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.

CR at McGregor to add new groups

Celebrate Recovery at McGregor is looking to add new groups. in these turbulent times more and more people are struggling with issues. These are the issues that Celebrate Recovery deals with every week. However before introducing these new groups, we need to bust the biggest myths surrounding Celebrate Recovery.

Myth #1: Celebrate Recovery is only for alcoholics and drug addicts.
Truth: Celebrate Recovery is for anyone with hurts, habits, and hang-ups. While we welcome those who struggle with alcohol and drug addiction, the program is just as helpful for those who struggle in other areas. These areas include anger, co-dependency, food addiction, sexual addiction, and more.  Our ministry provides the opportunity for anyone to gain healing in their life through God’s grace. No struggle is too insignificant, or too large, for this grace.

Myth #2: Some struggles are meant to be kept private.
Truth: Step 5 says, We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. This step requires us to fully disclose our wrongs to somebody else, so that we can receive God’s promise.  James 5:15 says, “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” There are guidelines for sharing struggles, such as finding someone you trust to keep what you share confidential. Those of us who have completed Step 5 can attest to the fact that a weight is lifted when a long-kept secret is shared. Recovery is not meant to be done alone! If you are hesitant to share your struggles, pray that the Lord would give you courage to do it.

If either of these two myths have kept you from attending Celebrate Recovery, we encourage you to put them aside and take the first step to healing! God is waiting to meet you here.

Here are the groups that CR at Mcgregor that are either up and running or will start soon. GROUPS

Working together for good

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. — Romans 8:28

God, in His mercy, can also take the tragedies of life and use them. God can take the most evil deed and work in spite of it.

The apostle Paul made this point in Romans 8:28: “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” Paul includes what we perceive as “good things,” as well as the bad things.

It’s hard for us to understand how a bad thing can ultimately work together for good. There is nothing good about what happened to the 150,000 people who died in Southeast Asia during the 2004 tsunami. It was tragic beyond belief.

But God, in His infinite wisdom and love, somehow takes all the events of our lives, both good and bad, and blends them together ultimately for good. The good He intends, that is.

After that tragedy, Christian organizations mobilized to send much needed help and resources to the hurting people of Southeast Asia. People received much needed physical and spiritual help. Back then and even now, God will work things together for good.