Step 8: Preparing to Repair the Damage of the Past

repair-the-damage-of-the-past Contributor:  W. Travis Stewart, LPC, NCC writer for Addiction Hope Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all “God fully forgives us, but the “karma” of our mistakes remains, and we must still go back and repair the bonds that have been broken.” [...]
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Sobriety Does Not Come Without Humility

sobriety-hope Contributor:  Ryan Moffat, BS in Bible and Theology from Multnomah University. Pastor of Vast Church. Jesus told lots of troubling stories…stories about everyday things like gardening, sheep, fields, pearls and other very normal, everyday realities that we encounter daily.  He told stories because He understood that there was an innate power to a narrative that certain [...]
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Identifying the Fear, Asking God to relieve it

homeless man Contributor:  Ryan Moffat, BS in Bible and Theology from Multnomah University. Pastor of Vast Church. I’ll admit it….I’m scared of the dark.  To this very day, as a 35-year-old man with 4 children I still feel a temptation toward fear when the lights go out.  Here’s the thing though…I have GOOD REASON to be scared of [...]
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God Can Only Do For Me What He Can Do Through Me

Contributor:  Ryan Moffat, BS in Bible and Theology from Multnomah University. Pastor of Vast Church. “It is doubtful whether God can use a man greatly unless He has hurt Him deeply” -A.W. Tozer “ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in [...]
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Being an Instrument Allowing Change to Occur

Contributor:  Ryan Moffat, BS in Bible and Theology from Multnomah University. Pastor of Vast Church. “Be Filled with the Spirit” -The Apostle Paul, Ephesians 5:18 I learned recently in a lecture that those 5 words are what we would call a “present, passive, progressive, imperative.”  I know what you’re thinking right now…”that sounds like Greek to [...]
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