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Good Day!! My name is Anthony H. and I am a grateful recovering alcoholic.  I would like to share my experience, strength, and hope regarding Sponsorship.  First of all, I would like to say that having a sponsor is the first and foremost when it comes to communication with other members.  For me personally, I was court ordered into the fellowship by the Dayton, Ohio Montgomery Common Pleas Courts simply because I committed drug related crimes.  I also had a mental illness as well.  To be honest with all of you, having a sponsor is a person who is capable of assisting me and giving me advice; while in the program.  I know that my very first sponsor and I got into a fist fight because he was too demanding.  He really did not know how to be a sponsor and he got mad at me because I was in the streets too much for him.  Even though, I had completed the 12 Steps, I was a person who was a follower of the streets.  I was transitioning out of the street gang culture, and it was very hard at first, but I had to take care of myself and my own family.  Sponsors are people who are experienced in the AA Program.  I will admit that I am a Sponsor myself and the people who I am sponsoring are involved in street gangs.  There are 3 of them who had recently relapsed and I told them that I will be there for them after they are released from treatment.  I had advised and suggested to the men to attend meetings on a daily basis.  I also told these men that they have to avoid having a sexual relationship for one year.  They had to abstain from having a relationship with a woman.  These men had to get themselves together first and foremost.  I help them with things that pertain to Alcoholics Anonymous.  My suggestion to a newcomer in the Fellowship is to attend 90 meetings in 90 days, read the 164 pages of the AA Book.  I also tell newcomers to also call me if they are interested in me as a sponsor.  I also tell newcomers that they will have to establish a relationship with a Higher Power or God.  My objective as a sponsor is to help each person and myself to get through the 12 Steps.  I can only advise and suggest to another fellow alcoholic.  I cannot tell them what to do.  I can show them a better way of life that is much better than drinking and getting high.  My name is Anthony H. from Dayton, Ohio and I am a grateful recovering alcoholic.  My topic is Sponsorship.  My sobriety date is May 2, 1990.Thanks for allowing me to share.

Reconciliation and Forgiveness with God, Ourselves and with Others!!

          This is a very special essay concerning the importance of reconciliation and forgiveness with God, ourselves, and with others.  The first thing that I want to say is that God has never left us or forsaken us.  Perhaps, we might have forsaken ourselves at times in our personal lives.  I say this because I used to be a person who did not believe anything, unless I see it with my own eyes.  Secondly, God is not mad at you.  He is mad about you.  God wants us in His family.  He really wants us in heaven with Him. 

          Further, God forgives us because He loved us.  Forgiveness does not equal reconciliation.  Reconciliation takes two people.  For instance, our relationship with God is very important to us.  God’s love is supernatural.  Forgiveness opens the door to reconciliation.  God’s love will always persevere.  Our conversations with others with God requires change on our part.  He have to be totally honest and sincere with Him.  Reconciliation requires that we be on the same page with God, ourselves, and with others.

          Moreover, I want to inform all of you that I have rededicated my life to Jesus Christ as of June 3, 2018 at 7:30AM.  I want to inform all of you that I have been baptized several times in numerous of Churches.  It is that I was still harboring a lot of anger with myself and others.  God had always understood me from the time that I was inside of my mother’s womb. 

According to Jeremiah 1:5; God knew us while we were inside of our mother’s womb.  Even before we were formed, He knew us, before we were born, He sanctified us and ordained us as a prophet to the nations.

          In Addition, God even knows exactly how long we are going to live.  When it comes to Psalms 139:16, it states that our days are fashioned for us even before we are born.  However, love keeps no record of wrongs.  Therefore, we should meditate on God’s love.  There are times that we tend to hold onto our past and there are times that we do the same thing to others.  God sent His Son to die for our sins.  In order to have a conversation with God, we need to keep prayer simple.  We also need to read the Bible as well.  We are ambassadors for Christ.  Do not hold grudges against anyone.  We need to turn from our self-centered living so that God’s love would be possible.

          Jesus died for us so that we can be free.  The cross makes reconciliation possible.  God’s love is stronger.  God is the God of all power.  God communicates His heart with us.  We represent the heart of God.  Fear in love; perfect love cast out fear.  We need to allow God to fix us.  We need God’s grace.  Freedom is here.  God love for us is very pure.  To me personally, God was saying let me know when you are ready.  Reconciliation requires change.  We are afraid of asking too much.  For me personally, I have become a member of the Mormon Faith, 3 Baptist Churches, and currently the United Methodist Church.  I have dedicated my life to each church by getting baptized in water and receiving the Holy Spirit.

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Please, never stop at forgiveness.  I have officially reconcile with God yesterday and I am happy.  I still have a whole lot of work to do.  I have to share the Good News of the Gospel of Peace.  Jeremiah 23:23 says that am I a God near at hand says the Lord, and not a God afar off?  God is always with us.  He has been with me even during my active addiction.  I have learned a whole lot since the year 2015.  This is during the time that I was baptized by my current pastor at Fort McKinley Church in Dayton, Ohio.

  Romans 16:18 says live at peace with everyone.  Jesus body and blood was shed for us.  God’s love drives out fear.  Acknowledgement is the first step of healing.  God will never fail us.  Christ died for us so that we can move forward and reconcile with Christ.  God will always give ourselves to us.  Freedom and joy comes from God.  I know for me personally, I feel a whole lot better right now.  I must reconcile with my family members and those who refuse to talk to me.  I must first reconcile with God, myself, and others as well. 

The Bible is a conversation material for us.  God is saying engage with me.  I engage with God by reading His word, praying, and acknowledging all of my sins and ask God for repentance each day.  We all want to be heard and understood at all times.  Hurt people hurt people!!  I will admit that I used to take all of my problems out on others.  I was not a bully.  I was a person who was under attack by my enemies from the past.  I also had Satan as an enemy as well. When it comes to the devil, I will admit that I was a person who was hearing voices that were not benevolent.

 The voices that I have heard were demonic spirits attacking me.  There were times when I used to talk back to the voices.  Personal attacks destroy our character both externally and inwardly.  These messages cause a lot of blame.  People react to pain in different ways.  All we do is collect wounds, and it starts all over again.  It also has a lot to do with anxiety and worry.  God sees a future with us.  He forgives us.  God wants a heart to heart conversation with us.  The cross represents the hope for reconciliation.  God is more interested in changing our circumstances.  There are no exclusions to God’s love.  Whoever lives in love, God is with them.

 We are made free in Jesus Christ.  We are ambassadors for Christ.  God reveals His character through us.  We are God’s creation.  This is the Good News.  His blood was poured out for our forgiveness.  God has forgiven me.  I feel much better right now, and I am sharing this message today because God loves you, and so do I.  This is a love that has no walls.  God’s love goes beyond our human expectations.

May the God of all peace be with you all!!  God Bless You!!  Thank You for reading my essay.

My name is Anthony Joseph Hopkins and I am a Blogger.  I want to inform everyone that I have been writing for the past 31 years now.  I have a total of almost 50,000 professionally written blogs on a number of websites.  I am intelligent, kind, sincere, understanding, humble, and smart.

The Word of The Lord is as sweet as Honey!!

            I would like to start this essay by asking a very important question.  Do you think that the Word of God taste as sweet as honey?  The answer is yes!!  According to Jeremiah 15:16 it says that when your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, LORD God Almighty.  When I think of this Bible verse, The Word of God is very refreshing.  I also gives me freedom and truth.  I really enjoy God’s word every day of my life. 

            Further, I want to tell everyone that God is Love.  God has changed me for the better.  I really do not like to use any vulgarity or engage in any behaviors of my past.  The Holy Spirit is inside of me.  I have been born again on 2/15/2015 at Fort McKinley Church in Dayton, Ohio.  I got baptized in the name of the Father of the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  I am changed by the power of the Holy Ghost.  My mind itself has changed.  I am educated about the Word of God.  Psalms 1910 saysthey are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.  The word of God has changed me because I am taking ownership and responsibility for all of my actions.

Moreover, I know that I have to read the Bible and remember a lot of verses.  The Lord has touched me because I feel a whole lot better by listening to worship music instead of rap music.  I do not listen to the music from the past and watch movies from my past because it is of the world.  The world itself has changed so much from the time that I was a child that I would prefer to attend church on a regular basis, read the Bible each day, and pray honestly to God.  My prayer life has changed because I always tell the truth to God.  Matthew 6:8 says the Lord knows the things that you need of long before you ask Him.  This is the reason why I recite the Lord’s Prayer and the Serenity Prayer each day.

Also, I always pay attention to my environment because it is changing as well.  According to the State of Ohio Department of Commerce, over 9,000 people moved out of Dayton, Ohio last year.  I did not know this until I saw it on the local news.  Frankly, the Lord is keeping me here in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio for a reason.  Even though my family members are upset with me because I attend AA/NA Meetings on a regular basis.

 I have been clean and sober for 28 years as of this year.  In order for me to have a conversation with God, I must open up the Bible and ask God to speak to me through His word.  God’s love for us will never cease.  The Lord will be with us every day of our lives.  God has not stopped loving you.  God will never give up on you, we should not give up on Him.  The Word of the Lord is true.  The love of God works as long as we give Him a chance in our life.  Love never fails.  The Bible is a conversation material for us.  The Lord God will engage us with His word. 

Finally, I want to say that ever since I have dedicated my life to Christ, I feel a whole lot better.  If you want to change, that will put a smile on God’s face.  God is smiling on all of us who want to change.  Forgiveness is a part of spiritual healing.  I have been learning how to appreciate all of the small things that God has done for me.  I thank Him when I wake up.  I thank Him when I read His word and listen to His music.  I also ask God to follow me everywhere I go.  I even thank Him for allowing me to write, read, and to use the computer.  I ask God to reveal all of the strongholds in my personal life.  I am happy to disclose this information to others. I ask God to do all of the work in my life.  Thank you for reading my blog.

My name is Anthony Joseph Hopkins and I am a Blogger.  I have been born again since February 15, 2015.  I have been writing for the past 31 years now.

What is the Difference between a Soul and The Holy Spirit?

 This is a comparison and contrast essay that is based on two definitions.  First, what is the definition of the word soul?  The definition of the word soul is an entity which is regarded as being the immortal or spiritual part of the person, and though having no physical or material reality, and is credited with the functions of thinking and willing; hence, determining all behavior.  Another definition of the word soul is the moral or emotional nature of a human being.

 Second, the definition of the word spirit will be emphasized right now.  A spirit is the life principle, especially in human beings; originally regarded as inherent in the breath or as infused by a deity.  Your soul is your mind and body.  Your soul also consists of emotions as well.  Everything comes from your spirit.  

 The definition of the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God; specifically the third person of the Trinity.  The definition of the word Trinity is the condition of being three or threefold.  It is also a union of three divine persons.  God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit; in one Godhead.  Your soul tells you what to think, act, and feel.  It is greater than what I feel.  The word of God is very powerful.  What we think, want, and feel comes from the soul.  In reference to Satan, he will use your feelings to keep you away from God.  I would prefer to have someone who is committed to me.  Satan controls us emotionally.  He wants us to be independent of God’s Will.  Satan keeps us preoccupied by putting negative thoughts in our mind.  

 We are addicted to convenience.  The Christian must not be emotional.  Emotional means to be led by our feelings.  We have power over Satan.  Whenever he is attacking us; we do not have to act like him.  The word of God is powerful enough to penetrate through bone and marrow.  We have to understand the importance of living for the Lord.  Satan will use your feelings to keep you away from God.  There is a big difference between excitement and commitment.  

 We have to learn how to live beyond how we feel.  Satan wants to control us.  He wants is to be passive.  You are waiting to feel and use an outside force.  The first place Satan attacks is your mind.  The mind is the battlefield.  People have lots of problems with their mind. 

 Satan uses suffering.  He will also attack your body.  He wants to rule us.  We have a spirit.  We have intuition.  We have a body.  We have a mind.  We can have a messed up soul and mind at the same time.  We can never get our soul right.  Our soul tells us what we are feeling.

 We become addicted to convenience.  We have to control our emotions.  To feel emotional means that we are led by our feelings.  We are supposed to act like God.  Decisions control our emotions.  We need to hear from the Lord.  Love is not a feeling; it is an action.  No matter how we feel and treat people, we must put on love.  We must make a decision to put on love, mercy, and praise.

 We must set our minds for the Lord.  Never let Satan steal your joy.  There are times when we live by our emotions.  It is our responsibility to live within our means.  When you are led by emotions, we tend to do things excessively.  We also have to learn how to keep our commitments.  We do not want to do things that are based on emotions.  Never let your emotions give you trouble.  1st John 4:4 says Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. 

 Use your time wisely.  We must be obedient to God.  Discipline and Self Control are very important.  We must discipline our thoughts and our words.  Obedience is connected to how we love Jesus Christ.  We are supposed to be lights that are shining in a dark place.   

 Getting our way is not reality.  God is telling us to do for our convenience.  God tells us things to save us from a lifetime or agony and pain.  Sometimes it is not what we say; it is how you say it.  

 The mouth is the most difficult to control.  God, I want you to do things through me.  The tongue is a consuming fire. I am nothing without you Lord.  We have to humbly allow God to teach us.  Only a fool hates correction.  Satan will try to irritate you just to get your attention.  Complain means I remain.  Praise means to be raised.  

 We need self-control in our lives.  We have to allow God to control our emotions.  Believe in God and also believe in me.  Am I being obedient to God? If you let God be in the driver’s seat.  Always pray and then plan to work on the Holy Spirit, and allow the spirit to plan for you. God, I want you to lead me.  Always make a decision to be good to people.  We need to start praising God for His mercy and goodness.  Thank you for reading my essay.

Good Morning Everyone!!  I want to inform all of you that I suffer from Type 2 Diabetes Full Blown.  Therefore, I am in the advance stages of my disease.  I know that this is my first time taking metformin 500mg medication.  I know that this is not very easy to talk about because I am having nerve pain right now.  My family members and friends had informed me that it would get worse for me.

I’m having skin problems as well as stress that is very high at the moment.  I want to say that my health insurance did not approve me for the medication metformin.  I already know the side affects of taking metformin in advance.  I am the only one in my family members that are taking medicine for diabetes.  Of I die from this dreadful disease it would be all my fault.

I am being very honest about having diabetes because my family members and friends want to know exactly how I feel each day of the week.  I am very scared to die from the disease.  My family members are much more healthier than me.  I am the type of person who deals with my problems with the assistance from God.  Yes I will admit that I am going to need help from other people.

I know that everything that I am going through is inside of the Holy Bible.  I can receive God’s Help for a cure of the disease.  I have been crying since last week.  I guess it is too late to display my emotions.  Everyone else warned me in advance about the disease.  I have to accept it like a real man.  It is too late to punk out about something that I became aware of years ago.  This is all my fault for not listening to the people who have informed me in advance.

Finally, I have to man up and act like a real man.  The medication metformin is going to make my stomach hurts very bad.  I already have stomach ulcers and acid reflux disease that I have had since 1996.  My brother performed my surgery in the past 27 years ago.  I guess I was not taking better care of myself back then.  This is a thorn that is inside of my flesh right now.  I also suffer from grandmal seizures as well.  I suffer from Schizoid Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia.  I have to be honest with everyone about having a terminal illness right now.  I might as well cry myself to sleep for the rest of my life right now.  Please keep me and my family members and friends in your prayers and thoughts.  This is something that I am going to deal with for the rest of my life.  I have Type 2 Diabetes Full Blown right now.  This means that I am in the advance stages of the disease.

I am a 58 year old man who has a lot of common sense.  I am highly educated and I have changed my overall behavior for the better.  I guess that God does not want me to cry anymore.  I have to deal with something that should have been prevented years ago.  Where do I go from here?  This is a question that I have to ask myself every single day of the week.  I have to eat just to stay alive right now.

I have to talk with my psychiatrist about my new health problems.  Please keep me in your prayers and thoughts because I am in need of prayers and nothing else.

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Good Morning Sir!  You are absolutely right.  I am going to focus on the positive; rather than dwelling on what is negative all of the time.   I do have a lot of resilience and you are right.  My friends constantly tell me that I am placing too much emphasis on capturing these people who have scammed me out of money.   Let’s focus on what is good inside of this world.   I am losing my memory and vision right now.   I cannot focus on negativity all the time.  You will have to help me to take my mind out of the gutter.   My mother used to tell me that I should have been setting boundaries with myself and everyone else.   Let’s focus on what is good for mankind.   I am dwelling too much about putting an end to oppression worldwide 🌐.   I need to allow God to resolve this issue for me.   Sir, I am very sorry for causing so much pain towards myself and other people.   I guess, I am placing too much emphasis on Justice for myself and other people who have been taking advantage of by hurtful people.   I only wish that God can resolve this problem for me.   Sir, I guess my pain is too strong for me to bear.  Please continue to pray for me because I am seeking Justice for the men, who have fell inside of the web of deception and the lures that this world has provided all of these years.  You see, oppression is a universal problem.   I really need your help and God’s Help as well.   However,  I have to learn how to literally forgive myself as a person.   God has already forgiven me; whereas some of my family members and friends have not forgiven me personally.  I have learned to let go, and let God deal with all of my problems.  Sometimes, people who hurt others have not learned how to forgive themselves.  Please forgive me for placing too much emphasis on Justice for the Oppressed and Afflicted WORLDWIDE 🌐 🙏.   I guess God is taking too long to handle all of my problems!  I cannot rush God nor tell Him what to do. I have been oppressed and Afflicted all of my life.  I am asking everyone to please help me because this cross is too much to bear.  I am powerless over people, places, and things.  Therefore, my arms are too short to box with God.  We are going to help each other in this journey called Life!  I thank you for tolerating me as a person.  My baggage is too heavy for me to carry.   Will You Please Help Me?

Is It True That God Knows Our Steps?

This is a rhetorical question that I would like to ask everyone right now.  According to Job 34:21, it states as follows; for His eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all of his steps.  This Bible verse proves that God orders our steps.  Frankly, God sees all things both good and bad when it comes to man.

Next, when it comes to Proverbs 16:9 it says a man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord direct his steps.  A man’s heart will not be like God.  Even man’s thoughts are not like God’s.  In Isaiah 55:8 says for my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways says the Lord.

Moreover, I would like to emphasize that I will have to pray and ask God for wisdom and discernment.  Additionally, I would like to say that in Jeremiah 10:23 says O Lord I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.  This means that God has a plan for all of us.  Man cannot do things without God’s approval.

Further, I want to inform everyone that the Lord is always with us.  The lord will never leave you or forsake you.  God sees all of my steps.  To be honest with all of you; God’s Son Jesus Christ is my personal Savior.  It is His son Jesus Christ, who is doing for me more than I am doing for myself.

The 9th Step Promises says as follows: If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.  We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.  We will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it.  We will comprehend the word serenity, and we will know peace.  No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.  That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.

We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.  Self-seeking will slip away.  Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.  Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.  We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us; more than we are doing for ourselves.  Are these extravagant promises?  We think not.  They are being fulfilled among us sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.  They will always materialize if we work for them (Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition Pages 83&84).The reason why I put this inside of my essay is because I am working on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.  I thank the Lord each and every single day for allowing me to wake up in the morning to breathe His breath of life, and use my five senses, and to move my extremities.  Dear Lord, I thank you for allowing me to attend Bible Study each week, and to resolve all of my active issues.  I am thrilled to be a Child of the Most High God.  I thank God and His Son Jesus Christ for keeping me alive, and to help me to stay strong.