I invite you to join me in the journey of A.A. Today, with a heart full of gratitude and a desire for God’s will to be done through me, my life is worth sharing. With daily guidance from God and willingness to listen for His voice- every day has become an adventure as He guides my steps forward with love on each step of the journey toward recovery When not reacting, I would act in a mechanical fashion after joining Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), though- it changed everything! He wasn’t made in God’s image to be an automaton.AS BILL SEES IT, p. The worst part about being sober is those first few hours where all you want to do is have another drink but know deep down that would only make things worse. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a magical blog post that could help? Well stop looking because today we’ll talk about how to get through those tough first couple hours of sobriety before having another drink. Business & Social Media Coach at A A Consulting Services Inc. It’s a beautiful Saturday morning and you’re not sure what to do with yourself. Tomorrow’s ReadingĢ Corinthians 1:12-24: The apostle Paul tells the Corinthians of the change in his travel plans.The sun is out and shining, the birds are singing, and you’re at home drinking your 2nd beer of the day. May your love and justice reign throughout the world. Open my eyes and heart this day to those in need. Empower your followers to aid and bring comfort to those who are suffering. Loving God, whenever and wherever your people suffer, you suffer with them. (Acts 19:21-41 describes an uproar that occurred while Paul was in Ephesus.) Where do you see God’s presence amid great suffering? In what ways does God help us in our troubles? Pray Paul does not explain what kind of suffering he had experienced in Ephesus, but it probably included the threat of death. At the time of Paul, Asia was the name of a Roman province in the southwest part of what is now Turkey. He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God. So it will be that the many prayers for us will be answered, and God will bless us and many will raise their voices to him in thanksgiving for us. 10 From such terrible dangers of death he saved us, and will save us and we have placed our hope in him that he will save us again, 11 as you help us by means of your prayers for us. But this happened so that we should rely, not on ourselves, but only on God, who raises the dead. 9 We felt that the death sentence had been passed on us. The burdens laid upon us were so great and so heavy that we gave up all hope of staying alive. 7 So our hope in you is never shaken we know that just as you share in our sufferings, you also share in the help we receive.Ĩ We want to remind you, friends, of the trouble we had in the province of Asia. 6 If we suffer, it is for your help and salvation if we are helped, then you too are helped and given the strength to endure with patience the same sufferings that we also endure. 5 Just as we have a share in Christ’s many sufferings, so also through Christ we share in God’s great help. Paul Gives Thanks to Godģ Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, the God from whom all help comes! 4 He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God. To the church of God in Corinth, and to all God’s people throughout Achaia:Ģ May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. Scripture Readingġ From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and from our brother Timothy. This greeting is followed by Paul’s thanksgiving prayer to God for comfort in times of great suffering. He begins this letter with a formal introduction that names him and Timothy as the ones sending the letter and God’s people in Corinth and Achaia as the ones receiving it. While some members of the church had made strong attacks against him, he expresses his deep longing for reconciliation. God’s Saving Word: Spiritual Renewal IntroductionĢ Corinthians 1:1-11: For the next nineteen days, we will be reading the apostle Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth, which was written during a difficult period in Paul’s relationship with the Corinthian community.
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