps - Alcoholics Anonymous

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   The 12 Steps: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

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   • We admitted that we were powerless over our problems and that our lives had become unmanageable. “I know that nothing good lives in me…I want to do what is right, but I can’t.”
   • We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. “God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.”
   • We made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God. “Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.
   • We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. “Let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.” – Lamentations 3:40; see also Matthew 7:1-5; 2 Corinthians 7:8-10.

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6. www.christianitytoday.com › 1991 › 07The Big Book And The 12 Steps - Christianity Today

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   Jul 22, 1991 · A life-changing experience with a Higher Power may lead them to believe they have found God, and God’s people, and can center their salvation in the 12 Step group.

7. goforthrecovery.com › recovery-resources › twelveTwelve Steps & Biblical Comparisons - Goforth Recovery

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   • We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors. That our lives had become unmanageable. (Romans 7:18 “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.
   • Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. (Philippians 2:13 “For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.”)
   • Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God. (Romans 12:1 “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.”)
   • Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. (Lamentations 3:40 “let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.”)

8. www.12steps.nz › about › love-is-the-powerGod - a Power Greater than ourselves - Love | 12 steps

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   Every member of every 12 step programme develops their own personal understanding of "a power greater than themselves". This is your journey of recovery and no-one pressures you towards any particular religious doctrine. How you go about finding god is up to you. God = A Personal Choice. Your concept of God is unique to you. God = Love. For me ...

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   1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5.

10. www.ministrymaker.com › a-biblical-analysis-of-theA Biblical Analysis of the Twelve Steps - Ministrymaker

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    Feb 23, 2023 · Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). This is still a generic “god.” The true and living God cannot be reduced to our understanding and still be God. Our concept of God must be viewed through the revelation of Himself in scripture.