Overcoming Sin and Addictions - True Bible Doctrine

Book Available – Missionary Looks at 12 Steps

April 10, 2023March 4, 2021 by publisher

The following “Overcoming Addictions” content is also published within the book: “A Missionary Looks at 12 Steps to Overcoming addictions and Sin.” You can purchase it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online stores.

Author Preface to Recovering From Sin and Addictions

February 19, 2023March 6, 2021 by publisher

From the author: Richard Lehman Addiction is a symptom of a deeper wound. A wound that typically no one else sees, and yet a wound that can be more painful than the one that everyone sees. I’m speaking of a wounded broken heart. And so my inspiration for writing this 12-step process to overcome addictions, … Read more

Introduction to Helping People Recover From Sin and Addictions

February 19, 2023March 7, 2021 by publisher

There is a deep empty hole in the heart of the soul that must be filled. How we fill that hole, or comfort ourselves with that empty space, will determine what sin we become addicted to. Without a godly direction and comfort in our life, the heart will begin to fill itself more all the … Read more

Recovery from Sin and Addiction – Step 1 – Honesty

February 19, 2023March 14, 2021 by publisher

1. We admit that we are powerless over our addiction and that our lives have become unmanageable. When a person comes seeking some help for an addiction, there may be various different reasons why they have come to the conclusion that they need help. One of those reasons may be: Their companion is threatening to … Read more

Recovery from Sin and Addiction – Step 2 – Faith and Hope

February 15, 2023March 19, 2021 by publisher

2. We must come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves: Jesus Christ’s sacrificial love, could restore us to sanity. Can I believe? Well if you haven’t completed step one, were you become totally honest with yourself and with God about your addiction, then no! You will not be able to believe. Because to … Read more

Recovery from Sin and Addiction – Step 3 – Trust-Love Direction

February 19, 2023March 27, 2021 by publisher

3. We make a decision to start trusting the care of a loving Savior for the directions in our lives. If we completed step 1 (being completely honest with ourselves and with God about our addiction) then we can go on to step two: faith and hope. And then as part of step two, we … Read more

Recovery from Sin and Addiction – Step 4 – Courage

February 21, 2023April 6, 2021 by publisher

4. We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. To get to this “fearless” self search, we must be broken of our own self-protectionists fears. Courage is being afraid, but deciding anyway to still move forward, right through the fear feeling. And as you continue in this step, and the next, you will … Read more

Recovery from Sin and Addiction – Step 5 – Integrity

February 19, 2023April 12, 2021 by publisher

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. In the previous step, Courage, we made a list of things that others did to us, and that we have done: both that were very personally sensitive to us. Previous to that we likely never wanted to write … Read more

Recovery from Sin and Addiction – Step 6 – Complete Willingness

February 19, 2023April 22, 2021 by publisher

6. We are entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character If you will recall, back in Step 4 we made a list. This list identified things that have happened to us, that to this day are still impacting our attitude and our behaviors. Then in Step 5 we opened up that … Read more

Recovery from Sin and Addiction – Step 7 – Humility and Prayer

February 19, 2023April 27, 2021 by publisher

7. Humbly asked Him to forgive us and remove our shortcomings So now we have completed Step 6, where we made a complete list of all the behaviors that we desire to have removed from our lives. And as we developed this list, we also worked hard to identify the new behaviors that we would … Read more