Steps to the Spirit
Steps to the spirit is about my search for, discovery of, and use of the Spirit to live my life according to the wishes and plans of God. I also call them gifts from God because I believe He has given us these tools to enable us to find a closer relationship with Him. I invite you to join me in this quest that is at times both difficult and extremely fulfilling. I will try to explain how and why it became necessary to surrender, thus enabling me to begin to live according to God's plan.I will post additional info on my blog: http://www.StepsToTheSpirit.com/blog To contact me, please use: [email protected]
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 229
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Step #5 – I Have to Do What (Part 2 )
So, what I would like to do in this episode, is to speak a little about the first entity that is mentioned in this step, God. As a reminder, this step is, admitted to God, to myself, an…
Step #5 – I Have to Do What (Part 1 )
I had read this step many, many, times before. All the times I was very much involved in the 12 step program, I tended to focus on just a few of the steps. I focused on the first step b…
Step #4 – My Life … In Black & White (Part 3 )
For this episode I will finish up on the fourth step by trying to remember exactly how I performed it. For me, although I made the lengthy list, it wasn’t so much about the things I did…
Step #4 – My Life … In Black & White (Part 2 )
Well, my friends, this is of course the continuation of step number four.
I really don’t have much of a description for this episode. The main thing I want to get across to you is my bel…
Step #4 – My Life … In Black & White (Part 1 )
The fourth step is the beginning of the action steps. Let me just mention a quick overview of the sections of the steps. I don’t remember reading anywhere what the first three steps are…
Step #3 – Surrender & Victory (Part 4 )
So, my friends, this may be the only step that in my estimation needs fourth part. For me, this step says it all. It was my opportunity to say the almighty, eternal, “yes” to God. What …
Step #3 – Surrender & Victory (Part 3 )
Well, now that I’ve gotten God’s attention, not I could get on with the problem of turning things over. After all, my old life was still pulling me fiercely. I believe, for a brief whil…
Step #3 – Surrender & Victory (Part 2 )
As I alluded to in the previous three description, I knew I had a thread, or spark, if you will, somewhere deep inside of me. Even though my life was almost totally negative, I seem to …
Step #3 – Surrender & Victory (Part 1 )
So, as many of you know, this is my most favorite of all of the steps. Now I am going to tell you why, but not only why, but how I actually approached this step when I decided to work t…
Step #2 – Finding God Once Again(Part 2 )
As I continue, I found myself at step number two, I came to believe that a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity. As in step one, it seemed like my first time seeing or u…
Step #2 – Finding God Once Again (Part 1 )
Well, I have just accepted step number one as a “fact” of my life. I was truly at the very lowest point in my existence. Nothing else mattered, other than to run away, keep drinking, an…
Step #1 – My Enlightenment (Part 3 )
So, in the last episode, I drank my way out of the service and began a life that I could only describe as a life of insanity. After all, every single time I drank, it was like a means t…
Step #1 – My Enlightenment (Part 2 )
I left off in the last episode or podcast where I was headed into the Army. After running away from home and having a couple of minor run-ins with the law I wanted to get away my parent…
Step #1 – My Enlightenment (Part 1 )
Step number one, when I took it, went like this: “I admitted I was powerless over alcohol, that my life had become unmanageable”. Now, as most of you know, I have developed a personal s…
The Steps - How I Do Them (Part 2 - Intro)
So, to continue with this introduction, or should I say my introduction to the 12 step program, well, it’s not pretty.
The root cause, or reason, for me becoming introduced to or involve…
The Steps How I Do Them (Part 1 - Intro)
I have not posted much about the 12 steps in quite some time. It seems like it might be time to take another look at the steps. I’m not going to just rehash what I’ve said before. I’m g…
The Beginnings of a Way of Life! (Part 10)
Yes, I am finally at the summary of this series of episodes about the beginnings of our way of life, and how those beginnings are so closely related to the Oxford Group. So, when I thin…
The Beginnings of a Way of Life! (Part 9)
I know, I know, once again this is supposed to be the summary of the influence of the Oxford group on the 12 step program. However I listen to a talk yesterday on the 12 steps and the O…
The Beginnings of a Way of Life! (Part 8)
Yes, I realize that I was going to write a summary of these past episodes concerning the Oxford group and its connection to the 12 steps. However, the more I thought about it the more I…
The Beginnings of a Way of Life! (Part 7)
This episode is about a list of four items that I discovered as I was reading some information about the Oxford group. It is a list of four, I guess you might call them “ideas”, that I …