Passionately Desperate for Change

Step Seven of AA of 12 - Spiritual Principles to Recovery -Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.

2nd Corinthian 12 vss 7 – 10 especially vs 9

⁷ And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

⁸ For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

⁹ And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

We are building on Step 6 from our last lesson. It said Step 6 - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character . Step 7 - Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings

When we have hurt enough and passionately desperate enough we will do whatever it takes to get our lives back.  When we have worked Step 6 and declared we are entirely ready to have God remove all the defects of our character, we step it up a notch by asking god to remove them.

If we could have fixed ourselves, we would have already done it.  Because we cannot, we seek that power greater than ourselves that brings us hope for change. We ask God to do what only God can do.

Join me Sunday for the Teaching Ministry of New Eden as we share how God deals with our defects of character.