GREENE STREET LETTERS: QUOTE OF THE DAY

Friday, September 10, 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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Taken from a web site dedicated to those in recovery.....
"People have the right to not recover."
Sounds foolish, but at the heart of this quote is the most dangerous power humanity possesses.
The ability to choose.
The ability to say "NO!" to God and walk away from the gift of life.
The ability to remain a slave to a lifestyle that ends in destruction.
This life of addiction has never been beaten by anyone. By that, I mean that after all the years of drugging and drinking, A person's life is better, more wonderful and great. That some man or woman would stand up and say, "I've been using for 28 years and my life is more wonderful today than when I first started. How absurd such a statement would be because we know different.

Romans 1:18 reads:
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold down (or suppress) the truth.
The ability to say "No" to God is a power that is beyond frightening.
Say "no" long enough and God may remove his hand from the one who speaks it to God.
The one thing I've learned is that God will give you what you want. If your heart is bent on destruction and drugs and alcohol, and you keep rejecting God's offer of life, He will turn loose and let you go do what it is you want to do. That alone would scare me to death.

Today, I am grateful that God is long-suffering and patient.
I am grateful that God still works with those whose hearts are totally committed to Him (II Chron. 16:9)
I am grateful to Dr. Bob and Bill W. for their gift of Steps to the addiction community.
I am grateful for the Word of God which is living and active and still able to divide even the hardest of hearts.
And I am grateful for Jesus, the Son of God, who gave his life on a hill outside of Jerusalem that I might have real life.
I am grateful that the blood of Jesus has not lost any of its power or ability to save and cleanse.
I am grateful for the Holy Spirit that was placed in me at my conversion.
I am grateful today!

God on you.....
mb

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Friday, September 10, 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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