My Sanctuary, a Spiritual Journal

By Jewel Harper

This book can be used as a weekly support group guide with a facilitator.

By going through each step weekly and sharing your experiences and thoughts that you deem valuable, you are able to interact and reflect with others about your shared addictions and journeys. This material is easy reading for all mature adults. This journal will be an awakening to Gods compassion and grace.

Combining the twelve steps with Scriptures will allow you to heal from damaged emotions and continue to work on your long-term recovery with support and encouragement from others who are traveling along with you. This book will provide you with an opportunity to develop balance and to establish a renewed relationship with God.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512706185

Jewel Harper

Jewel Harper, BA, MPA, MDiv, is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Southern California; and Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. She is a chaplain at a Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Center in Dallas Texas. Jewel continues to have a passion for those who are hurting. Most of her life she has been involved in public service which includes the following areas: hospice care, urban ministries, bereavement support groups, and youth mentoring and big brothers and sisters programs. These are just a sample of her desire and love for others and the community. She continues to speak and teach about spirituality in addiction she is also a member of The McKinney 1st Baptist Church, Delta Sigma Theta, and Association of Christian Counselors. She enjoys traveling the globe; Jewel resides in Texas and California

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Copyright © 2011, 2015 Jewel Harper-Simon.

Author Credits: Footsteps to Christ

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The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

Excerpts are adapted and compiled by Jewel Harper.

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Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

The excerpt from Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps have been adapted and reprinted. With the following inserts:

The Twelve Steps does not mean that AAWS has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, or that AAWS necessarily agrees with the views expressed herein. AA is a program of recovery from alcoholism only. While AA is a spiritual program, it is not a religious program.

AA is not affiliated or allied with any sect, denomination, or specific religious belief.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-0619-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-0620-8 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-0618-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015912421

WestBow Press rev. date: 12/31/2015

Contents

Introduction

Step One

Step Two

Step Three

Step Four

Step Five

Step Six

Step Seven

Step Eight

Step Nine

Step Ten

Step Eleven

Step Twelve

My memory book

Introduction

My Sanctuary is a personal guide to understanding the twelve-step program of long-term recovery and how it can be integrated biblically with a Christian perspective. I believe that Scripture and the twelve steps are both important healing tools that