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The First Step tells us that our flesh and our spirit are always at war with one another and we are powerless in respect of trying by ourselves to win the war.
The Second Step tells us that coming to believe in Jesus Christ is the only way to overcome the flesh.
The Third Step tells us that unless we turn our entire will and lives over to the care of Jesus we will be still be acting as if we have the power to overcome.
The Fourth Step tells us that Jesus wants us to begin the process of healing our relationships both past and present so that we can become a disciple who can witness with no hanging baggage.
The Fifth Step tells us to continue the healing process by confessing our sins to another human being.
The Sixth Step tells us to be sure that this is what we want to do and if it is then we must be entirely ready for God to heal us of all sinful effects brought upon us by either our doing (victim) or someone else (perpatrator) or both.
The Seventh Step tells us to ask God outright to heal of the effects of our sins.
The Eight Step tells us to be willing to partake in the healing of the relationships we discovered in Step Four.
The Ninth Step tells us to actively move in conjunction with the Holy Spirit towards healing all of our relationships.
The Tenth Step tells us how to keep a Daily Inventory about our relationships and when we are wrong to try to prompltly admit it. Note: our relationships include that with God as well!
The Eleventh Step tells us to talk to God (prayer), to praise Him, to meditate on His word, and to ask that His will be done for us in our lives.
Step Twelve tells us to go and do the "great commission" given in all four gospels by Jesus.
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