12-Steps with Jesus – Guide (Step 4) Articles

Step 4: “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Devotion: Courage: Letting God Use the Truth Honesty tells the truth. Courage faces it. Willingness releases control. Step 4 is not complete when the inventory is finished—it is complete when we...

Step 4: “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Devotion: Courage: Facing What We Find Honesty reveals the truth. Courage stays with it. Courage in Step 4 does not mean fear disappears—it means fear no longer controls us. As the inventory...

Step 4: “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Devotional Thought Step 4 begins with honesty—but not brutal honesty, and not comparison-driven honesty. It is truthful honesty, grounded in God’s grace. Many of us learned to survive by hiding,...

Step 4: “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” Devotional Thought Step 4 does not begin with self-examination—it begins with surrender. Before we ever open the door to a moral inventory, we pause and return to Step 3. Without surrender,...