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Sinners Anonymous Week 4

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Week 4

12 Christian Steps of Sinners Anonymous & Biblical References
1. We admitted we were powerless over sin… that our lives had become unmanageable. “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” (Romans 7:18)
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanctity. “… my grace is sufficient for you, for my POWER is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)
..for it God Who works in you to will and act according to His good purpose.. (Phil. 2:13)
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of GOD as we understood Him. “… If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23)
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our selves. “Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:40) Read the rest…

Sinner’s Anonymous Week 3

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12 Christian Steps of Sinners Anonymous & Biblical References

1. We admitted we were powerless over sin… that our lives had become unmanageable.
“I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” (Romans 7:18)

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanctity.
“… my grace is sufficient for you, for my POWER is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)
..for it God Who works in you to will and act according to His good purpose.. (Phil. 2:13)

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of GOD as we understood Him.
“… If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23)

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Sinner’s Anonymous Week 2

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[I'm a couple of weeks behind in posting this.  Due to illness within our family, Week 3 was postponed a week as well so we are not behind, just behind in posting what has already been covered.]

Week 2

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Sinner’s Anonymous Week 1

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12 Christian Steps of Sinners Anonymous & Biblical References

1. We admitted we were powerless over sin… we admitted that our sin is unmanageable on our own. "I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out." (Romans 7:18)

Week 1

Conviction must come before we can ever acknowledge the power sin has over us.

Conviction will do one of two things. Either we will find ourselves further entrenched in that sin, or realizing we are incapable of defeating it alone and giving over to God. The process will be incredibly painful but entirely worth it.

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Sinners Anonymous Class Introduction.

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[At some point in time after delivering this introduction to class I erroneously erased half of my notes.  As a result I have tried my best to recreate a lot of what was written and incorporate thoughts and themes that were organically created during discussion.  If you happened to be in class and there was a point of phrase you wanted to see again, I promise I tried to recreate this as best I could.]

Addicted to Sin

Why are we addicted to sin?

Why is it so easy to sin?

Why is sinning so fun?(at least in the short run)

What makes me sin?

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