Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by Me"  John 14:6.

Celebrate Recovery is all about finding your way back to the Father, your Creator, through His Son, Jesus Christ.  The 12 Steps of AA, plus the Bible, will lead you home.  Join us on the journey!

12 Steps + Bible = True Recovery!

The following "Principles" combine the 12 Steps & Bible ...

Principle 1:  Realize I'm not God; I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and my life is unmanageable.  Matthew 5:3, 12 Step #1

Principle 2:  Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover.  Matthew 5:4, 12 Step #2

Principle 3:  Consciously choose to commit all of my life and will to Christ's care and control.  Matthew 5:5, 12 Step #3

Principle 4:  Openly examine and confess my faults to God, to myself, and to another person whom I trust.  Matthew 5:8, 12 Step #4 and #5

Principle 5:  Voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in my life.  Matthew 5:6, 12 Step #6 and #7

Principle 6:  Evaluate all my relationships, offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I've done to others when possible, without expecting any reward.  Matthew 5:7-9, 12 Step #8 and #9

Principle 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 and gain the power to do it.  Matthew 6:33, 12 Step #10 and #11

Principle 8:  Yield myself to be used by God to bring this Good News to others, both by example and by my words.  Matthew 5:10, Step #12

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the SERENITY to accept the things that I cannot change; COURAGE to change the things that I can; and WISDOM to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

Amen

Reinhold Niebuhr

Celebrate Recovery ™ is the ministry and curriculum of the Purpose Driven Life Movement.  Rick Warren and John Baker are the authors and founders.  For more information:  www.celebraterecovery.com.  D3CU, along with hundreds of other churches are using Celebrate Recovery resources with permission.