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| | | “If you are offering your gift… First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.” — Matthew 5:23–24 | | If your teenager threw a wild party and completely trashed your living room, you wouldn’t be very impressed if they ignored the mess and instead sat in their bedroom reading a book on good manners. You would want them to come downstairs, apologize, and grab a trash bag. Yet, we often try to use our spiritual habits as a smokescreen to avoid cleaning up the messes we made in our active addiction. Jesus radically corrects this thinking. He tells us that we cannot ignore the wreckage of our relationships while pretending everything is fine with God. Making amends is so incredibly urgent that Jesus says we should pause our worship to go make things right. When we do the hard, humbling work of clearing our side of the street and apologizing without making excuses, we grab the trash bag. We prove our recovery is real, and we open the door for reconciliation to restore what was broken. |
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| Is there an amend you have been putting off out of fear? Make a concrete plan today to reach out to that person and start the process of reconciliation. |
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| Lord, lead me toward timely, wise, and sincere amends. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. |
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| You can also learn more from our book, Freedom From Addiction: A 12-Step, Scripture-Integrated Recovery Curriculum, by visiting our Books page. The curriculum provides a comprehensive, Scripture-integrated approach to recovery, combining the proven principles of the 12 Steps with biblical truth to support lasting transformation for individuals, families, churches, and recovery ministries. For additional details and resources, please visit: | |
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| Join us for our upcoming meeting! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect and collaborate. Register now to secure your spot! | |
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| | Together, we can build a brighter future, one life recovered at a time. | |
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