Atomic (Be) Attitudes Steps 4 & 5 – Stepping Into the Light

Blessed = Happy, joyous and free.

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Step #1 – We admitted we are powerless

I admit that I am powerless over ___________ and that my life has become unmanageable.

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Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Matthew 5:3 (MSG)

³ “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope.

With less of you there is more of God…

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Step #2 – God has the power we need.

We believe that God , that we to Him and He has the to help us recover.

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Admitting we are allows us to tap into the power of God!

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and can be a blessing; they can us to get the help we need.

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Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.

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Step #3 – We made the decision to turn our life and will over to the care of Jesus.

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Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.

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Steps #1-3

• I can’t
• He can
• I think I will let Him

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Matthew 5:8

⁸ Blessed (happy, joyous and free) are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.

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Matt 15:19

¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

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Matt 15:19 (MSG)

It’s from the heart that we vomit up evil arguments, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, lies, and cussing. That’s what pollutes.

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Gal 5:19-21 (MSG)

 It is obvious what kind of life develops…repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on.

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“A pure heart is one that is free and clean of impurities. It is a heart that is free from all of the junk that weighs us down, washed clean of all the hurts, hang-ups and habits that plague our lives.” John Baker, Life’s Healing Choices

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Eph 4:31 (NLT)

³¹ Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior.

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“We’re constantly worried that someone will find the in our closet – that deep, dark secret that only we know about. It is like carrying a heavy weight around our necks.” John Baker, Life’s Healing Choices

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We are only as as our .

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John 3:20

²⁰ Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

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Luke 12:2-3

² There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. ³ What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

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John 3:20-21

²⁰ Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. ²¹ But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light…

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Step # 4 – We made a searching and fearless honest inventory of ourselves.

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“Taking a commercial inventory is a fact-finding and fact-facing process. It is an effort to discover the truth about the stock-in-trade. One object is to disclose damaged or unsaleable goods, to get rid of them promptly and without regret. If the owner of the business is to be successful, he cannot fool himself about values.” Bill Wilson, Big Book of AA

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Step #5

Admitted to God, to ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

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James 5:16

¹⁶ Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

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An inventory what is in the heart, and the water of washes it away.

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“If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.” Bill Wilson, AA Big Book

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Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.

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Action Steps:

1. Pray about it.
2. Write about it.
3. Share it.

Personal Notes: