Change of Heart, God's In Charge, Recovery
“Fearing” another could be equated with “believing” another. When we “fear” others more than God, it is the equivalent of believing others more than God. We have troubled, angry, hurting parents, for example, who tell us negative things about ourselves. But we go to...
God's In Charge, Recovery, Twelve Steps
Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is able to do all things according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in HIM. Wherefore, let us be faithful to him. (1 Nephi 7:12) Wow! What a twelve-step...
God's In Charge, Led by Spirit, Recovery
As we humble ourselves and rely more and more on the Spirit to guide us, we begin to awaken to the truth that we are actually having a close relationship with all three delightful members of the Godhead. Through the mediation of the Holy Spirit, we begin to perceive...
God's In Charge, Led by Spirit, Personal Revelation
“. . . And this they said he had done because of the foolish imaginations of his heart.” (1 Nephi 2:11) As you increase in recovery, you learn to depend more and more upon God to lead you—day to day, and sometimes even minute to minute. If and when you...
God's In Charge, Personal Revelation, Recovery, Twelve Steps
Today, I can say and truly mean it (and not take it back quite so fast), “Thy will, O Lord, not mine be done” (Jacob 7:14). Why? Because today I trust Him. Why? Because today I know Him. I have ceased to be like the good son in the Master’s parable, working in my...
