May 21 CHP 121 v 7 v 8 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMS

The LORD keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.

The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go ,

NOW AND FOREVER .

(GODS BIG BOOK)

STEP 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 

GOD ( higher power ) The one and only who cares about your life.

Creator of Heaven and earth and everything else in universe including you.

Loves YOU so much GOD refers to you , My son or daughter . 

Wrote a two thousand page plus instruction book on how to survive life on earth.

Sent HIS only Heavenly Son Jesus Christ to earth born like us to teach us how to love GOD and people .He lived and innocent life and was murdered on a wooden CROSS for us all , so sin (addiction) will no longer have power over us. He had to die so we could be forgiven for the wrong we have done and so His unseen spirit (Holy Spirit) could be sent to help us live life. If you Believe , invite , and accept Him as your Higher power (JESUS CHRIST ) His unseen spirit will enter your heart and destroy the chains of addiction that hold you hostage. Over time through the help of that spirit you will learn how to feel again ! 

GODS BIG BOOK ( Tyndale's life recovery Bible NLT) will become a part of your daily living as will prayer. As time progresses your heart eventually will be filled with a PEACE that transcends all understanding and in the hard moments that will come you will have an overwhelming joy that will carry you through .

Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence,

for out of it are the issues of life. (GODS BIG BOOK)

By Joseph Dickerson

His Cross To Bear

Christian Rapper Lecrae Divulges Struggles With Drugs, Alcoholism & Suicide Attempt 

Outspoken Christian rapper Lecrae will be releasing a new book, titled Unashamed sometime next year in which he reveals details about his childhood abuse, and struggles with drugs, alcoholism, bouts of depression and a suicide attempt. "I am writing Unashamed for all those who don't know who they are, who feel confined by the labels given to them."

CONTINUED @ ChristianPost.com 

One Can Always Hope Bio-med-backed drug could end addiction  It's pretty exciting when 30-plus years of medical research pays off. Dr. Nicholas Goeders has been in the lab since 1985, singularly focused on his masterpiece. It's a drug, potent and marketable, with the potential to curb an American epidemic. His intended patients? Addicted brains. That LSU-based research yielded Embera, and in three to five years it could come to market. Goeders and his financial backers at Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana are confident their product will help battle substance addiction. In '93 there were 3 groups of rats. CONTINUED @ TheNewsStar.com

No Waiting, No Lines

Cocaine Anonymous' Annual Convention In Las Vegas 

It looks like the minds behind Cocaine Anonymous will put their participants to the ultimate test this year. The 31st annual Cocaine Anonymous World Service convention will be held in Sin City itself - Las Vegas. "We absolutely insist on enjoying life," the Cocaine Anonymous website reads. Events will include golf, hiking, a tour of the Hoover Dam and many variations of meetings and support groups for those who have either successfully gone through the program or those currently struggling.

CONTINUED @ IBTimes.com 

Boxer Down For the Count   VIDEO

Tony Ayala Jr.'s death 'appears to be overdose'  VIDEO    

Controversial local boxer Tony Ayala Jr. died from an apparent overdose, according to a San Antonio police report releasedThursday afternoon. The report says that when officers arrived at the Zarzamora Street Gym on Tuesday morning, they found Ayala on the floor with a narcotic-filled syringe near his body. Officers also found a ball of heroin on a desk.

CONTINUED @ KSAT.com

May 19 CHP 107 v 4 v 5 v 6 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALM

Some wandered in the wilderness , lost and homeless.

Hungry and thirsty,they nearly died.

"Lord, help !" they cried in their trouble,

and He rescued them from their distress.

(GODS BIG BOOK)

STEP 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

YOUR NOT WAITING ON GOD ! GODS WAITING ON YOU !

Psalm 40:1-7

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.(GODS BIG BOOK)By Joseph Dickerson