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“Atheism killed me, from the inside out, an awful place of nothingness, going nowhere, just depression” After finding atheism barren Graham Hevey found the only door left open to him was the spiritual answer found within the Alcoholics Anonymous twelve step programme. After completing the programme as outlined in the Big Book, Graham became a Christian and has tried to follow those fundamental laws of the spirit ever since, Amen

  • Genuine review of my book

    Lost For Words, faith and the 12 step program

    “This is a superb book that looks at the post-modern theories of our time, such as Marxism, Freudian, Darwinism and Jungism and asks what exactly do they have to offer for an individual seeking spiritual enlightenment. After God ‘stopped’ existing in the lives of individuals these ‘man-made’ theories were supposed to provide us with the knowledge that we needed to live our lives to the fullest. Sadly, for many of us this hasn’t happened and there is a sense that our intellect alone won’t provide us with what we need in order to find true meaning in our lives. In the pages of Hevey’s book you will find something of the human spirit and the acceptance that whilst science can save us physically, it cannot save our soul” For USA go to amazon.com. For UK, see link below

  • Romans 8: 1-17

    Romans 8 offers an understanding of our obsessions with alcohol, over-eating, drugs (prescribed and illegal) gambling and other earthly things that are not good for our Spirit. We seem to attain to wroldly pleasures that end up destroying us, or at best leaving us with a void, an empty spirit without truth. We convince ourselves that another press up, dumb bell, doughnut, beer or whatever it is that we binge on will suffice, when it never does. In this letter Saint Paul tell us that ‘we are powerless to do anything because we are weakened by the flesh’. How many times over the years have I clenched my fist so determined not to drink and yet later that very day there I am at the bar waiting to fullfill my fleshy addictive desires. Now-a-days things are different. This morning I prayed, read my Bible and prayed again before going to work, and now Im sitting here writing this essay without any thought of allowing my old ways to inherit more time from my life. One day at a time my friends. God bless.

    “1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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  • 1: THE FEAR ENERGY

    CHAPTER 1 OF MY NEXT BOOK ‘CHRISTIAN RECOVERY, GIVE US THIS DAY’

    Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
    I will fear no evil, for You are with me;
    Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
    (Psalm 23: 4)

    call on me in the day of trouble;
    I will deliver you, and you will honour me.
    (Psalm 50: 15)

    Anxiety, stress and worry are linked with a common bond we all know as irrational FEAR.  We often reflect our fears away by judging others. Pointing the finger prevents us from speaking up about our innermost thoughts. We condemn or praise in order to slip away undetected. I could lay in the gutter and still point the finger.

    “You therefore have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another you are condemning yourself because you who pass judgment do the same things.  Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.  So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance”? (Romans 2: 1-4)

    Many of us experience fear in every day of our lives and to cope we hang onto varying schemes to deal with this difficult emotion. All systems fail nevertheless, so we carry on developing our personalities around a pretentious stance while attempting to struggle up the stream of our hardening lives. We battle on regardless believing wholeheartedly that we have become strong in our devotion to facing our fears, rather than disposing of them in totality using the redemptive spiritual methods that are given to us from within the Bible.  Being so convinced of ourselves, we could pass a lie detector test when asked “how are you”?  Fine! ….READ MORE…..

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  • My first book, ‘Lost For Words, faith and the 12 step program’

    Take a look and have a listen to page 1 of my first book. We are all made of data, or words if you want; all we need to do is chose the right ones! When reading the right words we become actively creative in our makeup, of what we become. Without the Word of Jesus it seems society falls apart, as we can too. Do not be part of this world and its mayhem, but be free with Jesus. See link below video for USA purchase. For UK type name in Amazon.co.uk. You can read the first 6 pages free. God bless

  • Review for my book ‘Lost for Words’

    Here is a genuine review for my book ‘Lost For Words, faith and the 12 step program’

    “This is a superb book that looks at the post-modern theories of our time, such as Marxism, Freudian, Darwinism and Jungism and asks what exactly do they have to offer for an individual seeking spiritual enlightenment. After God ‘stopped’ existing in the lives of individuals these ‘man-made’ theories were supposed to provide us with the knowledge that we needed to live our lives to the fullest. Sadly, for many of us this hasn’t happened and there is a sense that our intellect alone won’t provide us with what we need in order to find true meaning in our lives. In the pages of Hevey’s book you will find something of the human spirit and the acceptance that whilst science can save us physically, it cannot save our soul”

  • Christian Schools give hope

    Way back in the day. 1972 to be precise, the comprehensive school system was designed to be a far reaching and all-embracing method of teaching that focused attention away from the regular discipline supplied by Christian schooling, and toward a more liberal thought provoking teaching structures. The idea was supposed to lean toward a more understanding culture where children had a voice, and of course those of us who went to a comprehensive school used that shout to gain whatever we could. This was hardly guidance from our elders, but more an offering of friendly advice that amounted to secular choices rather than discipline and direction. Here we had, and still have, another area in society that has taken away any potential spiritual ingredient in hope to gain the same results by reinventing the humanist spiritual wheel that Christianity had offered in the first place. Jesus alone made all things new, which could not be replicated by a comprehensive school system no matter how many so called humanist professionals were involved in its creation….What a dismal failure….

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  • Defeating negative thinking

    11 How do you get past negative thoughts in your head?  Discuss what negativity breeds in life.      By Graham Hevey

    Throughout much of the day negativity, stress and worry gathered around me like members of the same gang, all wearing similar jackets with the word fear written on the back. I struggled with such demons, because they were initiating me as a member.  They niggled and eventually buried me amongst the shadows like walking down a dark alley moving further and further away from the light.

    I can deal with this was drummed into me when all I needed to do was admit that I couldn’t, as a start anyway.

    Before ending my search with Jesus, I began my day with all kinds of negative thoughts, which bred failure as my lot.

    Nowadays it seems rather strange, thinking back, that I took on my negative attitude like a sparring partner squaring up to a full-length mirror readying for today’s fight. With only myself in the room, taking my stance with a deep breath before looking at my reflection, and off I’d go readying to tackle the day. Isn’t that what we are supposed to do, battle our demon’s day by day?

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  • Preface for my next book

    ‘Christian Recovery, give us this day’

    ‘Christian Recovery, give us this day’ is a bold name for a book, having the latter part copied straight from the Lord’s prayer. It does, however, make very clear that the book promotes one of Christianity’s fundamental doctrines, which is the principle of ‘one day at a time’. The title recognizes that having a Spiritual life based on a daily concept originates from the Scriptures. Having faith in Jesus while living a spiritual life for just ‘one day’ run alongside one another. They are inseparable.

    The term ‘one day at a time’ dilutes amongst the pages of our good book the Bible from beginning to end. The daily concept resonates throughout like a Spirit all of its own. ‘Give us this day’ and ‘our daily bread’ as suggested in the Lord’s prayer, implements a major tenant of how Christianity has been sustained throughout the generations. In Genesis also, the Bible’s first book, creation is measured in days from 1 to 7.  Light itself is called ‘day’.

    ‘God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day’. (Genesis 1: 5)

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  • God promises a new heart through Jesus

    18. God promises a new heart.  How does this happen?  What is He referencing?  How can you pray that someone with a hardened heart reaches repentance?  How can God soften someone’s heart? Incorporate this with forgiveness.

    A leather-bound Bible was hurled through the air, and after hitting the edge of a table, it fell to the floor. I glanced under the table and saw its flimsy pages flap open and flutter until they stilled like a dying bird laying on its back. While I stared, there seemed to be a hint of life in this book called the Bible, which I had never read. No one was struck down by lightning, and we all managed to avoid plagues, at least I believe so.

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  • My First Book

    Lost For Words, faith and th 12 step program

    This is a genuine review on Amazon.

    “This is a superb book that looks at the post-modern theories of our time, such as Marxism, Freudian, Darwinism and Jungism and asks what exactly do they have to offer for an individual seeking spiritual enlightenment. After God ‘stopped’ existing in the lives of individuals these ‘man-made’ theories were supposed to provide us with the knowledge that we needed to live our lives to the fullest. Sadly, for many of us this hasn’t happened and there is a sense that our intellect alone won’t provide us with what we need in order to find true meaning in our lives. In the pages of Hevey’s book you will find something of the human spirit and the acceptance that whilst science can save us physically, it cannot save our soul”