The Celebrate Recovery Summit begins TODAY, July 30th and is a 2 day event ending tomorrow, July 31. We have discovered that many times when people hear CELEBRATE RECOVERY that immediately assume that we are talking about drug or other related addictions. WRONG! CR uses the terms hurts, habits and hangups. This is a great opportunity to join in a healthy and safe environment to grow as people . . . to grow as believers . . . and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves in a caring community. What happens at CR stays at CR!
Why would I be posting this on the Hokkien Harvest Blog site? Because this is international and also includes groups from East and SE Asia. Please pray for speakers as they share their lives with those who attend online. Pray too for every persona involved, because we all have a story and we ALL have issues. Pray that God will bring freedom where freedom is needed. Pray for those who are in bondage to hurts, habits and or hangups will have new beginnings that are life changing.
We are so grateful for the worldwide staff for Celebrate Recovery. This is just one more opportunity that God uses to speak into our lives.
Robert and I along with a third staff person, Cheryl, will be joining online as well.
At last count, I noticed that there are already more than 13,000 signed up for this event. How exciting is that. We have great expectations from our GREAT GOD.
island, the music ministry, preaching, food preparation . . . well, you name it . . . were all led by partners from the mainland churches. Every week they were diligent to prepare, make the trip, lead ministry, spend the night and take the boat back home the next morning. However, as we watched this video we saw local believers who are now leading worship, handling the computer, preparing food, etc. We often hear the words — THE WORKERS ARE IN THE HARVEST. Where are our future workers going to come from? God promises that his word WILL NOT return void. People come to Christ, and God calls them into service. God does keep his promises. He is a PROMISEKEEPER.
They are challenged by surrounding people who are not friendly to their religious beliefs. They are challenged by governments that desire to suppress them. They too face economic and health issues.
church in another fishing village, KS. Needs never go away. People need help. Are there challenges?
Among Hokkien people, there are so many stories of abuse, injustice, persecution, crime, gang activity, family dysfunction, as well as other hurts. How do we as human beings handle these issues? For ME, I really cling to Jesus. HE is my hero. HE asked God to forgive the people who were killing him. He tells me to love EVEN my enemies. AND then HE tells us that people in the world will know that we are HIS followers by how we love others. These are life challenges for me, but I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE that these precious words hold secrets just waiting for us. I pray that the worlds of my mouth, the meditations of my heart, and my life actions will be acceptable in God’s sight.
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