Sermon in 12 Step series. Steps 4 & 5: Taking inventory & confession.
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TAKING INVENTORY
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I. Taking stock of ourselves.
A. What assessment would you make of yourself?
B. We must learn not to minimize our defects.
C. In order to change, we must know ourselves intimately.
II. “Admitting to God, to ourselves, and to another human being.”
A. Acting upon our self-evaluation. 2 Cor 7:10
B. Confession is humiliating, but also reveals the power of God.
III. The basics of confession.
A. Confessing to God. Psalm 51
B. Confessing to people. James 5:17
C. Confession is ancient, but controversial.
IV. True inventory and confession must be followed by actions.