Celebrate Recovery

You’ve undoubtedly heard the expression “Time heals all wounds”. Unfortunately, it isn’t true. I’m sure we all know friends, family members, or people we have encountered who are still carrying hurts from many years ago. The truth is, time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended fester and spread infection throughout your entire body. Time only extends the pain if the problem isn’t dealt with.

Celebrate Recovery is a biblical and balanced program that can allow us to become free from life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups. By working through the eight recovery principles found in the Beatitudes with Jesus Christ as your Higher Power, you can and will change! You will begin to experience the true peace and serenity you have been seeking, and you will no longer have to rely on your dysfunctional, compulsive, and addictive behaviors as a temporary “fix” for your pain.

By applying the biblical principles of conviction, conversion, surrender, confession, restitution, prayer, quiet time, witnessing, and helping one another, which are found within the eight principles and the Christ-centered 12 steps, you will restore and develop stronger relationships with others and God.

The Road to Recovery

Eight Principles Based on the Beatitudes

By Pastor Rick Warren

1. Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable. “Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor.” (Matthew 5:3)

2. Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover. “Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4)

3. Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. “Happy are the meek.” (Matthew 5:5)

4. Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. “Happy are the pure in heart.” (Matthew 5:8)

5. Voluntarily submit to every change God wants me to make in my life and humbly ask him to remove my character defects. “Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires.” (Matthew 5:6)

6. Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others. “Happy are the merciful.” (Matthew 5:7) “Happy are the peacemakers.” (Matthew 5:9)

7. Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.

8. Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words. Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” (Matthew 5:10)

Celebrate Recovery is held every Friday night at the church.

Schedule of activities:

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Meal and Fellowship

7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Praise and Worship, Testimonies and Teaching

8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Open Share Groups

9:00 - 10:00 p.m. Solid Rock Cafe

For additional information, please contact EUMC at 937-864-1578.

Email: lin@enonumc.com

Celebrate Recovery website: www.celebraterecovery.com