Celebrate Recovery is
based on God’s Word, the Bible.
When Jesus taught the Sermon on the
Mount, He began by stating eight ways to be happy. Today we call them the
Beatitudes. From a conventional viewpoint, most of these statements don’t make
sense. They sound like contradictions. But when you fully understand what Jesus
is saying, you’ll realize that these eight principles are God’s road to
recovery, wholeness, growth, and spiritual maturity.
Celebrate Recovery is
forward looking.
Rather than wallowing in the past or
dredging up and rehearsing painful memories over and over, Celebrate Recovery
focuses on the future. Regardless of what has already happened, the solution is
to start making wise choices now and depend on Christ’s power to help make
those changes.
Celebrate Recovery
emphasizes personal responsibility.
Instead of playing the “accuse and
excuse” game of victimization, this program helps people face up to their own
poor choices and deal with what they can do something about. We cannot control
all that happens to us, but we can control how we respond to everything. That
is a secret of happiness. When we stop wasting time fixing the blame, we have
more energy to fix the problem. When we stop hiding our own faults and stop
hurling accusations at others, then the healing power of Christ can begin
working in our mind, will, and emotions.
Celebrate Recovery
emphasizes spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ.
The third principle calls for people to
make a total surrender of their lives to Christ. Lasting recovery cannot happen
without this step. Everybody needs Jesus. Celebrate Recovery is thoroughly
evangelistic in nature. Today, nearly 73 percent of the people who've been
through Celebrate Recovery have come from outside the church. Changed lives
always attract others who want to be changed.
Celebrate Recovery
utilizes the biblical truth that we need each other in order to grow
spiritually and emotionally.
It is built around small group
interaction and the fellowship of a caring community. There are many therapies,
growth programs, and counselors today that operate around one-to-one
interaction. But Celebrate Recovery is built on the New Testament principle
that we don’t get well by ourselves. We need each other. Fellowship and
accountability are two important components of spiritual growth.
Celebrate Recovery
addresses all types of habits, hurts, and hang-ups.
Some recovery programs deal only with
alcohol or drugs or another single problem. But Celebrate Recovery is a “large
umbrella” program under which a limitless number of issues can be dealt with.
At Celebrate Recovery, only one out of three who attend are dealing with
alcohol or drugs.
Finally, Celebrate
Recovery is a leadership factory.
Because it is biblical and
church-based, Celebrate Recovery produces a continuous stream of people moving
into ministry after they've found recovery in Christ. Eighty-five percent of
the people who’ve gone through the program have become active members of a
church in their community, and an amazing 42 percent are now using their gifts
and talents serving the Lord in some capacity.
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