The Road To Recovery
Eight Principles Based on the Beatitudes
by Pastor Rick Warren
Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable. Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor.
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.
Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. Happy are the meek.
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God and to someone I trust. Happy are the pure in heart.
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.
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.
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.
Yield myself to God to be used to bring the Good News to others, both by my example and by my words. Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.
Celebrate Recovery
We all have hurts and sometimes we just don’t know where to turn. We all have problems and sometimes we just don’t know how to recover. We’re glad you’ve taken the first step by visiting this website. We’re here to help. We’re here to listen and we are here to support you as you walk through the issues and struggles of life. Celebrate Recovery changes lives.
Purpose
Celebrate Recovery at Aldersgate has a central purpose, celebrate God’s healing power in our lives through eight recovery principles. Working and applying Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually and our experiences allow us to change. We become free from addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. New found freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and most importantly, a stronger, personal relationship with God and others. As we all progress through the eight steps of Celebrate Recovery, we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power – Jesus Christ.Meeting Times
Celebrate Recovery meets every Wednesday night at Aldersgate from 7:00 - 8:30 P.M. Each time we get together, we worship, share a principle of recovery and break into small groups of men and women for more personal discussions. Celebrate Recovery provides guide books for each step of your recovery. The more involved you are in the process, the more successful you will be.Serenity Prayer
GOD, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,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 the pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen