Leaders’ Course Resources

Session 6 – Opening Pandora’s Box

Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves

“Let’s take a good look at the way we’re living and reorder our lives under God” Lamentations 3:40 – The Message

Topic for thought

The subject of this week’s session is all about looking at ourselves and recognising some of the entrenched, long-standing resentments and grudges we are holding. Over the last month we have come to see that we have been powerless to successfully change our addictive behaviour no matter how hard we have tried. As a result our lives have become increasingly unmanageable and some of the things we have been doing could be considered to be ‘insane’. We have come to realise that we need a power greater than ourselves who will begin to change us and restore us to sanity, and this power is found in God. While looking at Step 3 some of us made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God and as a result we have begun a new life.

The Issue

The purpose of Step 4 is to bring into the light all our entrenched, long-standing resentments and grudges, recognising how much they damage us and how we need to be rid of them if we are to be free and get well. Harbouring resentments is like storing toxic waste within ourselves and if we do not get rid of this poison these destructive feelings are very likely to lead us into relapse and we’ll be back to where we started.

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Weekly Resources for Guests

After each session, you can give your guests access to the resources for that week. These are designed to help them revisit the session, reflect on what they have learned and continue exploring the week's theme between sessions.

What's included?

Each week's guest resources include:

  • Session Video
    Watch the session again or revisit a particular section.

  • Pause for Thought
    Take some time to reflect on the themes explored during the session.

  • Coursework
    Continue exploring the week's theme and put what you have learned into practice.

How to give your guests access

At the end of each session, simply share the link to that week's resources with your guests.

You can share the link in whatever way works best for your group, for example by email, text message or WhatsApp.

If some guests would prefer to work from printed materials, you can also print the Pause for Thought and Coursework and give these to them at the end of the session.

Choose whichever approach works best for your group. You can also use a combination of digital and printed resources to make sure everyone can access the materials in a way that works for them.

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