Growing in Christ while Helping Others

Crossroads
“So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!” 1 Corinthians 10:12

1. Before you start working on Step 10, take a moment to reflect and list some of the changes in your life that have come from working the steps and principles with Jesus as your Higher Power.
How has your behavior changed?
What specific relationships have been restored or improved?
How has your relationship with Jesus grown since your journey of recovery?
List the new relationships you have made along your journey.
2. What does Step 10 mean to you?
The What: “We continued to take a personal inventory…”
The why: “…and when we were wrong…”
The what then: “…promptly admitted it.”

Daily Inventory
What do the following verses mean to you and how can they help you?
1. “From a wise mind comes careful and persuasive speech.” Proverbs 16:23
2. “Don’t use bad language. Say only what is good and helpful to those you are talking to, and what will give them a blessing. ” Ephesians 4:29
3. “The wise man is known by his common sense, and a pleasant teacher is the best” Proverbs 16:21
4. “Anxious hearts are very heavy but a word of encouragement does wonders!” Proverbs 12:25

Relapse
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” Colossian 3:16
1. Do a H_E_A_R_T check right now. Are you Hurting? Exhausted? Angry? Resentful? Tense?
2. Specifically, what do you do when you are Hurting? Exhausted? Angry? Resentful? Tense?
3. Rate your listing skills from 1 to 10 being the best.
What are some ways that you think you could improve your listening skills with others?
What are some ways that you could improve your listening skills with God?
4. Describe what a “quiet time” means to you and why it is important.
5. How could you improve your prayer time? Be specific.
When do you pray?
Where do you pray?

Gratitude
1.In what three areas of your recovery are you especially thankful for God’s power? Try to think of areas of growth or positive change in you that only God could have accomplished.
2.Name three people that God has placed in your recovery that you are grateful for and why.
3. What three things that you are thankful for in your program, small groups or church?
4. Let the individuals on your list know what an impact they have had on your recovery, and thank each of them personally.

Give
“Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.”

1. What does Matthew 10:8—“Freely you have received, freely give”—mean to you?
2. How has your attempt to put God first in your life changed your understanding of the word “give”?
3. Ecclesiastes 4:9 tells us that “two are better than one.” List specific instances in own your recovery that you have seen this verse in action.
4. What are some of your recent victories that you could share with a newcomer?

Yes

1. If you knew that you couldn’t fail, what would you like to do most for God in helping others?
2. What are some ways you can pick up the Lord’s towel (John 13:14-15) today and start serving others?
3. In the words of Step 12, how will you “practice these principles in all your affairs”?
4. Describe what the phrase “You can’t keep it unless you give it away” means in your recovery.