I Didn't Do It

Here's a youtube video on denial with thought provoking lyrics by Alex Walker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2siHK3lv_Uo&feature=plcp

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Coach, Mentor, Sponsor, Friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDSLx-14aDg
In Celebrate Recovery there is something called a sponsor.  A sponsor could be otherwise described as a coach, mentor, and friend.  The most important aspect of the relationship is encouragement.  Truly we were not meant to walk this journey alone. 

Welcome to the Human Race

Do you struggle with something?  We all struggle with something - it's part of being human.  There is no one who has it all together, only God has it all together.  And so when we admit that we are broken we actually find ourselves in a very good place because we can (finally!) accept that we are in need of a Savior.  At Celebrate Recovery at Hydesville Church we not only talk about a 'Higher Power,' we know He has a name:  Jesus Christ.  Jesus enables us to break through the things that bring us down and gives us hope for the future that is based on truth.  Do you stuggle?  That's o.k., hope is on the way.  Place the trust for your future in the One who knows the future.  "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who hs been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.  Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."  Hebrews 4:15-16

 

Celebrate Recovery meets at 6 PM on Friday nights at the Hydesville Church campus.  Dinner is $4.  The large group time (free) starts at 6:30 PM.

Do You Struggle?

 

"Do you ever eat or drink more calories than your body needs? Do you ever feel you ought to exercise but don't? Do you ever know the right thing to do but don't do it? Do you ever know something is wrong but you do it anyway? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you'll know without a doubt that you are a citizen of the human race." - Rick Warren

Welcome to Celebrate Recovery at Hydesville Church - 6 PM Fridays.

Friday night, August 10th at 6:30-7:30 PM there is a free concert featuring Alex Walker and Jennifer Dietz.  This concert is presented by the Celebrate Recovery at Hydesville Church.  The location is at the corner of Highway 36 and Rohnerville Road in Hydesville.

Celebrate Recovery is all about seeking God's healing for life's hurts, habits and hang ups.  Everyone struggles with something.  This is an honest place where confidentiality is highly valued and where one can be real about addressing the things in life that trip us up.  Hope is for real.  This concert gives one an opportunity to check Celebrate Recovery out.  Come Home to God.  It's time!   

Perfect Peace in a Frenzied World

Christ followers have access to something that is foreign to the rest of the world.  It is something for which people greatly yearn. It is something so remarkable that people without Christ in their life would consider it “not normal.” Yet it is something they would love to have.  It is a true and deep human need, however this something cannot be achieved by natural means, for it is supernatural.   That something is peace and specifically inner peace in a turbulent world.

The truth is that our world has not been a place of peace since Adam and Eve chose to rebel from God’s perfect love in the garden of Eden. We see a world almost frenzied in a desire for peace but with no enduring way to achieve it. 

Even within our immediate families and extended families and with friendships there is conflict, disagreement and division. 

Like a Christmas song says, “peace on earth, goodwill toward men, every year we sing it again, such beautiful words, they’ve got to be true, but down deep admit it, you’d like to know when?”

Yet, the Scriptures talk about a “Perfect Peace.”  Isaiah 26:3  Says, “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!”  So what is this inner peace the Scriptures talk about? 

 1.     First we have to recognize that peace comes at the point of surrender. In the spiritual realm, we end our private war with God.  

2. Secondly, to pursue God’s peace we “put on” behaviors and practice those things that help keep our minds on God.  The Scriptures teach us to “lay aside” things and “put on” things.  Kind of like changing clothes.  

3.  Third, we choose to carve out time for God. To keep our minds on God we choose to remind ourselves to think about Him.  He will help us on this, count on it.  He wants to spend time with us more than we can imagine.

4. Fourth, we pray prayers of victory focused on who God is, rather than our current circumstances.  Perspective is everything.

5.  Fifth, we grow in our trust of God.  A growing trust in God allows us to experience His perfect peace, in fact I would say that the amount of peace we have in a situation has a direct correlation to the amount of trust we place in God as we go through that ordeal.  Trust is not an automatic response.  It’s an act of the will, and it is a process.  We learn to trust. 

Inner peace in a frenzied world - what an incredible gift!