Last Updated on October 31, 2025 by aakinyemi.dev
At Life Church we welcome people who are in recovery. Over the years we’ve had a number of people participating in our meetings who are themselves involved in 12-Step organizations. As Senior Pastor, I am extremely grateful to Brother Al C. for introducing me to the movement and for the opportunity to attend several 12 Step meetings as his guest. I’m also grateful to Brother Bil M. for his further recovery insights.
In the Bible we read the following passages:
See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”
Here God speaks through the prophet Malachi promising to send Israel a prophet who will bring needed reform. We see the fulfillment of that prophecy in the following passage.
Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is bo