Sermon Cloud

The R in Recovery Stands for Realize!

Isaiah 57:18 "I have seen how they acted, but I will heal them.   I will lead them and help them, and I will comfort those who mourn.  I offer peace to all, near and far!"

"Realize I am not God, and admit that I am powerless to sontrol my tendency to do wrong things and my life is unmanageable."

I.  The Cause of my problem: My Sin Nature

1. We try to control our image

2. We try to control other people

3. We try to control problems

4. We try to control our pain

II.  The Consequences of my problem

1.  Fear

2.  Frustration

3.  Fatigue

4.  Failure

III.  The Cure to my problem

1.  I admit I am powerless to change my past

2.  I admit I am powerless to control other people

3.  I admit I am powerless to cope with my harmful habits, behaviors and actions

James 4:6 "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."