G.A.R.T.H.
Getting Addiction Recovery Through Honesty
Week Two: Having Faith in God
Welcome to G.A.R.T.H. you have come to the right place if you are seeking love, healing, and understanding.
We are a Christ centered program that heals with the truth;
Here at G.A.R.T.H. we seek to support all that are interested in freedom, restoration, and full recovery from the bondage of addiction. We desire to participate in helping those that are hurting and in need of accountability and counsel. Our hearts reach out to those that struggle with the loss of control in their lives due to dependency. We are a brother, a sister, and a friend in the time of need. At G.A.R.T.H. we seek to lend an open ear and the wisdom of God to enable the captive to overcome. Our 12-step program requires the individual to examine him or herself in truth and through honesty accept the tools needed to begin the process of healing. So with this short mission statement we welcome you and look forward to assisting you in full recovery and restoration.
This is Step Two: Each Step that we will cover will go deeper into the examination of what causes us to be addicted and what can help us overcome. Please join us in this step one study of Addiction Recovery Through Honesty.
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind but now I see
Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Thru many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come
Tis grace that brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home.
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Then when we first begun.
Welcome to week two of Addiction Recovery. We are grateful that you have made a decision in your life to live a new way. This will require honesty, willingness, and a total surrender of yourself to a greater power that is able to make a difference in your life. We pray that you are blessed as you participate and that these coming weeks changes your life!
Week Two: Having faith in God
We come to believe that God, through Jesus Christ, can restore us to sanity.
“For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” Philippians 2:13
“For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
HE REPLIED, "BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO LITTLE FAITH. I TELL YOU THETRUTH, IF YOU HAVE FAITH AS SMALL AS A GRAIN OF A MUSTARD SEED, YOU CAN SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, 'MOVE FROM HERE TO THERE' AND IT WILL MOVE. NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU. " MATHEW17: 20
"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH." HEBREWS 11:6
IN STEP 2 AA/CA/NA 12 STEP PROGRAM WE READ, " CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY."
WE CAME TO BELIEVE = WE CAME TO A FAITH, THE DEFINITION FOR FAITH BEING SIMPLY, BELIEF. THEREFORE IN STEP 2 WE CAME TO A FAITH THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY."
"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD WITHOUT FAITH." HEBREWS 11:6
THIS HAS BEEN PURPOSELY STATED TWICE!
WE CAME TO A FAITH, THOUGH YOU HAVE FAITH AS SMALL AS A GRAIN OF A MUSTARD SEED!
This week we will study what it means to have faith in God and how it is that we can get or build faith that will eneble us to evercome. Read the following passages and answer the questions below.
Read Hebrew 11:1-11 What questions do you have after reading this?
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Answer the following questions:
What is faith?
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What is the purpose of having faith?
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Can we please God without faith?
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Read Romans 10:5-17 What questions do you have after reading this?
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Answer the following questions:
What happens when we believe in God and confess with our mouth that He is able?
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How can a someone believe after they have not believed in God before?
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How does faith in God come?
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HEARING/READING/SEEING
"FAITH COMETH BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD" ROMANS
10:17
HEARING/READING/SEEING THE WORDS OF GOD BRINGS US TO THE BELIEF THAT STEP 2 TALKS ABOUT. THE COMING TO THE BELIEF (FAITH) IN HIM ENABLES US TO FIND GRACE AND POWER THAT WE LACK.
So now we come to believe that God, through His son Jesus Christ , can restore us to sanity?
We haven't heard enough yet! This is a process in which it takes the renewing of our minds, in which God's word cleanses our minds from all that we have known and tells us the real truth! This whole program beloved is about truth and we can't get to the truth until we get to God, who is the way, the truth, and the life and we can't get to Him without faith. So we are going to have to hear His word and allow Him to work His truth in our life. His truth will enable us to overcome our addictions, but we must be willing to hear Him.
So let's hear some more of what He says:Read Hebrews 3:7-19 What questions do you have after reading this?
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Answer the following questions:
Who was speaking here?
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How many years did God prove himself to the Israelites?
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What was the problem with the hearts of the Israelites?
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What caused their hearts to be hardened?
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What consequences did their hard hearts bring to some?
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Hebrews 11:6 tells us "It is impossible to please God without faith, we need God, with his favor and his power we can overcome all that comes our way. We will conclude this class with a memory verse. Please memorize this verse and keep it in your heart so that you may remember that our faith in Jesus will give us the strength to overcome.
"For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: And this is the victory that overcomes the world, EVEN OUR FAITH!" Our faith overcomes all our addictions! When you have faith in God then you will be able to draw from the source of power that will help you to overcome. Without that additional power we can do nothing!
Thank you for participating in week two: Having faith in God. If you have any questions or would like to give a comment please send them to us using the feedback form below. God bless you!
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