Getting Right with God, Yourself, and Others Participant's Guide 3: A Recovery Program Based on Eight Principles from the Beatitudes (Celebrate Recovery) - Softcover

Baker, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310689635 ISBN 13: 9780310689638

Publisher: Zondervan, 2012

Synopsis

A Program for Implementing a Christ-Centered Recovery Ministry in Your Church Alcoholism - Divorce - Sexual Abuse - Codependency - Domestic Violence - Drug Addiction - Sexual Addiction - Food Addiction - Gambling Addiction and many more! There is a way the church can help the hurting move beyond their wounds to experience the healing and forgiveness of Christ. Since 1991, more than 200,000 people have participated in the Celebrate Recovery programs offered at more than 3,500 churches, prisons, and rescue missions. Drawn from the Beatitudes, Celebrate Recovery helps people resolve painful problems in the context of the church as a whole. Newly updated, the kit includes: ·1 20-minute DVD introductory guide for leaders ·1 leader’s guide ·1 of each participant’s guide (4 total) ·CD-ROM with 25 lessons ·CD-ROM with sermon transcripts and reproducible promotional materials ·4-volume audio CD sermon series “And then there’s pastor John Baker, the founder of Celebrate Recovery... Big John and I shared something in common. We used to drink too much. And our hearts changed, and then we quit. That is a tried-and-true formula. The problem is government is not good at changing hearts. But people like John Baker have been good about it and successful doing that.” —President George W. Bush on Celebrate Recovery and its founder, John Baker, at the Faith- Based and Community Initiatives Conference, March 3, 2004.

About this title

From the Author

John Baker helped develop the Celebrate Recovery ministry at Saddleback Church and is currently serving as pastor of ministries, overseeing the entire Class 301 process, staffing ministries, and helping start new ministries. He earned his MBA from St. Louis University and is currently enrolled in the Master of Divinity program at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary

From the Back Cover

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 God, to myself, 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 gain the power to follow His will. Yield myself to be used by God to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and by my words. "Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires."

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0310689635
• ISBN 13: 9780310689638
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64