Author Archives: Steve Gledhill

TWIRL 039 (10/22/11): Understanding Thinking Problems

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Understanding Thinking Problems  President Barack Obama, in 2008, said the following: “I was so obsessed with me and the reasons I might be dissatisfied that I couldn’t focus on other people… Whenever I take wrong … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 039 (10/22/11): Overcoming Thinking Problems

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Be sure to have completed TWIRL 039 before proceeding with this exercise. Overcoming Thinking Problems As you do the work of understanding thinking problems, seeing the truth through lies that you tend to believe due … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 038 (10/3/11): Brainwashed from the Inside Out

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Brainwashed from the Inside Out Step Three says, “Made a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God as we understood (came to believe in…) Him.” This decision is predicated … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 038 (10/3/11): Brainwashed from the Inside Out

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Plan Please refer to TWIRL 038 before continuing with this application challenge. Brainwashed from the Inside Out Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 037 (7/30/11): Ambivalence—Measuring Risk (Pain) & Reward (Pleasure)

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Ambivalence—Measuring Risk (pain) & Reward (pleasure) What is ambivalence? Ambivalence is having similar intensity of desire and motivation for more than one thing, but the things are opposite from each other. In other words, to … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 037 (7/30/11): Ambivalence—Measuring Risk (Pain) & Reward (Pleasure)

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Please click on TWIRL 037 if have not yet completed the recovery lesson. Ambivalence—Measuring Risk (Pain) & Reward (Pleasure) Please take a moment to pray before thoughtfully engaging in this exercise… Well then, am I … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 036 (6/12/11): Strangulation by Triangulation vs. Healthy Confrontation

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Strangulation by Triangulation vs. Healthy Confrontation The teachings of Scripture plainly unveil the truth of invasive infectious self-centered thinking and behavior hastening the procurement of ‘me’dom values as the destructive dysfunction of families. What causes … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 036 (6/12/11): Strangulation by Triangulation vs. Healthy Confrontation

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Please refer to TWIRL 036 prior to proceeding with TWRAC 036. Strangulation by Triangulation vs. Healthy Confrontation Empathy is Communicating Understanding The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 035 (5/31/11): Better to Give? Better How? Better for Who?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Better to Give? Better How? Better for Who? We have likely all heard it. Possibly first from a parent, or a grandparent, or a teacher, or someone. “It is better to give than receive.” The question … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 035 (5/31/11): Better to Give? Better How? Better for Who?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Please click on TWIRL 035 before proceeding to this application challenge. Better to Give? Better How? Better for Who? When emphasizing “more blessed” in the Acts 20:35 passage, it helps to define the word ‘blessed’ … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 034 (5/18/11): Between The Rock and a Hard Place

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Between The Rock and a Hard Place For most, the commitment to recovery is not so easily settled. The title to this week’s recovery lesson is a play on the expression, “between a rock and … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 034 (5/18/11): Between The Rock and a Hard Place

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Please click TWIRL 034 for this week’s lesson prior to proceeding with this application challenge. Between The Rock and a Hard Place Please pay attention to the liberating transformative truth as you read this critically … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 033 (5/8/11): Dying into New Life—Crucified with Christ

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Dying into New Life—Crucified with Christ For some, this concept of dying to your old self (or ways) in order to experience new life is new and mysterious. For others, the concept is familiar and … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 033 (5/8/11): Dying into New Life—Crucified with Christ

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Please click on TWIRL 033 for this week’s lesson before continuing with this application challenge. Dying into New Life—Crucified with Christ To be crucified with Christ is not to hang on a cross. You will … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 032 (4/25/11): When God Says “No” or “Wait”

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson When God Says “No” or “Wait” It is our nature to want what we want when we want it, and to want to get all that we want. This is the primary function of the … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 032 (4/25/11): When God Says “No” or “Wait”

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Prior to proceeding to this week’s application challenge, please complete this week’s lesson by clicking TWIRL 032. When God Says “No” or “Wait” Having established in TWIRL 032 that God does respond to prayer with … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 031 (4/20/11): Understanding the Sympathetic Savior

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Understanding the Sympathetic Savior Why is Jesus the remedy for our problem of lingering and deepening dissatisfaction? Besides being the plan of God, why is Jesus uniquely “qualified” as the acceptable sacrifice for our selfish … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 031 (4/20/11): Empowered by the Sympathetic Savior

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Please complete TWIRL 031 prior to participating in this application challenge. Empowered by the Sympathetic Savior Below are the key Scripture verses for this week’s application challenge. Three versions of the Bible are each descriptive … Continue reading →

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TWIRL 030 (4/8/11): Pilgrimage of Faith-Driven Recovery

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week In Recovery Lesson Pilgrimage of Faith-Driven Recovery Pastor Fran Leeman at LifeSpring Community Church in Plainfield, IL has been speaking recently about the Secrets of the Victorious Life. FREEdom from MEdom at its core is about the secret … Continue reading →

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TWRAC 030 (4/8/11): Pilgrimage of Faith-Driven Recovery

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Steve Gledhill

This Week’s Recovery Application Challenge Please complete TWIRL 030 prior to proceeding with this week’s application. Pilgrimage of Faith-Driven Recovery It is paramount to your faith pilgrimage into recovery that you accept the truths of Psalm 84 and then apply … Continue reading →

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