
12 Step Goals
Step 1 Goal: Admit that in our own strength, we are powerless over alcohol, drugs, and other sinful addictions. . . that our lives have become uncontrollable.
Step 2 Goal: Come to believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit, can restore you to sound judgment.
Step 3 Goal: Make a decision to turn our lives over to God through total trust in the word of the cross of Jesus Christ.
Step 4 Goal: Look into our hearts by fearlessly examining ourselves, detecting our shortcomings, and asking for forgiveness for our sins.
Step 5 Goal: Confess to God and admit to ourselves the nature of our sins and pray that we may be restored.
Step 6 Goal: Make a decision to commit every area of our lives to God through Jesus Christ, sincerely desiring that He remove strongholds of sin from our lives.
Step 7 Goal: Ask God to change our way of thinking so that we will be able to recognize and do the will of God.
Step 8 Goal: Make a list of all persons we have harmed and make a decision to ask their forgiveness by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Step 9 Goal: Make amends whenever possible, as we are led by the Holy Spirit. We forgive others who have wronged us.
Step 10 Goal: Continue to examine and evaluate ourselves to see whether we are holding to our faith and showing good fruit of it. When we fall short, we confess it.
Step 11 Goal: Continue to grow in our relationship with God through Jesus Christ, by the study of His Word, prayer, and obedience to Him.
Step 12 Goal: As a new Christian we seek to take the message of Christ to others.