Principle 4: Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. Happy are the pure in heart. Matthew 5:8
Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40
Lesson 11 – Highlights:
In the second half of our searching and fearless moral inventory God will identify where He can go to work and enrich our lives.
Your Mind
How have you guarded your mind in the past? Denial?
Have you filled your mind with hurtful and unhealthy movies, television programs, internet sites, magazines, or books?
Have you failed to concentrate on the positive truths of the Bible?
Your Body
In what ways in the past have you mistreated your body?
Have you abused alcohol or drugs? Food? Sex?
What past activities or habits caused harm to your physical health?
Your Family
In the past, have you mistreated anyone in your family?
Who in your family do you hold resentment against?
Who do you owe an amends to?
What is the family secret that you have been denying?
Your Church
Have you been faithful to your church in the past?
Have you been critical rather than active?
In the past have you discouraged your family’s support of their church?
Did any of the above questions strike a cord or make you go hmmm? Click on my podcast below so we can address these together.
Lesson 11 – Questions:
Your Mind
Since accepting Christ as your personal savior, how has God transformed your mind? What worldly standards have you given up?
How have you used denial to attempt to guard your mind?
Have you filled or are filling your mind with hurtful and unhealthy movies, television programs, internet sites, magazines, or books?
How have you failed to concentrate on the positive truth of the Bible? Be specific.
Your Body
What past activities or habits caused harm to your physical health?
In what ways have you mistreated your body?
Have you abused alcohol, drugs, food, or sex? How did that negatively affect your body?
What have you done to restore God’s temple?
Your Family
Have you mistreated anyone in your family verbally, emotionally, or physically?
Who in your family do you hold resentment against? Why?
Can you think of anyone to whom you owe amends? Why?
What is the family secret that you have kept denying?
How have relationships improved since you have been in recovery? Be specific.
Your Church
How would you rate your past participation in your church?
_____ Very Involved
_____ Semi-active Member
_____ Sideline Member
_____ Attender
_____ Holiday Attender
_____ Never Attender Member
Prior to your recovery, what was your main reason for going to church?
Have you ever tried to discourage any family member from church involvement? How? Why?
How has your commitment to your church increased since starting your recovery? Give examples.
What realizations have you made by going through the inventory process? What is the most surprising thing you have learned about yourself after completing your inventory? Share or comment below.
Recovery is not meant to be a solo journey. There is power in number so I strongly recommend that you find a Celebrate Recovery group in your area. To find one near you click here. Remember… JOY is a choice, so choose well!
