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Philippians 4:7: "And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Step 3: "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
You don't have to understand God to complete Step 3. You have to make a decision. In today's meeting, G* said that some people want to have a spiritual awakening as a precondition to doing the steps. But, he pointed out, the steps suggest that you don't have the spiritual awakening until you've done the work. Do the work, get the prize. So Step 3 should basically be: "OK, I'm going to try this." Several people shared that their sponsor had them do Step 3, formally pray the Third Step Prayer on their knees, & then told them to immediately start writing their fourth step. You've decided to do the work - get busy.
B* just called me - she went out this weekend. She's trying to sober up now & get to a meeting at 3 PM. Her sponsor told her to call people who care about her - I'm touched that she chose to call me. I hope she can get back on track.
Philippians 4:7: "And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Step 3: "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
You don't have to understand God to complete Step 3. You have to make a decision. In today's meeting, G* said that some people want to have a spiritual awakening as a precondition to doing the steps. But, he pointed out, the steps suggest that you don't have the spiritual awakening until you've done the work. Do the work, get the prize. So Step 3 should basically be: "OK, I'm going to try this." Several people shared that their sponsor had them do Step 3, formally pray the Third Step Prayer on their knees, & then told them to immediately start writing their fourth step. You've decided to do the work - get busy.
B* just called me - she went out this weekend. She's trying to sober up now & get to a meeting at 3 PM. Her sponsor told her to call people who care about her - I'm touched that she chose to call me. I hope she can get back on track.
