Testimony by Cheryl S. (video)

We had a guest speaker Cheryl S. on 09-28-09. Cheryl gave her personal testimony.



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Recap of 09-28-09

God gets all the glory for bringing hurting and healing people back week after week. Cheryl S. shared her personal testimony and was gracious enough to allow us to film her. It will be available here soon! Her testimony was very powerful and has a strong message for many of us that are devoted servants to the Lord. It was an excellent follow up to Pastor Clay's spirited sermon on the 2nd half of the gospel this past Sunday. You have to view it for yourself to see how God got that message across to Cheryl in a real and personal way. It totally delivered her from all that she was enslaved to. We invite you to join us next week for another great lesson.


You also invited to join us Saturday, October 3rd at the Christian American Music Festival where Chris Gastardi will be speaking at 2:00 and the Celebrate Recovery Band will be playing at 2:20. There will be four other bands and many other great speakers including Shawn Norton, the Celebrate Recovery State Representative for SC.

Recap of 09-21-09

Cathy H. delivered a great lesson on Crossroads last night. This lesson corresponds to 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 to gain the power to follow His will. She asked God to speak through her, and He did as she spoke straight from the heart. The message was powerful, but she personalized it with examples from her own life as well. Those of us that are in step groups know how powerful the "Crossroads" assignment was to journal about our behavior each day in a one week period. This was to reflect on how we handled our reactions to people and situations so that we might identify patterns, look at our part and grow through the process. The suggestion Cathy reminded us of, written by John Baker of Saddleback Church, was to keep doing this throughout our Christian walk, but not to forget to note when we handled things well too.

Testimony by Deborah B. (video)

Deborah B. gave her personal testimony on 09-14-09.



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Recap of 09-14-09

Hope you are all well. We had a great showing at Celebrate Recovery Monday night. It was the largest group since the launch with 104 people total in attendance. The worship band gave God all the glory and prepared our hearts for Deborah B.'s testimony. She has recovered from Co-Dependency and many other wounds from her childhood that, according to her, "no child should have to endure." Her testimony is available to watch on here and you don't want to miss this one. Forgiveness permeated her testimony which gave us a little insight as to the love that Jesus has for all of us even though we hurt Him deeply at times. God bless you all and have a great week!

Recap of 09-07-09

Last night the CR band set the tone with a worship experience that brought in the presence of the Holy Spirit. Then Shawn, our State Representative, brought a powerful lesson on the grace of God. One memorable moment was when he passed out a check from Jesus to us and the amount of the payment was "Grace." We were then asked to fill our names in the "Pay to the Order of" category. Even though it was a holiday weekend, the Lord still brought 82 people and 4 children. Praise be to the Lord and Barefoot Church for giving us the opportunity to serve others who are desperate to heal their hurts, habits and hang-ups. The verses of the lesson are the theme verses of Celebrate Recovery: “But he said to me, ‘My grace is enough for you. When you are weak, my power is made perfect in you.’ So I am very happy to brag about my weaknesses. Then Christ's power can live in me. For this reason I am happy when I have weaknesses, insults, hard times, sufferings, and all kinds of troubles for Christ. Because when I am weak, then I am truly strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NCV).

Testimony by John M. (video)

John M. gave his personal testimony on 08-31-09.



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Recap of 08-31-09

Once again we had another spirit filled night of worship by our recently and appropriately named Celebrate Recovery Band, "The Sacred Blend." They set the tone for a testimony by John M., Barry's Co-Director of Celebrate Recovery at Barefoot Church; that was deeply powerful and full of God's healing touch. If you couldn't make it, it will be well worth your while to check it out here later today or early tomorrow at the latest. You will learn about the countless miracles that happened in John's life as he diligently acted out what James 5:16 directs us to do. "Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray one another so you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much." He gives example after example of answered prayer and healing. You won't want to miss this one. The last verse I want to give you applies to the testimony you heard and perhaps your own life and is full of hope, "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me, I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day." John 6:39. AMEN and AMEN

September is National Recovery Month!

Just thought you'd like to know! :)