12 Steps

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Sunset from a friend's deck here at Smith Mt Lake

A Bible study I am participating in had a weekly challenge to meditate on a passage of scripture and I chose Romans 12:9-18. I turned it into a personal 

12 Step Program on How to be Joyful Always.  

The process truly brings refreshment, joy and freedom.


I challenge you to jot down a specific way you can live out each of these in the coming week.


Be sincere in your love for others. 

Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good. 

Love each other as brothers and sisters and honor others more than 

you do yourself.  


Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord. 


Let your hope make you glad. 

Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying. 

Take care of God's needy people. 

Welcome strangers into your home.

Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them 

and not to curse them. 


When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, 

be sad. 


Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you know 

more than others. Make friends with ordinary people.


Don't mistreat someone who has mistreated you. But try to earn 

the respect of others, and do your best to live at peace with everyone.


The Song

"Brighter Days" by Blessing Offor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6lp1Oxb9L4


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