Step 10 - Continue

We continue to examine our lives, and when we sin promptly confess and turn to walk with Christ.

Foundation

“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” (Psalm 139:23-24)

Key Theme

Remain in God’s grace.

Remember

Your life of freedom in Christ is rooted in daily living by God’s grace. Continue to realize your need for God’s grace, receive his grace, and respond to his grace in all areas of life.

Things to Remember

Recovery is not an event or season; it is a daily way of life. Practicing the first nine steps on a daily basis will help maintain your spiritual health.

• Steps 1-3 (realize your need for God’s grace) help protect you from pride, alert you to temptation, and remind you that God is trustworthy.
• Steps 4-6 (receive God’s grace) help you recognize sin and get redirected back to God when you sin or are affected by the sins of others.
• Steps 7-9 (respond to God’s grace) help you to follow Christ and make peace quickly when sin damages your relationships.
• If you have not yet done so already, you are free to loosen the group guidelines to allow participants to encourage one another with scripture throughout your group time. Encourage participants to rely on scripture rather than their own opinions and to be respectful of one another at all times.

Key Questions

The questions on the review day are great. Other key questions you may wish to address:

• Day 1, Q2: List some ways you would like to grow in your relationship with Christ over the final three steps of re:generation
• Day 3, Q1: After reviewing your Declaration of Dependence, what parts of life do you still manage on your own?

Encouragement for Participants

• Practicing Steps 1-9 as a way of life will guard you from prolonged relapse and help you maintain spiritual health.
• When you keep short accounts on sin, recovery is quicker and easier. Working the steps on a daily basis is like weeding the garden of your heart.
• Sin is deceptive. Guard your heart by daily realizing your need for God’s grace, receiving God’s grace, and responding to God’s grace in obedience.

Encouragement for the Leaders

• Pray that participants would make the practice of the steps a way of life.
• Be ready to tell a personal story of relapse—how you got there and recovered.
• Be ready to tell a story of how keeping short accounts in your own life has improved your spiritual health and relationships.
• Check with participants to see who is continuing with making amends, and encouraging them to take the next step for easy amends.
• How are you doing daily living the steps of recovery?