Growing in Christ While Helping Others Participant's Guide 4

by John Baker

• ISBN13: 9780310268376
• ISBN10: 0310268370
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

A Program for Implementing a Christ-Centered Recovery Ministry in YourChurch 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 Recoveryprograms 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Rick Warren	7	(1)
Introduction	8	(2)
The Road to Recovery: Eight Principles Based on the Beatitudes	10	(1)
Twelve Steps and Their Biblical Comparisons	11	(2)
Serenity Prayer	13	(1)
Celebrate Recovery's Small Group Guidelines	14	(1)
Lesson 19: Crossroads	15	(12)
Lesson 20: Daily Inventory	27	(7)
Lesson 21: Relapse	34	(7)
Lesson 22: Gratitude	41	(7)
Lesson 23: Give	48	(5)
Lesson 24: Yes	53	(7)
Lesson 25: Seven Reasons We Get Stuck	60	(3)
Afterword	63