"Steps" by John Ortberg explores spiritual transformation through Jesus' teachings and AA's 12 steps. It addresses addiction, willpower, and authentic living with God.

John Ortberg

Cover

Title Page

Endorsements

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

Step 1: The Problem: I Can't

Step 1A: Join the Fellowship of the Withered Hand

Step 1B: Ask for a Moment of Clarity

Step 1C: Celebrate Personal Inadequacy

Step 2: The Solution: He Can

Step 2A: Look beyond Yourself

Step 2B: Exercise "Good-Enough" Faith

Step 2C: Take the Longest Journey

Step 3: The Decision: I Think I'll Let Him

Step 3A: Become Willing

Step 3B: Practice Serenity

Step 3C: Turn It Over. Take It Back. Repeat.

Step 4: The Examination: A Fearless Inventory

Step 4A: Understand Why We Need to Clean House

Step 4B: Survey Your Resentments

Step 4C: Survey Your Fears

Step 5: The Confession: Into the Light

Step 5A: Becoming Willing to "Fully Disclose"

Step 5B: Learn What to Look For in a Fully Disclosing Friend

Step 5C: Lean into Accountability

Step 6: The Preparation: Became Entirely Ready

Step 6A: Go from "Almost Ready" to "Entirely Ready"

Step 6B: Add One Constructive Habit

Step 6C: Receive Your Identity as the Beloved

Step 7: The Petition: Humble Asking

Step 7A: Be the Beetle

Step 7B: OWN, Don't Enthrone

Step 7C: Drop the Rock

Step 8: The Damage: Named Those We've Harmed

Step 8A: Make a List

Step 8B: Become Willing to Make Amends

Step 8C: Practice Forgiveness

Step 9: The Reparation: Made Amends

Step 9A: Understand Amends

Step 9B: Learn to Be "Direct"

Step 9C: Learn Healthy Groveling

Step 10: The Repetition: Continual Inventory

Step 10: Do Life One Day at a Time

Step 11: The Connection: The With-God Life

Step 11A: Improve Your Conscious Contact with God

Step 11B: Pray and Meditate

Step 11C: Do the Next Right Thing

Step 12: The Vocation: Helping Others

Step 12A: Give It Away to Keep It

Step 12B: Keep Coming Back

Step 12C: Keep Hope Alive

Epilogue: The Thirteenth Step

Acknowledgments

__Is there really any hope for a spiritual way of living that actually works?__

Admiration, comfort, love, power, success, pleasure, escape, control: we’re all addicted to something, whether we realize it or not.

In this deeply heartfelt book, author John Ortberg offers a guide for transformation when we know something needs to change but we can’t do it on our own. Rooted in the teachings of Jesus and using the framework of AAs 12 steps as a guide, Ortberg offers all of us a freeing roadmap for:

- Giving up our exhausting and fruitless efforts to fix, manage, and control our own lives
- Distinguishing between when willpower is essential and when it is futile
- Discovering how God can do for us what we can’t do for ourselves, and
- Living authentically, joyfully and in communion with God and other people.

Ortberg shows us how to discover:

- Our spiritual attachment styles
- Our core doubts
- The benefits of practices like prayer, meditation, and mindfulness
- God’s sufficiency in our inadequacy

In _Steps_, find what’s needed to experience a new freedom, a new fellowship and a new happiness no matter our circumstances.

"Steps" by John Ortberg offers a transformative guide rooted in Jesus' teachings and AA's 12 steps. It explores spiritual living, willpower, and God's sufficiency for personal change.

\["For those seeking hope in spiritual living.","Ortberg uses the framework of AA's 12 steps to guide readers in letting go of fruitless efforts and discovering God's help.","Discover spiritual practises that will bring about transformation as you lean in to God's strength."\]

John Ortberg offers a heartfelt guide to spiritual transformation, helping readers find freedom, fellowship, and happiness through God’s sufficiency.

A Guide to Transforming Your Life When Willpower Isn't Enough

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