Why Having a Celebrate Recovery Ministry at Your Church is So Important!

Proverbs 28; Proverbs 29; Psalm 60; Romans 16
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Scripture

Proverbs 28

13 People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.

Observation

Josh McDowell once said, "If your church is healthy, you will have people who are struggling with adultery, pornography, homosexuality, and other sins." He went on to explain, "If your church is healthy, God will send hurting people there to be healed."

Linda Renner, one of our Celebrate Recovery Ministry Leaders remarked about the above quote when I emailed it to her yesterday, “then we must be a very healthy church!”

In the past before churches had recovery ministries church members just kept their hurts, habits, and hang ups secret and had no one to help them in their struggle. Today praise God a lot has changed. People can turn to the church and find help with the stuff that they are struggling with.

Application

I am going to thank God for our very healthy church!

Prayer

Heavenly Father, what Josh McDowell said is very true about Your church. Help our church be a hospital for people that are hurting and people that need to be healed. Thank You for sending us people that have tremendous needs. Give our leadership in CR Your strength. Give them Your wisdom. Give them a huge amount of Your love for all of the people that You are sending our way. Protect our leaders and keep them from sin. Continue to prosper our church with more and more people that are hurting. I pray for someone to help us with the transportation needs of people wanting to come to CR but do not have a way to get to our church.

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