Recovery Thought of the Day - April 1st

Good Morning CR Family! Please see below for the Recovery Thought of the Day from Perry C.  Also, see below for new sign up links for Friday's on-line open share group meetings!   Recovery Thought of the Day Power, Love & Self-Control I was 22yrs. old when I became a Christ follower.  The pastor of the church I was attending gave me a verse to guide my faith journey.  It was 2 Timothy 1:7, “The Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love and self-control.” Last week Pastor Dennis reminded me of the importance of power, love & self-control working equally and in concert with one another. As I walk the path of recovery, this is what I’m discovering.  When the Holy Spirit fills us with power, we have a growing ability to make careful lifegiving choices based on our faith and personal understanding of God.  As the Spirit fills us with God’s love we can behave selflessly, compassionately and honoring towards others.  As the Holy Spirit gives us self-control.  We learn through lots of practice and working the 12 steps to accept responsibility for our behaviors and live our lives accountable to God and others. Lastly with the Spirit of God alive and at work in us we learn not to give in to fear/timidity but to be faithful and strong in the Lord.  I continue to work on each area, how about you? If you would like someone to reach out to you, text us your E-mail and name to 970-645-6109 and we will have someone from within CR reach out to you. Note: The thought of the days along with other key updates will also be posted on our facebook page (Celebrate Recovery at Crossroads Church Facebook Page) and for those without facebook, they will also be posted on the following blog site: https://crossroadscr.blogspot.com UPDATES/REMINDERS: If anyone is in need for somebody to reach out to, please text your name to 970-645-6109, and we will have somebody from the team reach out to you. On Friday's at 6:30pm, We are hosting "CR Friday Night Live."   To subscribe to our youtube channel  please click on the following link and select the subscribe button.  CR Youtube Channel Link .  There will be a song or two of worship and then a short recovery based dialog between a couple of CR members.  This will be streamed on youtube.  On Friday's we will be hosting on-line open share group meetings at 7:30pm.  There will be one mixed issues group for men and one mixed issues group for women.  Sign Up Here: Men's Open Share Sign-up / Women's Open Share Group - Sign Up Link.  These meetings will take place using the Zoom App.  In order to participate you will need a tablet, smart-phone or computer with camera.  In order to ensure confidentiality of these meetings everyone who participates will need to find a private room to set up, have their camera on, so others can see that there is no one else in the room and they will also need to wear a pair of headphones so that they are the only ones that can hear.  This is a free app and you can download it on google play, apple app store or through your web-browser on your computer. For help on how to join a Zoom meeting please click on the the following link, which will take you to their support web-site Zoom Set-Up Help Blessings, James U.