Week 30

This is week 30 of Celebrate Recovery here at Hydesville Church.  It's been a wild ride.  We have seen scores of new faces but our core group remains small.  We have seen miraculous changes in the lives of the participants.  I love the 'realness,' honesty and humility of Celebrate Recovery.  There is just something powerful in knowing we are not alone in our life struggles.  It is like a warm balm to a hurting and scraped up soul to have real people - spiritually broken people - offer non-judgmental encouragement and support on our own life's journey.  The reality of Jesus Christ, expressed within this group, is that He is not a distant figure from the Bible, but a true friend today and a savior whose love, guidance and compassion is relevant to every struggle and triumph we have in life.

I like Celebrate Recovery, because it is the love of Jesus - with a human touch.

What About Celebrate Recovery?

Some facts about Celebrate Recovery:

Celebrate Recovery has:

A PROVEN DESIGN:  Celebrate Recovery was designed as a program to help those struggling with hurts, habits and hang-ups by showing them the loving power of Jesus Christ through a recovery process.

A CLEAR GOAL:  The goal of Celebrate Recovery program is not simply to recover from past sins and hurts; the goal is to become Christ-like in our character.

REMARKABLE RESULTS:  To date, hundreds of thousands of people world-wide have experienced a Biblically balanced approach to repentance and recovery.

REFLECTS A UNIVERSAL NEED:  No matter what situation you find yourself in, whether it is emotional, financial, relational, spiritual, sexual or whatever, regardless of what you need help with, God wants to help you!

A PRECEPTION WE HAVE TO FIGHT:  You may think "recovery" is only for drug addicts and alcoholics - people whose lives seem out of control. But that's just not true. The Bible teaches that all of us have addictions in our lives.

SPEAKS TO REALITY:  Sin is addicting, and the Bible says, "all have sinned." Not one of us is perfect. We've all blown it; we've all made mistakes. We've hurt ourselves, we've hurt other people, and others have hurt us.  We are human and we all struggle.  But with our Higher Power, Jesus Christ, there is great hope.