The Ridge-a Christian Fellowship

"My grace is enough for you; for where there is weakness, my power is shown completely. Therefore, I have cheerfully made up my mind to be proud of my weaknesses, because they mean a deeper experience of the power of Christ. I can even enjoy weakness, insults, privations, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For my very weakness makes me strong in Him."    2Chro.12;9-10

          Times: Tuesdays at 6:30 - 8 PM at The Ridge
                 Child care Provided

           IS CELEBRATE RECOVERY FOR YOU?

To find out, begin by asking yourself, “What is in control of my life?” Is it God, or something else? Use this checklist below to honestly examine what is in control. If you check ANY of these, the Celebrate Recovery may be for you. In Celebrate Recovery, we stop trying on our own. Through living the beatitudes and offering each othera place to be accountable, we learn how to access the true higher power - Jesus Christ - who has already won the battle for us. Celebrate Recovery isn't just for addicts. It helps everybody who recognizes that they need help with a sin, habit, hurt, hang-up, or compulsion of ANY kind. We learn to heal from the hurts and wounds from the past and to empty ourselves of bitterness and pain. We learn to forgive.
·Is there a chemical that has taken control? (alcohol, narcotics, prescription pain, killers)
·Is there a sin that has taken control? (lying, harboring resentment, pornography, rage)
·Is there an obsession that has taken control? (food, spending, internet, money)
·Is there a feeling that has taken control? (depression, anger, helplessness)
·Is there emotional pain that has taken control? (memories, hurt, unforgiveness)
·Are you living with somebody who is controlled by one or more of these?

         The Road To Recovery
(8 principles based on the Beatitudes by Pastor Rick Warren)

R- 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. "

E- 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."

C- Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ's care and control.
"Happy are the meek."

O- Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
"Happy are the pure in heart."

V- 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."

E- 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. "

R- 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 to gain the power to follow His will.

Y- Yield myself to God to be used 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."