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1 | what is your point? | Gen 1:12 | Jeshuafreak | 55198 | ||
"NA is good, if you sincerely work the program with a mature sponsor and don't just attend meetings and listen. But more importantly, you really need to have your program under the supervision of a qualified professional substance abuse counselor that you meet with in addition to your sponsor." *******Too much new age funk in NA. They don't take to kindly to Christians,,especially out spoken Christians like myself. There is a group called overcomers that meets on Mondays at 7pm at my church.***** "Once you have completed the program, then you will be ready to be salt and light for others, perhaps by being a sponsor to them. " ******Yes we call them mentors too..and you can find alot of them in a good well balanced protestant church**** "Its clear you have submitted yourself to Christ, now submit yourself to another person who can hold you accountable and help you constructively overcome what you have not yet dealt with." ****Yes it is a slippery slope this thing called sin..**** Parable you are truly a brother thank you and God bless you. -Josh |
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2 | what is your point? | Gen 1:12 | Parable | 55561 | ||
I can understand your distaste for "new age funk". It sounds like the NA group has departed significantly from the original 12-step design of AA, which is faith oriented, but does not adopt any particular belief system so as to avoid keeping people away. There are some who interpret the 12-step approach as incompatible with Christianity, but according to a friend of mine, who is a mature sponsor and very faithful Christian, this is an unfortunate misperception and does not acknoweldge the many lives that have been saved and many addicts who have become born again. Overcomers sounds good, being Christian, yet my recommendation to enlist the services of a qualified substance abuse professional still stands. Finally, sin IS slippery, but don't dismiss secular counselors entirely. I'm all for Christian fellowship and pastoral care, but a there are non-religious issues that a well qualified professional counselor is well suited to address. |
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3 | what is your point? | Gen 1:12 | Jeshuafreak | 55567 | ||
My belief is that there is nothing in our lives that stands apart from scripture... the root cause of any addiction is sin... and being out of step with God's best for our lives. If a certain group...be it substance abuse recovery or the like...if they are not firmly rooted in God's word than I ssteer clear. I seen what the world offers for help....self-help has gotten me no where but away from God.. I am into God-help. Watch out for the craftiness of the enemy of our souls. He will never expose himself in his naked deformity , he likes to make it look good. Remember way back in Genesis? The tree looked good for food... PS We have a Christian counselor at my church.. and I am going to see him next sunday... |
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4 | what is your point? | Gen 1:12 | Parable | 55568 | ||
May your recovery glorify God and serve His Will in the lives of all you meet! Amen. |
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