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Post Info TOPIC: JFT February 14 Honesty and spirituality


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JFT February 14 Honesty and spirituality


 

 

The right to a God of your understanding is total and without any catches.  Because we have this right, it is necessary to be honest about our belief if we are to grow spiritually.

Basic Text, pp. 25-26

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In meetings, over refreshments, in talks with our sponsor, we hear our NA friends talking about the way they understand their Higher Power.  It would be easy to go with the flow, adopting someone else's beliefs.  But just as no one else can recover for us, so no one else's spirituality can substitute for our own.  We must honestly search for an understanding of God that truly works for us.

Many of us begin that search with prayer and meditation, and continue with our experiences in recovery.  Have there been instances where we have been given power beyond our own to face lifes challenges?  When we have quietly sought direction in times of trouble, have we found it?  What kind of Power do we believe has guided and strengthened us?  What kind of Power do we seek?  With the answers to these questions, we will understand our Higher Power well enough to feel safe and confident about asking it to care for our will and lives.

A borrowed understanding of God may do on a short haul.  But in the long run, we must come to our own understanding of a Higher Power, for it is that Power which will carry us through our recovery.

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Just for today:  I seek a Power greater than myself that can help me grow spiritually.  Today, I will examine my beliefs honestly and come to my own understanding of God.

 



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I know that the power greater than myself can lead me to parts of life I had lost touch with in active addiction.I understand what the God in my recovery does for me daily and pray each morning for a new day .

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