The Twelve Keys of Faith-Based Recovery: How to Be Successful in Recovery By Embracing Key Biblical Truths

By Greg Schmalhofer

The Twelve Keys of Faith-Based Recovery presents the key biblical truths to help you be successful in recovery. These twelve key biblical truths share the critical faith-based messages that are so important for those in recovery. This book will guide you through the biblical principles that build one upon the other that ultimately lead

• Language: English
• Publisher: Greg Schmalhofer
• Release date: Jun 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9798986149219

Greg Schmalhofer

GREG SCHMALHOFER is host of "The Hope Recovery Podcast" and has been involved in faith-based recovery ministry for many years and previously as director of the Discovery Recovery ministry in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Greg is a certified family recovery specialist (CFRS) and has graduate degrees from Liberty University in Theological Studies and Christian Ministry. He is also the author of "The Hope Recovery Devotional: There is Always Hope With God".

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The Twelve Keys of Faith-Based Recovery

Copyright © 2022 by Greg Schmalhofer. All rights reserved.

Published by Greg Schmalhofer

ISBN-13 979-8-9861492-0-2

ISBN-13 979-8-9861492-1-9 (e-book)

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Dedication

The Twelve Keys of Faith-Based Recovery is dedicated to the late Pastor Walt Heidecker, the founding pastor of the faith-based Discovery Recovery group.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Twelve Keys of

Faith-Based Recovery

Faith-Based Key #1

There is a God in Heaven

Faith-Based Key #2

There is always hope with God

Faith-Based Key #3

Do you want to get well?

Faith-Based Key # 4

Recovery is possible with God

Faith-Based Key # 5

God wants to forgive you

Faith-Based Key # 6

Seek God and you will find him

Faith-Based Key # 7

Jesus is the true Higher Power

Faith-Based Key # 8

Make a decision to put your faith in Jesus

Faith-Based Key #9

Surround yourself with like-minded people

Faith-Based Key #10

God made you for a purpose

Faith-Based Key #11

Peace that surpasses all understanding

Faith-Based Key #12

Continue to trust God no matter what

The Twelve Steps of

Alcoholics Anonymous

The Twelve Steps of

Narcotics Anonymous

Common Prayers of Recovery

Additional Resources

Footnotes

Acknowledgements

The twelve keys of faith-based recovery were first listed as a chart in the 100 day devotional book The Hope Recovery Devotional: There is Always Hope with God (Greg Schmalhofer, 2021). This booklet, The Twelve Keys of Faith-Based Recovery, presents twelve new lessons combined into an easy-to-read booklet for a new focused look at these twelve key lessons of faith-based recovery.¹

Also, I would like to express many thanks to all of our dear friends of the Discovery Recovery group for their overwhelming kindness, support, and encouragement for these two books of faith-based recovery.

Hope Recovery

The Twelve Keys Of Faith-Based Recovery

Introduction

Welcome to The Twelve Keys of Faith-Based Recovery. I am so glad you