Please see below for the Recovery Thought of the Day from Perry C. Also, make sure to check out the announcements for the sign up links for this week's share group meetings.
Recovery Thought of the Day:
Small Steps
Jesus told a story of a man who loaned three servant’s money to invest for him while he was away, Matthew 25:14-30. The first two servants invested and doubled the money; the third servant was afraid of the master, so he hid the money.
All God asks of us in recovery is to do something with what we have today; our time, abilities, relationships and resources. For us to choose to do nothing is the same as burying our potential and life.
Like the third servant we may feel scared. During those times we might be tempted to make excuses like, God won’t be pleased if I don’t really make it, I know I’ll mess up or who I am to even try? Sometimes we can fixate on our own limitations and think we aren’t enough or succumb to whatever holds us back instead of taking the next small step God or our accountability partner or friend is calling us to try. Refusal to take action is like burying the treasure God has given us to use for the benefit of others. God scolds the third unfaithful servant not for failing but for not trying.
God has absolutely no problem dealing and working with our failures, I can tell you that for sure! Check out how Jesus loved, corrected, forgave and restored Peter after his major mess up, Luke 22:54-62. This is what God does for all of us.
God doesn’t help us if we hide, refuse to take action in our own recovery or bury our abilities and gifts. Mother Teresa used to say, “We are called upon not to be successful, but to be faithful.” If we are connected to God, wanting to love others, ask God, what are you inviting me into? He has probably told us through other people or the scriptures. Don’t worry about the results or outcome. Step out knowing God has given us permission to be ourselves and expects us to take the next best step forward in our recovery.
In the opening story of the three servants, it says when the owner returned, he was pleased with the first two servants saying, “Well done, my good and faithful servants. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together, “Matthew 25:23. Did you notice? The servants were praised not because they were fruitful but faithful. They did what they were able to do with what they had been given.
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 you are in need of prayer, please send your prayer requests to CelebrateRecoveryatCrossroads@gmail.com and we will forward those on to our celebrate recovery prayer team. The Crossroads Church Prayer team would also love to pray for you, so when you send your E-mail, please note if you are okay with us forwarding your prayer request to the church.
- Fridays 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.
- Fridays 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. Men's Open Share Group Sign-Up Link / Women's Open Share Group Sign-Up Link Tuned! 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
James U.
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