The Reality Choice

 

Realize I'm not God

 

I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.

 

 Rev. Rick Harmick

 

All life's hurts, hang-ups and habits have the same

root cause: our tendency is to play God.

 

     1. I must humbly admit I need help.

 

     2. I must humbly ask God for help.

 

     3. I must humbly accept help from other people.

 

 

The Hope Choice

 

Earnestly believe that God exists

 

that I matter to Him, and that He

has the power to help me recover.

 

 

Rev. Dale Byrd

 

Our paths to comfort and hope: Escape

 

     God's path to comfort and hope: Mourning

 

     1. See who God really is.

 

     2. See who I really am.

 

     3. See how God can change me.

 

 

The Commitment Choice

 

Consciously choose

 

to commit all my life and will

to Christ's care and control.

 

     

Rev. Rick Hamrick     

 

     Meekness is strength under control

 

     Meekness has always been God's way for humanity

 

     Meekness means I acknowledge God's holiness

  

          Confidence in who I am

 

          Confidence in whose I am

  

Consciously (its my decision)

 

choose to commit (over and over)

 

all my life and will (everything)

 

to Christ's care and control. (He loves me)

 

 

The Housecleaning Choice

 

Openly examine

 

and confess my faults to myself,

to God, and to someone I trust.

 

 

Rev. Rick Hamrick

 

The basis of a pure heart is not how good you are,

but how good God is.

 

As you consider making the housecleaning choice, remember three things:

 

     1. Remember God's kindness.

 

  

 

 

 

to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.

 

 

Rev. Rick Hamrick

 

     1. Conflict

          Reality Choice

 

     2. Crisis

          Hope Choice

 

     3. Commitment

          Commitment Choice

 

     4. Confession

          Housecleaning Choice

 

     5. Conversion

          Transformation Choice

 

 

 

The Relationship Choice

 

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.

 

 

 

Rev. Rick Hamrick

 

     Two truths about forgiveness:

 

     Because I have been forgiven, I can forgive.

 

     The unforgiving become the unforgiven.

 

 

     How can I become a forgiver?

 

     Take it to the Cross, and start today.

 

 

 

The Growth Choice

 

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.

 

Rev. Rick Hamrick

 

 

     1. Fix a daily time with God.

 

     2. Fill my mind with Scripture.

 

     3. Focus on my goal, not my habit.

 

     4. Face and Forsake my failures quickly.

 

     5. Flee temptation; don't Fear it.

 

     6. Form an ongoing support group.

 

     7. Follow Christ to the finish line.

 

 

The Sharing Choice

 

Yield myself to God

 

to be used to bring this Good News to others,

both by my example and by my words.

 

 

Rev. Rick Hamrick

 

 

     1. How pain got my attention.

 

          I must be honest about my...

 

          Feelings

 

          Faults

 

          Failures

 

          Frustrations

 

          Fears

 

     2. What I've learned in the process.

 

          To depend on God's love.

 

          To follow God's Word.

 

          That I need other people.

 

     3. How God can bring good out of bad.

 

     4. How Jesus gives you hope.

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