Step 1: Admit
Foundation Verse – Romans 7:18
“For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.”
Extra Mile Verse – 1 John 1:6
“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.”
Step 2: Believe
Foundation Verse – Psalm 103:2-5
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”
Extra Mile Verse – Jeremiah 29:13
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
Step 3: Trust
Foundation Verse – Ephesians 2:4-5
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.”
Extra Mile Verse – John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him shall have everlasting life.”
Step 4: Inventory
Foundation Verse – Psalm 51:6
“Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.”
Extra Mile Verse – Romans 12:2
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, His good, pleasing, and perfect will.”
Step 5: Confess
Foundation Verse – 1 John 1:7-9
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Extra Mile Verse – James 5:16
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
Step 6: Repent
Foundation Verse – 2 Timothy 2:22
“So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”
Extra Mile Verse – Acts 3:19
“Repent then turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you-even Jesus.”
Step 7: Follow
Foundation Verse – Galatians 5:22-25
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”
Extra Mile Verse – John 15:5
“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”
Step 8: Forgive
Foundation Verse – Ephesians 4:32-5:1
“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.”
Extra Mile Verse – Colossians 3:12-13
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
Step 9: Amends
Foundation Verse – Romans 12:17-18
“Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.”
Extra Mile Verse – Romans 13:8
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”
Step 10: Continue
Foundation Verse – Psalm 139:23-24
“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”
Extra Mile Verse – James 4:7-8
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
Step 11: Intimacy
Foundation Verse – John 17:3
“And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
Extra Mile Verse – Matthew 5:6
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
Step 12: Regenerate
Foundation Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.”
Extra Mile Verse – 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
Source: Regeneration and ESV Bible