CELEBRATE RECOVERY
Dear Family & Friends in
Christ,
Celebrate Recovery was over the
top last night, except for the goofball trying to handle
the video screen (ME),,, we really need some quality help. Never-the-less the worship was awesome and the testimony for the evening was a fabulous story of God’s unlimited love and ability to heal the deepest of wounds and set people free from the ugliest of addictions. Earlier in the evening I began making mental excuses for what I thought was going to be a smaller crowd. I thought; well it’s a very busy time of year, the holiday season etc, but as I got caught up in worship two things happened, the Spirit of the Lord settled on the meeting and the next thing I knew the place was full!
Pastor Roger nudged me saying “you are going to have to start putting out more chairs bro.” One new lady had just moved toTulsa
from Alaska Alaska
the video screen (ME),,, we really need some quality help. Never-the-less the worship was awesome and the testimony for the evening was a fabulous story of God’s unlimited love and ability to heal the deepest of wounds and set people free from the ugliest of addictions. Earlier in the evening I began making mental excuses for what I thought was going to be a smaller crowd. I thought; well it’s a very busy time of year, the holiday season etc, but as I got caught up in worship two things happened, the Spirit of the Lord settled on the meeting and the next thing I knew the place was full!
Pastor Roger nudged me saying “you are going to have to start putting out more chairs bro.” One new lady had just moved to
The testimony was delivered in a
calm and easy manner and it was truly riveting. It overflowed with the
awareness that nothing is too hard for our God. Two lives forever changed by our
only Higher Power, Jesus Christ and a marriage recovered. Only God is able to
take such unbearable heartache and grievous failure and turn it around, heal
the wounded and set the captive free. This is what I see happening in the
ministry that you and I are privileged to be a part of, THANK YOU! The Bible
describes it like this;
Isaiah 58:9-12 (MSG)
If you get rid of unfair
practices,
quit blaming victims,
quit gossiping about other people's sins,
If you are generous with the hungry
and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,
Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,
your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.
I will always show you where to go.
I'll give you a full life in the emptiest of places—
firm muscles, strong bones.
You'll be like a well-watered garden,
a gurgling spring that never runs dry.
You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew,
rebuild the foundations from out of your past.
You'll be known as those who can fix anything,
restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate,
make the community livable again.
quit blaming victims,
quit gossiping about other people's sins,
If you are generous with the hungry
and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,
Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,
your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.
I will always show you where to go.
I'll give you a full life in the emptiest of places—
firm muscles, strong bones.
You'll be like a well-watered garden,
a gurgling spring that never runs dry.
You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew,
rebuild the foundations from out of your past.
You'll be known as those who can fix anything,
restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate,
make the community livable again.
May the Light of Christ shine in and through your life!
Jim & Pam