The Purpose of Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is a place to fellowship and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives by using the 12 Steps of Recovery to apply the 8 Principles of Recovery to our lives. This experience allows us to be changed. We open the door by sharing our experiences, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God’s grace in solving our lives´ problems. By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually and become free from our addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God and others. As we progress through the program we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power – Jesus Christ, the one and only true Higher Power.

Celebrate Recovery Meetings are:· A safe place to share

· A refuge· A place of belonging

· A place to care for others and be cared for· A place where respect is given to each person

· A place where confidentiality is highly regarded· A place to learn

· A place to grow and become strong again· A place where you can take off your mask

· A place for healthy challenges and healthy risks· A possible turning point in your life

Celebrate Recovery Meetings are NOT:· A place for selfish control

· Therapy· A place for secrets

· A place to look for dating relationships· A place to rescue others or be rescued by others

· A place for perfection· A place to judge others

· A quick fix· A long-term commitment

Sam’s Story - Starting a New Life

This is the story of Sam, a man at one time that lost everything; his health, family, money, and hope, all because of an addiction that griped his life that he was not able to overcome. 

It all began when Sam hit the bottom.

“My life had no hope . . . I tried every program, method, book, doctor, etc . . . but nothing helped, until Celebrate Recovery came into my life”.   You guys help introduce me to the Lord Jesus and it was He that gave me the power to overcome and walk free.  Since then He’s restored my life, family, and future back to me.  God is good . . . and He’s a God of a second, third and fourth chance.

Twelve Biblical Steps to Recovery

The Celebrate Recovery program is a 12-step recovery focused ministry based on the biblical principles found in the word of God.  We believe and know that God’s word is the final word and authority in behalf of mankind’s need.  As we apporach the subject of recovery from hurts, habits, and hang-ups, we find the word of God the principles of recovery that Jesus Christ laid before us several thousand years ago.  These principles are life changing.  They are eternal!  They will work in our lives as simply yield to and submit to the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  These principles are: 

1.  We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors.  That our lives had become unmanageable. 

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.  For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.  (Romans 7:18)

2.  Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

     For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.  (Philippians 2:13)

3.  Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God.

      Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship.  (Romans 12:1)

4.  Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

     Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.  (Lamentations 3:40)

5.  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs.

     Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.  (James 5:16a)

6.  Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

     Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.   (James 4:10)

7.  Humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.

     If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.  (1 John 1:9)

8.  Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

    Do to others as you would have them do to you.  (Luke 6:31)

9.  Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

    Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar.  First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.  (Matthew 5:23-24)

10.  Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

       So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!  (1 Corinthians 10:12)

11.  Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and power to carry that out.

      Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.   (Colossians 3:16a)

12.  Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and practice these principles in all our affairs.

       Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently.  But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.   (Galatians 6:1)

- All scripture quoted from the New International Version.