I have never been able to stay gamble free for more than 12 months in the last 19 years.
My thought:
I am getting more lenient and less strict in denying my desires lately.
I am beginning to allow myself to do many things that I like to do.
I was not giving up or surrendering my ways naturally.
I was not repenting, changing my direction and turning back toward God as much as I would like it.
My feeling:
denying my desires alone does not work for me if my selfish, self-seeking, self-centeredness, self-righteousness, wilfulness, and hard-heartedness is still in total control. I want more good feeling, more money, more love, more recognition, more praise and more credit.
My action:
If I want to stay alcohol and gamble free in the second year, I need to do what I did on my first day on my first year.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
Matthew 22:35-39
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Jesus with a question: “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?” Jesus declared, “Love the Lord, your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
James 4:6
God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded.
Romans 10:11
“Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
Last bet 23 April 2024
Gamble free days: 419