We often hit a crossroads in our lives. We are forced to make a decision. The decision that we make can determine the course of our life.

In this episode, we look at things that happened in our childhood which could have hindered us from having a relationship with God. We come to the realization that we are powerless over those things and learn to come to our Heavenly father like a little child.

This episode is out of the Book of Job. It shows how Job remained faithful to the Lord during his suffering. In the end, the Lord restored his life with far more than what he had lost. The same is true for us during times of suffering if we keep our eyes on the Lord.

We are taking the look at Naaman, who became a leper. Naaman was a powerful military leader and ultimately had to be humbled in order to be healed from his leprosy. Just like Naaman, we too have to do the things that we don’t want to do in order to recover.

In todays episode, we take a look at the life of Sampsom and his self-deception. We reflect on how we deceived ourselves while acting out on our addiction.

There are times in life in which we felt lost and trapped. We have felt like there is no way out and used our addiction as an escape hatched. As we progress in our recovery, we learned to trust in the Lord and seek Jesus during those times.

This is an introduction to Step 1 and a 12-Step series based off of the Life Recovery Bible Workbook that was written by Stephen Arterburn and David Stoop. It gives an illustration and description of the first step. I added part of my own personal stories as well while narrating.