Sinner's Anonymous
We acknowledged our wretched human condition apart from God, and realize that without moment by moment Divine Intervention, we cannot live the full and abundant life that He wants us to live.
Came to believe that God through Jesus Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit will provide all the power necessary to live an abundant, fruit-bearing, life.
Made a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care and direction of God.
Made a rigorously honest, searching and fearless inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready and willing that God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings, so that we may become more useful to Him.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer, meditation, studying God's Word, and the continuous renewing of our minds to improve our relationship with God.
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of God working in our lives through these steps, we tried to carry this message to sinners, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
