Here's My Heart

By Kareena Holloway, Ministry TEAM women's Encourager Coach at Fellowship Bible Church, Rogers,
Have you ever been driving in the darkness of a cloudy night without headlights on?  Nah, I wouldn't dare do that either! On a curvy road like the one in this picture, that would be downright scary!  That's why I love headlights to shine in to the darkness of night!  
As with many things, I see a lesson in this.  God tells us in Luke 8:17, "For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open." and, for me, this is a fine example!  
Another example was when I was deep in my Love and Relationship Addiction, and had so many secrets hidden in darkness.  One day, though, those secrets were brought into the light and I had nowhere to hide.  I confessed my secrets through overwhelming emotion and when I was met with LOVE instead of rejection, I felt relief.  I didn't have to hide anymore.  I could be completely honest about my struggles and my need for recovery, and began letting God help me to always keep everything in the light.  What freedom I experienced in that!  

 Going to Celebrate Recovery for over 8 1/2 years now, I have enjoyed sharing God's truths with others and serving in any way I can!  Often, I will do a H.E.A.R.T (Hurting, Exhausted, Angry, Resentful, Tense) check just to see where I am at, where my heart is, and remember what my motivation is to serve.

 So where's your heart at?  What's your motivation for doing what you do?  Let me encourage you this week to remember what God has brought you through, all those times in the darkness where he has been your light.  As you process through this time, remember this truth of God for you:  

 "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."  -Isaiah 41:10 ESV
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, 
so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." -Romans 15:13

Have a blessed week forever family!  Click HERE to listen to "Here's My Heart, Lord" by David Crowder

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Why do we introduce ourselves?

One of the things that might confuse a newcomer coming into this great ministry is the way we introduce our self and do so every time we meet in a Step Group and/or Open discussion group. The question that often comes up is; “Why in the world would we have to introduce our self every time we come together? I mean, we all know each other don’t we? We all know what the other is struggling with right? So why should I have to state my main issue I am dealing with? These are all logical questions and I think the below content from Tina at Saddleback might help shed some light on this. As you may already know, in our small groups we ask our Leaders to introduce themselves with this statement: “Hi my name is _______; I am a believer who struggles with________.” We ask our leaders to keep it short; to stick to one or two primary areas of recovery. We ask them not to state a host of recovery issues and character defects, etc… especially because we do not run recovery specific groups for cha...
Read more

12 Days Of CR Christmas

Image
One of our great leader Monica rewrote the lyrics to this old Christmas song to tie into the 12 steps. We had a lot of fun singing it and love that it keeps the focus on the 12 steps thru Christmas. Great job Monica! On the first day of Christmas, my Savior gave to me, the notion it’s not about me; On the second day of Christmas, my Savior gave to me, my sanity, and the notion it’s not about me. On the third day of Christmas, my Savior gave to me, the will to be faithful, my sanity, and the notion it’s not about me. On the fourth day of Christmas, my Savior gave to me, my inventory, will to be faithful, my sanity, and the notion it’s not about me. On the fifth day of Christmas, my Savior gave to me, the chance to come clean! my Inventory, faithfulness, my sanity, and the notion it’s not about me On the sixth day of Christmas, my Savior gave to me, desire to be humble, the chance to come clean! my Inventory, faithfulness, my sanity, and the notion it’s not about me. On the ...
Read more

Guidelines are there for a reason

Anyone who has participated in a Step Study or a small group through Celebrate Recovery has heard the five small-group guidelines. They’re supposed to be read aloud before each meeting starts, just to remind everyone or to inform any newcomers. Most of the guidelines are obvious and make perfect sense on the first reading. Anonymity is vital and as people who are submitting to God as our Higher Power, we should realize that we are in no more a position to “fix” each other than we are to “fix” ourselves. There’s one guideline that puzzled and even annoyed me at first, that pesky no. 2. “There is NO cross talk. Cross talk is when two individuals engage in conversation excluding all others. Each person is free to express his or her feelings without interruptions.” At first I really didn’t understand the guideline. “Did they seriously need to tell us not to talk to each other while someone was sharing?,” was my thought. But as the guideline was explained further, I better understood. We ar...
Read more