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Christians in Recovery Devotional Journal

365 Recovery Thoughts, Scriptures & Prayers
to Change Your Life

This devotional journal is for those who are seeking healing and wholeness in their life as well as a closer relationship with God.

  • Are you addicted to a substance or behavior?
  • Are you a victim of anxiety, fear or hopelessness?
  • Is a behavior or thought pattern controlling your life?
  • Are you codependent or an adult child?
  • Do you over eat?

    • Strengthen your faith as you draw nearer to God through the pages of this book.

    Three hundred and sixty five individual recovery thoughts with accompanying scriptures and prayers to guide you.

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    Was I One of "Those" Who Couldn't Recover?

    You may be caught in an endless cycle of addiction, whether it be sex, drugs, alcohol, porn, relationships, food, whatever. Your heart is in the right place and you desperately want freedom from the bondage and slavery which is addiction. But the miracle has not happened. No matter how hard you try or how often or earnestly you call out to God the results are the same.

    Do not loose heart! I too was caught in that very same vicious cycle. Even though I believed in God with all my heart and soul I could not find release from the cravings of addiction. No matter what I did or what I tried I would get sucked straight back into behaviors that I dreaded. It was a nightmare. There seemed no end to it. I felt weak, unworthy of God, useless, and ashamed.

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    Are You on the Safe Side?

    The Safe Side!

    There are usually two sides:
    the one dangerous--the other safe;
    the one is uncertain--and the other is sure.

    It is always the wisest--to be found on the safe side!

    Look at the unbeliever:
    He denies the Bible to be God's book.
    He walks by his own reason.
    He gratifies his senses and his lusts.
    He lives in sin.
    He must soon die.
    He has no Savior.
    He has no true hope.
    If the Bible is false--then he is safe; BUT
    if the Bible is true--then he is damned forever!

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    I Am Grateful

    Abba, You know our hearts. These past few days of reflecting upon where I am in my relationship with You has left me recognizing that I have SO, SO far to go!

    I am very grateful that You are merciful in addition to being righteous.

    I am grateful that You love us so much that You were willing to pay the price to keep us from being separated from You forever.

    I am grateful that You are faithful to forgive us our sins when we ask with repentant hearts.

    I am grateful that You give us the ability to turn from our sins.

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    Prayer for the Heavy Hearted

    Abba...I sense many heavy hearts today. Hearts that are burdened and weighed down by what they are seeing and experiencing.

    For some, it seems as if the world is closing in on them and coming against them at every turn. Nothing they are trying to do turns out well and some are even wondering in their hearts where You are in all of this. They are battling discouragement as they walk in the way they believe You have sent them. They are trying to minister to others with seemingly no to little success. They are being faithful, yet wondering if You might actually have abandoned them. They so need Your reassurance and a sense of Your Presence.

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    In CIR I Felt Compassion - Even When I was Really Messed Up

    I have been sponsored on CIR a few key moments in my life. Sponsored financially (by CIR's scholarship program) that is. In those times of utter despair, then a few years later with a slight man and meth problem, then the true spiritual convictions on my pornography issues, & then there's the really destructive behaviors.

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    God's Emergency Telephone Numbers

    All of these numbers may be phoned directly. No operator assistance is necessary. All lines to heaven are open and available 24/7.

    When -
    You are sad, phone John 14
    You have sinned, phone Psalm 51
    You are facing danger, phone Psalm 91
    People have failed you, phone Psalm 27

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    The Wonders


    The wonders of Creation
    Of cremation of my sin
    Of how a child like Mary
    Could harbor Life within

    Of how a thriving orchard
    Springs from a single seed
    Or maker of the universe
    Could sit on Mary's knee

    I hang in life upon a limb
    On far flung distant tree
    But track my lineage to the One
    Who took the nails for me

    The miracle of Life moves on
    Invading, chasing void,
    Creating fertile fields in hope
    The dust will spring to joy.

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    Death: What's on the other side?

    A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side."

    Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."

    "You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?"

    The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.

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