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Discovering the joy of recovery from your hurts, habits, and hang-ups!
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Celebrate Recovery Fridays,
6:45 - 9:00 p.m. 401 N. 30th Street, Mt. Vernon (Located behind McDonald’s on Broadway. Childcare is available up to 5th grade)
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Are you wearing a MASK of DENIAL?
Before you can make any progress in recovery, you need to face your denial. Denial has been defined as “a false system of beliefs that are not based on reality” and “a self-protecting behavior that keeps us from honestly facing the truth.” Did you ever deny that your parents had problems? Did you ever deny that you had problems? God said in Jeremiah 6:14 (LB) “You can’t heal a wound by saying it’s not there!” We have a false belief that denial protects us from our pain. In reality, denial allows our pain to fester and grow and to turn into shame and guilt. Denial extends your hurt. It multiplies your problems. God promises us in Jeremiah 30:17 (NLT) “I will give you back your health again and heal your wounds.” We welcome you to join us at CR this Friday!
The purpose of Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate Recovery will encourage relationships to celebrate God’s healing power in our lives as we work our way along the road to recovery. We are changed as we receive support, discover our strengths, and realize hope. As long as we keep our issues in the dark we will remain prisoners to those things that cause our pain. When we bring our issues into the light we can experience God’s healing power. In addition, we become willing to accept God’s grace and forgiveness in solving our life’s problems. In Celebrate Recovery we proclaim the truth that Jesus Christ is the one and only Higher Power.
Come join us at Celebrate Recovery.
Our old ways of trying to control our hurts, habits, and hang-ups does not work. We try to bury the pain of these things by our denial. David came to the place where he had to move from his denial. In Psalm 6:2-3 David said, Psalms 6:2-3 (LB) “Pity me, O Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, for my body is sick, and I am upset and disturbed. My mind is filled with apprehension and with gloom.” David had come to the place where he admitted that he was powerless over those things that caused his hurt.
We need to admit that we are powerless to help ourselves and turn our lives over to God. Do not let your pride trap you. Proverbs 29:23 (LB) says, Pride ends in a fall, while humility brings honor.” Until we admit we are powerless we will try to hide from our pain by getting involved in things and relationships that are unhealthy. When you admit that you are powerless and start to face reality, you will find that you do not have to be alone.
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Things We ARE . . . A safe place to share. A place of belonging. A place where respect is given to each member. A place where confidentiality is highly regarded. A placed where you can take off your mask. A possible turning point in your life.
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Things We are NOT . . A place for selfish control A place for therapy. A place for perfection. A place to judge others. A quick fix. |
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Serenity Prayer By Reinhold Niebuhr God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace: taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is; not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen |
We have an encouraging Large Group experience as well as Small Groups to deal with Specific Issues.
Jordan Yearwood, Ministry Leader