[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”The 12 Steps” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ background_color=”#000″ background_image=”https:\/\/godandthe12steps.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/path-sun-d6f9de3f14.png” background_position=”center_center” custom_padding=”8px|0px|150px|0px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.0″ text_orientation=”center” animation_style=”slide” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Your Path to Transformation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“The LORD directs the steps of the godly. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.0″ text_orientation=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#ffffff 0%|#d6d6d6 99%” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n STEP 1 \u2013 SMASHING DENIAL<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 1:<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I \u201cBut I don\u2019t have the strength to endure. I have nothing to live for. Do I have the strength of a stone? Is my body made of bronze? No, I am utterly helpless, without any chance of success.\u201d (Job 6:11\u201313)<\/p>\n *************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 2 \u2013 GOD\u2019S POWER TO CHANGE<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 2:<\/p>\n \u201cThen Jesus said, \u2018Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.\u2019\u201d (Matthew 11:28)<\/p>\n \u201cThis means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. ***************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 3 \u2013 FREEDOM IN SURRENDER<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 3:<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice \u2013 the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.\u201d (Romans 12:1)<\/p>\n \u201cIf you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.\u201d (Romans 10:9)<\/p>\n ***************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 4 \u2013 CLEANING HOUSE<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 4:<\/p>\n \u201cInstead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the LORD.\u201d (Lamentations 3:40)<\/p>\n \u201cThose of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners as they confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors.\u201d (Nehemiah 9:2)<\/p>\n ****************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 5 \u2013 FREEDOM THROUGH CONFESSION<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 5:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, \u2018I will confess my rebellion to the LORD.\u2019 And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.\u201d (Psalm 32:3-5)<\/p>\n \u201cConfess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.\u201d (James 5:16)<\/p>\n *****************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 6 \u2013 LETTING GO<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 6:<\/p>\n \u201cTherefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.\u201d (Hebrews 12:1)<\/p>\n \u201cSo you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.\u201d (Romans 6:11)<\/p>\n *****************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 7 \u2013 POWER IN PRAYER<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 7:<\/p>\n \u201cBut the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, \u2018O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.\u2019\u201d (Luke 18:13)<\/p>\n \u201cPurify me from my sins [addictions], and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me \u2013 now let me rejoice. Don\u2019t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.\u201d (Psalm 51:7-10)<\/p>\n *****************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 8 \u2013 MAKING WRONG RIGHT<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 8:<\/p>\n \u201cFools make fun of guilt [sin], but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation [they seek to make amends].\u201d (Proverbs 14:9)<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t be misled \u2013 you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So let\u2019s not get tired of doing what is good [working the steps]. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don\u2019t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone [making amends] \u2013 especially to those of the family of faith.\u201d (Galatians 6:7-10)<\/p>\n *******************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 9 \u2013 FREEDOM THROUGH AMENDS<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 9:<\/p>\n \u201cAnd suppose I tell some wicked people that they will surely die, but then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right. For instance, they might give back a debtor\u2019s security, return what they have stolen, and obey my life-giving laws, no longer doing what is evil. If they do this, then they will surely live and not die.\u201d (Ezekiel 33:14-15)<\/p>\n \u201cSo if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you, leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.\u201d (Matthew 5:23-24)<\/p>\n *******************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 10 \u2013 GOOD FOR THE SOUL<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 10:<\/p>\n \u201cAnd don\u2019t sin by letting anger control you.\u2019 Don\u2019t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.\u201d (Ephesians 4:26-27)<\/p>\n \u201cBut if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.\u201d (1 John 1:9)<\/p>\n ********************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 11 \u2013 FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 11:<\/p>\n \u201cSearch for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him.\u201d (Psalm 105:4)<\/p>\n \u201cStudy this Book of Instruction [Bible] continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.\u201d (Joshua 1:8)<\/p>\n ********************************************************************************************<\/p>\n STEP 12 \u2013 GIVEN TO GIVE<\/strong><\/span> SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES FOR STEP 12:<\/p>\n \u201cThe Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, for the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.\u201d (Isaiah 61:1)<\/p>\n \u201cSo then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin. You won\u2019t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but will be anxious to do the will of God. You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy \u2013 their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols. Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into a flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you.\u201d (1 Peter 4:1-4)<\/p>\n ********************************************************************************************<\/p>\n The 12 Steps listed above are from the God & The 12 Steps – Breaking the Chains of Addiction\u00a0<\/em>Recovery Workbook and are used in this recovery ministry. They have been slightly reworded from the original Twelve Steps used for A.A. meetings worldwide (which can be read verbatim in the Recovery Workbook). The following is the official permission statement allowing us to use these steps as our basis.<\/p>\n [The Twelve Steps are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (\u201cA.A.W.S.\u201d)\u00a0 Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that A.A.W.S. has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, or that A.A. necessarily agrees with the views expressed herein.\u00a0 A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism\u00a0only\u00a0– use of the Twelve Steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after A.A., but which address other problems, or in any other non-A.A., does not imply otherwise. Additionally, while A.A. is a spiritual program, A.A. is not a religious program. Thus, A.A. is not affiliated or allied with any sect, denomination, or specific religious belief.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 12 StepsYour Path to Transformation”The LORD directs the steps of the godly. 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He delights in every detail of their lives.”
(Psalms 37:23)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe 12 Steps of God & The 12 Steps and Scriptural References<\/h3>\n
We admit that within ourselves, we are powerless over our addictions and that our lives have become unmanageable<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n
can\u2019t. I want to do what is good, but I don\u2019t. I don\u2019t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.\u201d
(Romans 7:18\u201319)<\/p>\n
We choose to believe that a Power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity and give us a new life. That Power is God.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
The old life is gone; a new life has begun.\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:17)<\/p>\n
We make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, and to make Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
We make a sincere and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
We admit to God, to ourselves, and to another trusted human being the exact nature of our wrongs.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
We are entirely ready to have God remove our defects of character (sins) that have contributed to our addictions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
We humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings and sanctify us for His glory.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
We make a list of all persons we have harmed and we are willing to make amends to them all.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
We make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when doing so would injure them or others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
We continue to take personal inventory, and when we are wrong, we promptly admit it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
We seek through prayer and meditation to grow in our relationship with God (the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), praying for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of our growing relationship with God and by working these steps, we intend to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n