Andy Lamb and Jonny Hanson discuss 'making the change' from passively allowing our sinful nature to rule our lives, to ways we can fight back and regain control to become proactive conquerors. The episode starts with Proverbs 23: 29-35 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things. You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging. “They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt! They beat me, but I don’t feel it!When will I wake up so I can find another drink?The fellas then break down the topic of the day and give real life stories of success and failure in combating sin. Jonny gives a testimonial of his journey from severe alcoholic to the man he gets to be today and the men and organizations (links and lists below) that helped him to get there. Check out FULL EPISODES and subscribe to Untrained Philosophical Discussionists & Jonny Hanson's Lofty Thoughts on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.We pray that you have a deep and fulfilling relationship with Jesus and he blesses you all the days of your life!Came to Believe Recovery Came to Believe Recoverycametobelieverecovery.orgThe 12 Steps of A.A.1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.11. Sought through prayer and 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.12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
