Putting Action In To Our Lives

This weeks lesson is on action, putting in to motion the change in our lives.

And if you are following Christ closely in your life and look to Him for guidance in all that you do, then listen for how you might lead others to Christ, either people you know in recovery or other people in your life, all of whom have some measure of hurts, habits and hang-ups and need for forgivessness in their lives. We don’t control the market on hurts, habits and hang-ups here at CR, but we sometimes might experience them in stronger measure than others. But through being in recovery, we gain so much through Christ and His work in our life that we also gain so much to offer to others.

Here are some questions to ponder as you prepare for this weeks lesson.

1. What differences have you noticed in your life now that you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Higher Power?

2. How has your definition of willpower changed since you have been in recovery?

3. What have you been able to turn over to God?

4. What do you fear turning over to His care?

5. What is keeping you from turning them over?

6. What does the phrase “live one day at a time” mean to you?

7. What is a major concern in your life?

8. What’s stopping you from turning it over to your Higher Power, Jesus Christ?

See you Thursday evening for dinner at 6pm followed by large group time at 7pm. Room F-209 in the Faith building at McGregor Baptist Church.

Amazing evening

What an amazing evening at CR. Just when it looked like anything that could go wrong, God showed up. Technical difficulties threatened to cut short worship time, but that didn’t happen! Random personality clashes could have overshadowed an excellent lesson presentation on what can restore us to sanity. But, that didn’t happen either. Inopportune timing wanted to prevent a man from inviting Christ to be his Savior, and you guessed it, that didn’t happen either! Celebrate Recovery at McGregor was definitely the place to be to see the healing begin.

In peace I will lie down and sleep,
   for you alone, LORD,
   make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8

 

 

When we are too serious….get silly!

A reminder that taking ourselves too seriously can lead to overstressed and out of control choices that lead to a life apart from a loving God. Take the time to put some humor in your life, attend Celebrate Recovery at McGregor, and spend time thanking the Lord for giving you the strength to laugh in the face of adversity because you are fully trusting in Him.

THURSDAY AGENDA
6:00PM Dinner & Fellowship
Praise Worship
Group Sharing
Solid Rock Cafe

Child Care Services Provided

McGregor Baptist Church
Room F-209 Faith Building
3750 Colonial Blvd
Fort Myers, FL
Phone: (239) 790-0341
E-Mail: celebrate.recovery@mcgregor.net

Essential Prayer

Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. — Acts 12:5

Have you ever been in a situation where there seemed to be no way out? Everything is going along just fine when, all of a sudden, a storm cloud comes along and rains on your parade. Insurmountable obstacles seem to be growing worse by the minute, and you find yourself wondering what to do.

In Acts 12, we find the story of how God took a tragic, even hopeless, situation and turned it around. It was done by the power of prayer, the kind of prayer that storms the throne of God and gets an answer.

Both James and Peter were in prison. Tragically, James was put to death. But Peter remained alive in prison. Though all doors were closed, one remained open: the door of prayer. The church recognized that “the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4).

Prayer was and is the church’s secret weapon. Although the devil struck a blow against the church, the church gained victory through prayer as Peter was miraculously released.

Sadly, we don’t pray often enough. Yet it is essential that Christians learn more about effective prayer, because we will face difficulties. We will face hardships. We will face problems. So we need to discover what God can do through the power of prayer.

Prayer for the Christian should be second nature, like breathing. We should automatically pray, lifting our needs and requests before the Lord. Jesus said that we should always pray and not lose heart (see Luke 18:1).

Prayer is something we should never grow tired of and something we should never avoid. We should be doing it constantly.

Greg Laurie