The principles of recovery are really the principles of spiritual growth. We base the recovery program in our church on the beatitudes of Jesus. Those eight beatitudes actually parallel identically and in order the 12 steps in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Everybody is in recovery about something because all have sinned. There are three things I love most about Celebrate Recovery:
- It is forward-looking. It does not completely dwell in the past. So many therapies keep you stuck in the past. This one says “your past is past, let’s get on with the future.”
- It has a point of conversion. It is Step Three that says: I recognize that I have to surrender to God.
- It is practiced in community, because you can’t get well on your own. The persistent temptations and sins in life have to be team-tackled, and you will not get well on your own. I know people who have gone to therapy for years, one on one with a professional, and are not any better than they were before because we were made to grow and to recover in community.
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