We were please to listen to the council shared by Brother and Sister Farrell who are the stake leaders for the 12 Step Program which meets at the Petaluma ward building each Tuesday at 7 PM as well as leading the way for emergency preparedness (food storage being part).
This wonderful Addiction Recovery program can help all of us achieve a greater relationship with our Savior, since non of us is perfect yet. If you have an addiction, whether it be eating, behavioral, drug- prescription or illegal, alcohol or pornography, this inspired program can be a great help. All things said in the meeting are confidential. This program was adapted from Mr. Wilson's AA 12 Steps. Here, you can find a way to lift any burden that you carry, and move, through Jesus Christ toward a greater understanding of life and joy. A Christ centered life is the goal of the group, inspired through the Book of Mormon, a great gift if we will take it up.
The original AA program required 4 things:
1 absolute honesty
2 absolute purity
3 absolute unselfishness
4 absolute love
What we hope to do in this program, which is open to all who are not perfect yet, is to reconcile our behavior with the teachings of Christ. Below is a short video (I hope) from the LDS website. If you enter addiction recovery on lds.org there are several great articles that will explain more in detail for you. I cannot recommend this program too highly, for there are things to be learned in this setting that never come up any place else. It is a chance to openly look at your life, absolutely honestly and move forward without guilt. It is at this point where we can #7" Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings."
To see the manual, go to the church website and find Addiction Recovery program and you can download the manual. I highly recommend you at least take a look. There is only good to gain.
http://www.lds.org/church/news/addiction-recovery-program-brings-individuals-to-christ?lang=English
To address the preparedness, there are plenty of places that are so easy to use now. Most of us have heard of food storage but now we have sites to guide us and make it easy to buy what we may need. lds.org
provident living
store.lds.org
What is an emergency? Have you lost your job, been furloughed, gotten ill, started training for a new career? Is there a strike which makes getting things at the store impossible? Earthquake?
Yes to all the above, as times to use your storage. Help the Lord help you. Prepare for those unforeseen things that come to all of us.
your attempting to improve bloggess,
Janice
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