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Women
of Hope Resource Center, Inc. New Life Program is a Christian
non-profit organization committed to serve in the South Jersey
area by encouraging people personally, professionally, and
spirituality.
We
will equip and empower men and women by providing addiction
services, mentoring, educational services, seminars and workshops
that will focus on addiction.
The
New Life Program is an alcohol and drug abuse treatment program
which includes outpatient and intensive outpatient for indigent
residents in the South Jersey area. The program addresses
the needs of special populations such as women, Hispanics,
adolescents, parole and probation clients.
We
are committed to getting people the help they need, not for
a moment, but for a lifetime, and beyond. Although our primary
function will be to counsel the alcohol and substance abuse
populace, our real goal is to equip and encourage them through
mentoring. It is by this personal process that we believe
we will make the greatest impact.
By
God's grace we can give people the Hope and Love that God
has given to us through Jesus. Therefore, we are committed-in
word and deed---to presenting the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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meetings are open to those directly or indirectly involved
with alcohol and/or drug or any other substance problems.
Our Personal anonymity should be governed so as to glorify
God. The anonymity of others, individually or a group, is
to be respected. Names, testimonies and other events shared
in the meeting are not to be carried outside the meeting without
permission of those involved. |
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TWELVE STEPS |
THEIR
BIBLICAL COMPARISONS |
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WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER OUR SEPARATION FROM GOD,
THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE. |
"I
know nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry
it out."
Romans 7:18 |
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CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD
RESTORE US TO SANITY. |
"For
it is God who works in you to will and to act according
to His good purpose."
Philippians
2: 13 |
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3.
MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO
THE CARE OF GOD AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM. |
"Therefore,
I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your
bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God --
which is your spiritual worship."
Romans
12: 1 |
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4.
MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES. |
"Let
us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to
the Lord."
Lamentations 3:40 |
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ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVES, AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING
THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS. |
"Therefore
confess your sins to each other and pray for each other
so that you may be healed."
James
5:16 |
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6.
WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL THESE DEFECTS
OF CHARACTER. |
"Humble
yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up."
James
4:10 |
| 7.HUMBLY
ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORT COMINGS. |
"If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive
our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
1
John 1:9 |
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8.
MADE A LIST OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED AND BECAME WILLING
TO MAKE AMENDS TO THEM ALL. |
"Do
to others as you would have them do to you."
Luke
6:31 |
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MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE WHENEVER POSSIBLE, EXCEPT
WHEN TO DO SO WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERS. |
"Therefore,
if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember
that your brother has something against you; leave your
gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled
to your brother; then come and offer your gift."
Matthew5:23-24 |
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CONTINUED TO TAKE PERSONAL INVENTORY AND, WHEN WE WERE WRONG,
PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT. |
"So,
if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you
don't fall." 1
Corinthians 10:12 |
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SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER & MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS
CONTACT WITH GOD AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM, PRAYING ONLY FOR
KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL FOR US AND THE POWER TO CARRY THAT
OUT. |
"Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly."
Colossians 3:16a |
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HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS THE RESULT OF THESE
STEPS, WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS, AND TO
PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFAIRS.
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"Brothers,
if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should
restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may
be tempted."
Galatians 6: 1
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The
Serenity Prayer
God
grant me the serenity
to accept the things I can not change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference
Living
one day at a time.
Enjoying one moment at a time.
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.
Taking as He did this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His will
That
I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy
With Him forever in the next.
Amen
Reinhold
Neibuhr
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