Category: The Recovered Word

Unreserved Obedience To God…When Man Listens by Cecil Rose for The Oxford Group The new civilization which will replace our fast perishing social structure will be a miracle of God’s creative power working through men and women surrendered to His will. That is the basis of our hope–‘a city whose builder and maker is God.’ This means that my relation as an individual to the world-task becomes totally different. I am not one utterly insignificant builder amongst countless hosts, adding one brick to the gigantic structure of a new world-order…

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Step 5: Confession – Moroni’s Story About Drug Addiction Recovery Video GNN Note – Never forget we are dealing with real issues, with real people. Sometimes the language and topics reflect what we would rather not see and hear. /END Step 5 – Confession: Admit to yourself, to your Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, to proper priesthood authority, and to another person the exact nature of your wrongs.

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When Man Obeys…God Works – When Man Listens by Cecil Rose for The Oxford Group This is the paralysis that grips the world. It has also gripped the one body of men and women who should have the answer to paralysis-the Christian Church. So few people are left with any strong and impelling faith that their individual lives and actions have significance beyond themselves, and can avail in the bringing of a new and liberated world. The task of changing the world appears so gigantic and so remote that it…

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Heroin Addicted Gang Member-Adrian (Video) from Soft White Underbelly

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Christian Revolution…When Man Listens This, then, is the quality of redemptive living to which Christ calls all who are willing to share in His work for men. It is a partnership which will drain us to the bottom, taking far more than we have. But it is in this work, which is utterly impossible to us, that we make the greatest discoveries of the sufficiency of God. This work of life-changing is in the end the only contribution which we Christians have to make towards a new world. Anything less…

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This is Steven’s Story of Addiction and Loss Video from Stand 4 Addiction

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  Helping Others To Listen…When Man Listens by Cecil Rose for The Oxford Group We can fail through sentimentality. Either our human affection for the other person, or our dislike of going too deep into our own life, leads us to idealize, to soften down harsh facts, or to stay the probe. We call it being charitable. Actually it is sheer betrayal, and the other person may have cause one day to curse us for our lack of the kind of love which loves enough to hurt. We can fail…

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Wasted – A Documentary In our documentary, Wasted, filmmaker Maureen Palmer sets out to follow me, her life partner and an alcoholic with five years of sobriety, on a search for the best new evidence-based addiction treatments. But, just as filming begins, I begin drinking again – and our theoretical journey becomes very real and deeply personal. We discover a revolution in addiction research that offers hope to people whose lives and families are Wasted by addiction.

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The Vital Element…When Man Listens by Cecil Rose for The Oxford Group These are not conditions which can only be fulfilled by the few and the specially gifted. They are the simple and spiritual conditions which can be fulfilled by anyone who is willing to learn in the school of Christ. The vital element in this work of life-changing is, of course, an infectious experience of God-an experience real enough for other people to catch from us. The conditions we have to fulfill are, the simple and spiritual conditions just…

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Preacher’s Daughter interview-Elizabeth Video by Soft White Underbelly Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Elizabeth, the daughter of a Baptist preacher.

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