Have you ever been hurt?
Do you ever feel lost?
Are you ever confused?
Have you felt helpless to change the circumstances in your life?
Do you ever feel like no one understands your problems?
Are you ever anxious, worried or afraid?
If you answered, “YES!” to any of those questions then I
think the next several weeks will be of great benefit to your life. Over the
coming weeks we are going to be talking about a new ministry to our church
called Celebrate Recovery. CR is a nationwide Recovery Ministry that
helps people deal with their hurts, habits, and hang-ups. The problem that many
Christians face is that we’ve been taught that to admit that we have hurts,
habits or hang-ups is bad and means that we lack faith or that we don’t trust
God. In fact the exact opposite is true! Acting like nothing is wrong with us
while our own health and the relationships around us suffer is the true
sign in our lack of trust in God. You can’t fix it yourself – you need the
Lord, and you need others. You need the Lord to change your heart and to offer
forgiveness and you need others to help you heal. That’s what we will be
talking about throughout our “Finding Freedom” sermon series. We will tackle
issues such as, Admitting Our Need For Help, Coming Clean, Making Changes,
and Repairing Relationships. But I want you to know this – this series is
not just based on feel good, pop psychology. It will be grounded in the word of
God and his promises for you as a follower of Him. My hope is that you will
join us each week, whether it’s at church or online, and that you will Find
the Freedom that God so desperately desires you to have.
Blessings,
Pastor Matt
1/08/2017 Realizing My Need
1/15/2017 Admitting My Need 1 John 1:5-9
1/22/2017 Getting Help Romans 12:9-18
1/29/2017 Letting Go Matthew 11:28-30
2/05/2017 Making Changes Romans 12:1-2
2/12/2017 Maintaining Momentum Colossians 1:9-10; Hebrews 6:1-4
2/19/2017 Using Your Story 2 Timothy 1:3-14
