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We meet every Friday
Night: 7pm: Large Group 8pm: Open Share Group 9pm: Rock On Café **Childcare Provided** |
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What is
celebrate Recovery? We’ve all been hurt by other
people, we’ve hurt ourselves, and we’ve hurt others. And as the result, every
single one of us ends up with some sort of hurt, hang-up, or habit. But the
question we all face is, where do we go from here? The purpose of fbc Portland’s
celebrate recovery ministry is to fellowship and celebrate god’s healing
power in our lives through the “8 recovery principles”. This experience
allows us to “be changed”. We open the door by sharing our experiences,
strengths, and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to
accept god’s grace in solving our lives’ problems. By working and applying
these biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our
addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom creates
peace, serenity, joy, and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship
with god and others. As we progress through the program we discover our
personal, loving, and forgiving higher power—jesus Christ, the one and only
true higher power. |
Celebrate Recovery at FBC Portland
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For Directions scroll down |
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EIGHT PRINCIPLES Based on the Beatitudes with their
biblical comparisons 1.Realize I’m
not God; 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.” Matthew
5:3 2.Earnestly believe
that God exist and that I matter to him, and He has the power
to help me recover. “Happy are those who
mourn , for they shall be
comforted.” Matthew 5:4 3. Consciously choose
to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. “Happy are the
meek.” Matthew 5:5 4. Openly examine and
confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I
trust. “Happy are the pure in heart.” Matthew 5:8 5. Voluntarily submit
to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly
ask Him to remove all my character defects. “Happy are those
whose greatest desire is to do what God requires.” Matthew 5:6 6. 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 hurt them or others. “Happy are the merciful.”
Matthew 5:7 “Happy are the peacemakers.” Matthew 5:9 7. Reserve a daily
time with God for self examination, bible reading, and prayer in
order to know God and his will for my life. 8. 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
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1. We admitted we were powerless over our addictions
and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable. “I know that nothing good
lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what
is good, but I cannot carry it out.” Romans 7:18 2. We came to believe that a power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity. “ For it is God who works in you to will and to act
according to his good purpose.” Philippians 2:13 3. We made a decision to turn
our lives and our wills over to the care of God. “Therefore, I urge you,
brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to God— this is your spiritual act of worship.” Romans 12:1 4. We made a searching and fearless moral inventory
of ourselves. “Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us
return to the Lord.” Lamentations 3:40 5. We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being, the exact nature of our wrongs. “Therefore confess your sins to each other
and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” James 5:16 6. We were entirely ready to have God remove all
these defects of character. “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift
you up.” James 4:10 7. We humbly ask Him to remove all our shortcomings.
“If we confess
our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us
from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 8. We made a list of all persons we had harmed and
became willing to make amends to them all. “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Luke
6:31 9. We made direct amends to such people whenever
possible, except when to do so would injury them or others. “Therefore, if you are offering your gift
at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the
altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your
gift.” Matthew 5:23-24 10. We continued to take personal inventory and when
we were wrong, promptly admitted it. “So, if you think you are standing firm, be
careful that you don’t fall!” 1 Corinthians 10:12 11. We sought through prayer and meditation to
improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His
will for us and the power to carry that out. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.”
Colossians 3:16 12. Having had a spiritual experience as the result
of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and practice these
principles in all our affairs. “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin,
you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you
also may be tempted.” Galatians 6:1 |
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12 Steps of
Recovery with their
biblical comparisons |
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Contact Us |
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Celebrate
Recovery at FBC Portland |
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First Baptist Church 106 N. Broadway Portland, TN 37148 |
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Church Phone: 615-325-2386 Church Fax: 615-325-7097 Prayer Line: 615-325-1196 Ministry Leader: 615-828-6416 E-mail: dirk.winegar@yahoo.com |
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Celebrate Recovery Contacts National Ministry Leader— Johnny Baker johnnybaker@saddleback.com National Director— Mindy Scratch mindys@saddleback.com International CR Director— Bob Wood bobw@saddleback.com National Director for CRI— Hector Lozano hectorl@saddleback.com South East
Regional Director— Brad Rutledge brad@eccmail.org Tenn. State Rep.— Karah
Marie Tucker recovery@godwhy.com |
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Web Site Links |
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www.celebraterecovery.com www.celebraterecoveryblog.com www.facebook.com/celebraterecovery |
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www.facebook.com/celebraterecoveryatfbcportland www.facebook.com/firstbaptistchurch,portland,tn www.celebraterecoveryworship.com |
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directions |
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Area Celebrate Recovery
Meetings also check Celebrate
Recovery website under “Group Finder” for all meetings |
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Goodlettsville
Pentecostal 1004 S. Dickerson Pike Goodlettsville, TN 37072 615-859-9450 Thursday Nights at 7:00pm ** No Childcare Provided** |
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Long
Hollow—Gallatin 1200 Hartsville Pike Gallatin, TN 37066 615-452-2859 Thursday Nights at 7:00pm **Childcare Provided** |
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FBC Nashville 108 Seventh Ave. Nashville, TN 37203 664-6000 Friday Nights at 7pm **No Childcare** Fridays at 7pm (NO Childcare) |
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Long
Hollow—Hendersonville 3031 Long Hollow Pike Hendersonville, TN 37075 615-824-4006 Monday Nights at 6:30pm **Childcare Provided** |
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Community
Church 381 West Main Street Hendersonville, TN 37075 615-826-0042 Tuesday Nights at 7:00pm **Childcare Provided** |
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GodWhy 310 Raindrop Lane Hendersonville, TN 37075 615-822-5550 Thursday Nights at 7:00pm **Childcare Provided** |
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Parking is
in the rear of building, look for an awning labeled “Preschool
entrance”. It will be on the side in
the rear of the building. There should be a greeter or a door leading you up
a flight of stairs to the meeting room. |
