Road To
Recovery
8-Principles Based on the Beatitudes
R - Realize I am not God. I admit I am powerless to
control my tendency to do the wrong things and that my life is
unmanageable.
Happy are those who know they are
spiritually poor
E
- Earnestly believe that God
exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me
recover.
Happy are those who mourn, for they
shall be comforted
C - Consciously
choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and
control.
Happy are the meek
O -
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I
trust.
Happy are the pure in
heart
V - Voluntarily submit to every change God wants me
to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character
defects.
Happy are those whose greatest desire is
to do what God requires
E - Evaluate all my
relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for
harm I've done to others, except when to do so would harm them or
others.
Happy are the merciful - Happy are the
peacemakers
R - Reserve a daily time with God for
self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will
for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.
Y -
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by
my example and by my words.
Happy are those who
are persecuted because they do what God requires