Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Recap of 07-27-09



Last night Rand A. did an excellent job delivering the lesson titled “Victory”. Jesus told us we would have struggles but He also promises we’ll have victories through Him. Paul told us in Romans 5:3-5 that “we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.” That’s victory! But sometimes it must start with sufferings.

Barry also spent some time talking about the upcoming Dreamfest this Saturday. If any of you reading this and don’t know, it’s going to be huge this time; you don’t want to miss it. The United Way is providing some funds for this one to be spent on food to the tune of 8 times what is usually spent! Come participate, volunteer, go through the line, tell everyone you can, all the food must be given away. What a powerful opportunity we all have to share the love of Jesus with our community and with each other. Our CR Band will be playing some live music and rumor has it there might also be food being cooked and served for everyone! Make sure you wear your Celebrate Recovery or Barefoot Church t-shirt if you have one.

Next Monday night we have a special guest, Jeff S. giving his personal testimony. Jeff is a CR ministry leader from Fayetteville, NC and he has an incredible testimony to share.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Testimony by Cheri D. (video)



We had a guest speaker Cheri D. on 07-20-09. Cheri gave her personal testimony.



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Recap of 07-20-09



We had a wonderful time at CR last night. Our CR Band rocked “Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down” for the first time. And they were coming through the “house” sound for the first time in long time, not completely but we’re getting there!

Cheri D. from Beach Church CR gave her testimony which covered a lot of different issues God has brought her through. There is something in her story that you can relate to, we promise. She did give us permission to upload it to our blog so you can look for it here by at least tomorrow. If you weren’t with us last night you should really take the time to hear her journey. Or if you were with us and you want to share it with someone, send them to the blog, that’s what it’s here for!

Next week Rand A. from Beach Church CR will be delivering the lesson titled “Victory”, what a great name for a lesson! We like to say “it works if you work it!” The victories are what we love to celebrate together. It can be a lot of hard work but as our testimonies always confirm, through Jesus Christ, there are victories to be had!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Recap of 07-13-09



Last night at CR our ministry leader Barry delivered a lesson titled “Ready”. It spoke about how we must be ready to get one on one with God and surrender all to Him but then to make sure we replace the bad that we allow God to remove with good. We must allow God to fill the empty wholes with positives. In other words when we clean our house out, we can’t leave it empty.

"When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.
Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation."
Matthew 12:43-45

Next week we have another special guest from our sister CR at Beach Church. This woman has a tremendous testimony. We don’t know yet if she will allow us to put it on our blog but she may not so you might want to make plans to be here in person because you won’t want to miss this!

By the way, we no longer put lessons on the blog but we do still record them. If anyone ever would like to see the video of a particular lesson you can request a DVD by emailing us.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Testimony by Gary & Michelle W. (video)



We had guest speakers Gary & Michelle W. on 07-06-09. They gave their personal testimony.



(Some images used were created by and are owned by Celebrate Recovery of Saddleback Church. As an authentic Celebrate Recovery ministry we use them only to promote Celebrate Recovery and the love and saving grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.)

Recap of 07-06-09



What a time we had at CR last night! God’s Spirit was felt by all present. We always have a time of prayer at the alter at the end of our large group but last night people were drawn to do so early on during our opening praise & worship music. It was incredible and powerful. God also brought the most people we’ve had on a regular (no special event) CR night since the week after our Grand Launch (84 people including 2 children). We heard a powerful testimony from Gary & Michelle W. that was from the heart with honesty and compassion along with there own PowerPoint, special music, unknown speaker and sea shells! I guess you had to be there! If you weren’t, or if you were and want to share it with someone, it will be here on our blog by sometime tomorrow. You’ll miss some of the special effects but you’ll still get to hear their awesome testimony.

Next week one of our own will be presenting a lesson titled “Ready”. Prayerfully consider coming to see what CR is all about if you’ve never been and if you’ve been before but not recently we invite you back to see how God is growing this ministry and we invite you to get involved, for your own healing as well as the healing of others. Come catch the wave!

Check out Tuesday Night Rewind tonight at www.BarefootChurchLive.com to hear more about this exciting ministry. It starts at 7:00 pm.

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