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Celebrate RecoveryCelebrate Recovery
Principle #5:Voluntarily Submit to Every Change God
Wants to Make
by Wes Woodell (based on the Celebrate Recovery material by John Baker)
For more visit: www.westcoastwitness.com
Principle #5:Voluntarily Submit to Every Change God
Wants to Make
by Wes Woodell (based on the Celebrate Recovery material by John Baker)
For more visit: www.westcoastwitness.com
C.R. PrinciplesC.R. Principles
R – Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.
E – Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the
power to help me recover.
C – Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.
O – Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
R – Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.
E – Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the
power to help me recover.
C – Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.
O – Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
C.R. PrinciplesC.R. Principles
V – Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my
character defects.
V – Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my
character defects.
How can we accomplish this?How can we accomplish this?
By following the path to
V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.!“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires.”
Matthew 5:6
By following the path to
V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.!“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires.”
Matthew 5:6
7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
V – Voluntarily Submit
Romans 12:1
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship.
V – Voluntarily Submit
Romans 12:1
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship.
7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
I – Identify Character Defects
1 John 1:99 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
James 5:1616 Therefore confess your sins to each
other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
I – Identify Character Defects
1 John 1:99 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
James 5:1616 Therefore confess your sins to each
other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
C – Change Your Mind
Romans 12:2
2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good, pleasing and perfect will.
C – Change Your Mind
Romans 12:2
2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good, pleasing and perfect will.
7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
T – Turn Away From Sin, Turn to God (Repent)
Acts 3:1919 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that
your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord …
Galatians 6:22 Carry each other's burdens, and in this
way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
T – Turn Away From Sin, Turn to God (Repent)
Acts 3:1919 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that
your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord …
Galatians 6:22 Carry each other's burdens, and in this
way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
O – One Day at a Time
1 Corinthians 10:1313 No temptation has seized you
except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be
tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you
can stand up under it.
O – One Day at a Time
1 Corinthians 10:1313 No temptation has seized you
except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be
tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you
can stand up under it.
7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
R – Recovery is a Process
Philippians 1:6b
6b … he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until
the day of Christ Jesus.
R – Recovery is a Process
Philippians 1:6b
6b … he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until
the day of Christ Jesus.
7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
Y – You Must Choose to Change
James 4:6b-106b … “God opposes the proud but gives
grace to the humble.”7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you.8 Come near to God and he will come near to
you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Y – You Must Choose to Change
James 4:6b-106b … “God opposes the proud but gives
grace to the humble.”7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you.8 Come near to God and he will come near to
you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.7 Keys to V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.
V – Voluntarily Submit
I – Identify Character Defects
C – Change Your Mind
T – Turn Away From Sin, Turn to God
O – One Day at a Time
R – Recovery is a Process
Y – You Must Choose to Change
V – Voluntarily Submit
I – Identify Character Defects
C – Change Your Mind
T – Turn Away From Sin, Turn to God
O – One Day at a Time
R – Recovery is a Process
Y – You Must Choose to Change
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