Celebrate Recovery @ Calvary

Information regarding Celebrate Recovery Groups @ Calvary

C. Sam Smith — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:35:00 GMT

Are you looking for information regarding the various groups of Celebrate Recovery @ Calvary?

You have found the right resources.

We have a folder on this website that contains all the specific dependencies to which people can fall prey.

If you would like to review the various areas of dependency that we have details on, for the purpose of determining just what specific dependency you may need to be freed from , view the folder of specific articles here.

For more information on Celebrate Recovery at Calvary, e-mail us at cr@cbcwaco.com.

The Purpose of CR @ Calvary

C. Sam Smith — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:33:00 GMT

The purpose of Calvary Baptist Church's Celebrate Recovery ministry is to fellowship and celebrate God's healing power in our lives through the "8 Recovery Principles." This experience allows us to "be changed."

By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We 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.

We are just beginning this ministry. Is this for you? Come on Monday evening at 6:15pm, at Calvary Baptist Church, 18th Street, between Bosque, and Homan streets. We will be looking for you.
Keep reading our posts regarding the program, and inquire about Celebrate Recovery by emailing CR@CBCWACO.COM. Also, view all the groups that CR has offered in other locales...here.

The Principles of CR

C. Sam Smith — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:31:00 GMT

THE ROAD TO RECOVERY

Eight Recovery Principles
based on the BEATITUDES

by Pastor Rick Warren

R=	Principle 1 - Realize I'm not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and my life is unmanageable. "Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor"
E=	Principle 2 - Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to him, and that he has the power to help me recover. "Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted"
C=	Principle 3 - Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control. "Happy are the meek"
O=	Principle 4 - Openly examine and confess my faults to God, to myself, and to someone I trust. "Happy are the pure in heart"
V=	Principle 5 - Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. "Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires"
E=	Principle 6 - Evaluate all my relationships; Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I've done to others except when to do so would harm them or others. "Happy are the merciful" "Happy are the peacemakers"
R=	Principle 7 - Reserve a daily time with God for self examination, Bible readings and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.
Y=	Principle 8 - Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words. "Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires"

INTERESTED? CONTACT CALVARY'S CELEBRATE RECOVERY TEAM @ CR@CBCWACO.COM.

Join us on Monday evenings, beginning January 28, 2008

C. Sam Smith — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:26:00 GMT

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
2 Corinthians 5:17

Celebrate Recovery focuses on Christ and invites you to engage with Scripture, ultimately finding freedom from addictive and compulsive thoughts and behavior patterns such as codependency, pornography, chemical dependency, eating disorders, depression, emotional/physical abuse, anger, sexual struggles, and all types of personal pain.
Join us Mondays from 6:15 – 8 pm at the Calvary Baptist Church Building, located at the intersection of 18th Street between Homan and Bosque. It is not necessary to sign up before attending, so please do not hesitate to join us and allow healing to begin. CONTACT US AT CR@CBCWACO.COM....

CR-Calvary: 12 steps and their Biblical Comparisons

C. Sam Smith — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:14:00 GMT

Celebrate Recovery - 12 Steps and their Biblical Comparisons

Step 1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.	Romans 7:18 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.

Step 2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.	Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.

Step 3. We made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God.	Romans 12:1 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

Step 4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.	Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.

Step 5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.	James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for each other that you may be healed.

Step 6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.	James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up.

Step 7. We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.	1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Step 8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.	Luke 6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Step 9. We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.	Matthew 5:23-24 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.

Step 10. We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.	1 Corinthians 10:12 So if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall.

Step 11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.	Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.

Step 12. Having had a spiritual experience as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.	Galatians 6:1 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.