Daring to Face Ourselves
Step Four of the Big Book of AA says, “We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” I hear from our AA siblings that this is one of the hard steps in the Twelve Step program. This step is about daring ourselves to face our shadows.
Jesus says it this way in Matthew 7:4-5:
4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye!
Step 4 is about seeing your own log first, so you can stop blaming, accusing, denying, and therefore displacing the problem. What is your own log in your life? –Pastor Sunae
Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.
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Aug 4, 2024
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Upcoming Sundays
12-Step Spirituality
August 11, 2024
Accountability is Sustainability
Psalm 32:3-5, James 5:16
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August 18, 2024
Ready and Willing
Luke 5:12, Romans 12:1-5
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August 25, 2024
The Quest for Humility
Psalm 51:1-2, James 4:10
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September 1, 2024
Reflecting on Our Relationships
1 John 4:20-21, Romans 2:1
Sweet Surrender
Our neighbors sometimes get the impression that “religious” people are all smug and self-satisfied. The great irony and truth of Step 3 and of the Gospel is that true power fills our lives when we surrender “our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God.” In that surrender, our understanding is such a limited requirement. Grace fills our lives with gratitude and humility.
I am very grateful to be sharing the pulpit this Sunday with Andrew Champion, who will be sharing his story of surrender and spiritual release. –Pastor Dale
Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.
Join us in person in our sanctuary or watch online via Zoom, Facebook or YouTube Live.
Bulletin Link
July 28, 2024
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Meeting ID: 879 9397 9913
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Upcoming Sundays
12-Step Spirituality
August 4, 2024
Daring to Face Ourselves
Lamentations 3:40, Matthew 26:41
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August 11, 2024
Accountability is Sustainability
Psalm 32:3-5, James 5:16
*
August 18, 2024
Ready and Willing
Luke 5:12, Romans 12:1-5
Desperate Desiring
Last week we talked about Step 1, which begins with admitting our powerlessness over alcohol, people, places, or things in a loving and confidential community where we help each other to find light and life. This becomes our lifeline, and this is where we begin.
This Sunday, we reflect on Step 2. The Big Book from Alcoholics Anonymous thus describes step 2: “We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” This is called “The Hope Step.” Would you join me this Sunday as we reflect on our desperate desiring for wholeness? – Pastor Sunae
Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.
Join us in person in our sanctuary or watch online via Zoom, Facebook or YouTube Live.
Bulletin Link
July 21, 2024
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Meeting ID: 879 9397 9913
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Upcoming Sundays
12-Step Spirituality
July 28, 2024
Sweet Surrender
Matthew 4:18-22
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August 4, 2024
Daring to Face Ourselves
Lamentations 3:40, Matthew 26:41
*
August 11, 2024
Accountability is Sustainability
Psalm 32:3-5, James 5:16
*
August 18, 2024
Ready and Willing
Luke 5:12, Romans 12:1-5
Powerlessness
The Twelve Steps of Recovery from Addiction has been the most important spiritual movement of the 20th century. In this worship/preaching series, we will see how the 12 Steps can inform and assist anyone who is ready to be honest with developing a practical faith, born in pain and powerlessness, that actually works. I count myself such an example! –Jeff Kunkel
Sunday worship begins at 10:15AM.
Join us in person in our sanctuary or watch online via Zoom, Facebook or YouTube Live.
Bulletin Link
You may give your Tithes & Offerings by mail, or click here to give online.
Watch Online
Zoom link (NEW!): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87993979913
Meeting ID: 879 9397 9913
Passcode: 326043
Or dial the following number: 1(669) 900-6833.
When prompted, enter the meeting ID & passcode above.
To join Sunday Worship via Facebook, click here and look for the live video at the top of the page.
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Upcoming Sundays
12-Step Spirituality
July 14, 2024
Powerlessness
Romans 7:15-24
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July 21, 2024
Desperate Desiring
Mark 10:46-52
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July 28, 2024
Sweet Surrender
Matthew 4:18-22
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August 4, 2024
Daring to Face Ourselves
Lamentations 3:40, Matthew 26:41
