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Celebrate Recovery @ Rafter J Cowboy Church – Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Celebrat Recovery 15-Victory
Large group starts at 7 pm (age requirements 15 years and older)
Small groups start at 8 pm (age requirements 18 years or older)
How can you have VICTORY over your defects of character?
 
Principle 5: Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to 
remove my character defects. 
 
Beatitude: Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires. 
 
 
Step 6: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. 
 
Biblical Comparison: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up. James 4:10 
 
 
Step 7: We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings. 
 
Biblical Comparison: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us 
from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9  
 
Voluntarily submit
Identify character defects
Change your mind
Turn over character defects
One day at a time
Recovery is a process
You must choose to change
 
 
Leader’s Focus  Question:
 

What character defect are you going to ask God to remove?  What will you stop doing and what will you start doing? 

 
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Dear  God, show me Your will in working on my shortcomings. Help me not to resist the changes that You have planned for me.  I need You to “direct my steps.”  Help me stay in today, not get dragged back into the past or lost in the future.  I ask You to give me the power and the wisdom to make the very best I can out of today.  In the name of Jesus I pray, AMEN.

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Rafter J Cowboy Church Celebrate Recovery – Wednesday, October 23, 2013

celebraterecovery lady​

Large group starts at 7 pm (age requirements 15 years and older)

Small groups start at 8 pm (age requirements 18 years and older)
It’s Testimony Night!
 
We invite you to come to hear a testimony being shared by a woman who struggled with alcohol, perfectionism and pride.   
Come hear her share about her surrender to God and the restoration in her life.  
Come to hear why tonight is so special to her!
 
“Therefore, I am now going to allure; I will lead her into the wilderness, And speak tenderly to her.  There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Trouble as a door of hope; She will sing, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up out of Egypt.” 
(Hosea 2:14-15)
Principle 8.  Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” (Matthew 5:10)
 
Step 12.  Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs. 
 
“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.” (Galatians 6:1)

Celebrate Recovery @ Rafter J Cowboy Church – Wednesday, October 9, 2013

CR logo testimony
Large group starts at 7 pm (age requirements 15 years and older)
Small groups start at 8 pm (age requirements 18 years and older)
 
It’s Testimony Night!
 
We invite you to come to hear a testimony by a man who struggled with drug addiction,trust and pride.  He felt the weight of the world! Was that weight lifted? If so, by Whom?  
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send” And who will go for us?”  and I said, “Here am I. Send Me!” (Isaiah 6:8)
Principle 8.  Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.
 
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” (Matthew 5:10)
 
Step 12.  Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs. 
 
“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.” (Galatians 6:1)
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Celebrate Recovery @ Rafter J Cowboy Church – Wednesday, September 25, 2013

barts testimony

 
Sports Night!  
Wear your favorite team shirt/jersey/cap.
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Large group starts at 7 pm (age requirements 15 years and older)

Small groups start at 8 pm (age requirements 18 years and older)
 
It’s Testimony Night!
 
We invite you to come to hear a testimony by a man who struggled with drug addiction, co-dependency, depression and food issues.
 
Come tonight to hear him share what plans the Lord had for him? 
 
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11)
Principle 8.  Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words.
 
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” (Matthew 5:10)
 
Step 12.  Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs. 
 
“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.” (Galatians 6:1)

Celebrate Recovery @ Rafter J Cowboy Church – Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Confess #12

 

Large group starts at 7 pm (age requirements 15 years and older)

Small groups start at 8 pm (age requirements 18 years and older)
Come join us tonight as we continue with Principle 4. 
 
After writing an inventory, we must deal with what we have written. 
The first way we do this is to confess our sins to God.
 

Principle 4: Openly examine and  confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.

“Happy are the pure in heart.” (Matthew 5:8)

 

Step 5: We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
 
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.”
(James 5:16)
 
Confess your shortcomings, resentments and sins

Obey God’s directions

No more guilt
Face the truth
Ease the pain
Stop the blame
Start accepting God’s forgiveness
 
 
Leader’s Focus  Question:
 
What positive changes have happened in your life due to sharing your inventory? Which do you find more difficult: confessing to God, yourself or to someone you trust; why?