Road to Recovery: Coming Clean

Conversation Questions:
Who is the "clean" person in your family? Are you glad they clean up around the house?
Have you or someone in you family ignored a problem before (like clogged sink in the video)? What happened to that problem?

Message Questions:
Read: Psalm 32:1-2
What guilt in your life has been forgiven?
What do you still feel guilty about in your life?
What are some of the things that can happen to us when we live with guilt?

Read: Proverbs 28:13
Why should we not hide things from God?
How does mercy help us recover?

How to openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.

Take a personal inventory
Read: Lamentations 3:40 and Psalm 139:23-24
This verse asks us to take a personal inventory, why is "examining our way's" important for recovery?
What kinds of thing could you do to examine your ways?
Accept Responsibility
Read Proverbs 20:27 and I John 1:8
Who is always still there when you run away from a problem?
When a problem is 90% someone else’s fault, how should we deal with that person? What should you do with the 10% that's your fault?
Ask Forgiveness
Read Isaiah 1:19
Is there anything you have done that is unforgivable?
Admit to another person
Read James 5:16
What does confessing to someone you trust do to help you recover?
Do you know someone you can trust?
Will you come clean to that person?
Accept God's forgiveness and forgive myself
Romans 3:23-24
Have you accepted God's forgiveness?
Have you forgiven yourself?

Read Psalm 139:1-4, 23-24 together and close with prayer.