8 Principles
8 Principles that will change your life
R
Realize I’m not God. Admit I’m powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable (Step 1). “Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor” (Matthew 5:3).
E
Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover (Step 2). “Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4).
C
Consciously choose to commit my life and will to Christ’s care and control (Step 3). “Happy are the meek” (Matthew 5:5).
O
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust (Steps 4 & 5). “Happy are the pure in heart” (Matthew 5:8).
V
Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects (Steps 6 & 7). “Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires” (Matthew 5:6).
E
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 (Steps 8 & 9) “Happy are the merciful” (Matthew 5:7) “Happy are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9).
R
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. (Steps 10 & 11)
Y
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words. (Step 12 “Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” (Matthew 5:10)
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
70 x 7 Ministry utilizes a biblical program called Celebrate Recovery, founded by John Baker from Saddleback Church in Forest Lake, CA that is based on the actual words of Jesus Christ found in the sermon on the mount in the gospel of Matthew chapter 5 called the beatitudes. Later, Pastor Rick Warren, who was John Baker's senior pastor saw how Celebrate Recovery was helping people in the church find God’s healing from hurts, habits and hang-ups and with the encouragement of John Baker developed a R-E-C-O-V–E-R-Y acrostic witch identified 8 principles based on the beatitudes.
