The first step to R.E.C.O.V.E.R.Y.

Realize

    d I admit I’m powerless to control my tendency to 
    ddo the wrong thing and my life is unmanageable.                                            
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   I don’t understand myself at all, for I really want to do what      
is right, but I can’t! I do what I don’t want to – what I hate!          
I know perfectly well what I’m doing is wrong . . . but I can’t   
help myself! It is sin inside me that is stronger than I am   
that makes me do these evil things. Romans 7:15–17 TLB

I. The cause of my problem is

 How we “play” God:
    By denying our humanity and by trying to                      
  control everything for selfish reasons.

• Our

• Our

• Our

• Other

II. The consequences of______:

1. Reveal Answer
   
   (Adam) “I was afraid because I was naked so I hid.”
   Genesis 3:10

2. Reveal Answer
   
   “It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what
   is right, I inevitably do what is wrong … something else
   deep within me … is at war with my mind and wins the
   fight and makes me slave to the sin …”
   Romans 7:21, 23 TLB

   “My dishonesty made me miserable and filled my days
   with frustration.” Psalm 32:3 TLB

3. Reveal Answer
   
   “My strength evaporated like water on a sunny day until
   I finally admitted all my sins to you and stopped trying to
   hide them.” Psalm 32:4–5 TLB

4. Reveal Answer
   
   “You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your
   sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will
   show mercy to you.” Proverbs 28:13 GNB

III. The cure is to admit that

   Admitting that I’m not God means I know I am:

powerless to

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powerless to

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powerless to

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      . . . God opposes the proud but gives GRACE to  
    the humble. James 4:6

is the power to

Reveal Answer

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