CODEPENDENCE - DEAN AMORY

12 Step Process
THE BIBLE & THE TWELVE STEPS
The 12 Steps, properly
understood, are actually twelve
verses of scripture specifically
chosen and simplified for
the addicted one. When properly
applied, they have the ability to
walk a man out of bondage, clean
him up, teach him how to live,
and equip him to effectively help
others find freedom. A physically
sick person would go to a doctor
and get a medicinal prescription,
and if taken as directed, would
hopefully recover. The addicted
one on the other hand has damage
in all three areas (body, soul, and
spirit) and is in need of healing in
all three areas. The problems
burried deep within the soul and
spirit are spiritual and thus require
a spiritual solution. The only One
that can expose and dispose
(surgically remove them) is
the Spiritual Surgeon, Jesus.
The twelve steps, "a spiritual prescription of scripture" are twelve verses of
scripture simplified for the alcoholic and the addict to understand, accept, and utilize.
This process, Biblically speaking, is known as deliverance.
This simple formula has the ability to deliver an abuser from a life of bondage
and insanity, to a place of freedom, peace, and joy. We find in Jesus, what most have
been searching for in the bottle, a needle, and a pipe.
Steps 1 through 3 have the ability to take a person from a state of selfish selfcenteredness,
powerless, helpless, and hopeless, to a Christ-centered life, hopeful and
all-powerful in Christ Jesus. At step three, the all-powerful Helper comes to live within.
"Made a decision" has deeper meaning to it. To decide actually means to kill off the
other option or options. In the process of deliverance, this term is called renounce.
When we decide to turn our will and life over to the care of God, we are
actually renouncing the connections we have made with the other gods we were
worshiping such as alcohol, drugs, sex, etc. The Gate Keeper, our Lord Jesus Christ, the
only One with the power to get them out, can and will get them out and will keep them
out but only if He is asked. He is the giver and respecter of free will, leaving it up to us
to choose how we want to live. When a spirit is removed (in the power of Jesus), the
only way that spirit can return is through a conscious or unconscious invite back. God
has given man a free will and He will certainly respect and protect it.
Steps 4 through 9 are house cleaning steps, a time to utilize the Helper (the Holy Spirit
living within) in the cleansing process of inner self. First, immoral behavior (sin) is dealt