When Jesus taught the Sermon on the Mount, he began by stating "Eight
Ways to Be Happy". Today we call them the Beatitudes. From a
conventional viewpoint, most of these statements sound like
contradictions. But when you fully understand what Jesus is saying, you'll realize that these eight principles are God's road to recovery, wholeness, growth, and spiritual maturity.
This recovery program is forward-looking. Rather than wallowing in the past, or dredging up painful memories, Celebrate Recovery focuses on the future. Regardless of what has already happened, the solution is to start making wise choices now and depend on Christ's power to help you make those changes.
This recovery program emphasizes personal responsibility. Instead of being the victim, this program helps people face their own poor choices and teaches ways of coping with hurts. We cannot control all that happens to us, but we can control how we respond to everything.
This recovery program emphasized spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ. Lasting recovery cannot happen without this step; everybody needs Jesus. This recovery program recognizes the biblical truth that we need each other in order to grow spiritually and emotionally. It is built around a small group interaction and fellowship of a caring community. Celebrate Recovery is built on the New Testament principel that we don't get well by ourselves. We need each other.
This recovery program addresses all types of habits, hurts and hang-ups. Some recovery programs deal only with alcohol, drugs or another single problem. But Celebrate Recovery is a "large umbrella" enabling participants to deal with a limitless number of issues.