God is moving in CR

Written by Brookelynn Harper, Fellowship Bible Church Celebrate Recovery, Rogers, "The Landing" Resident, 12/30/20 Joshua 3:5 has become one of my favorite Bible verses. It comes right after the Israelites had been wandering in a desert without direction for 40 years. Moses – their leader and guide - had just died. They didn’t really know what they were doing, or where to go next, but God raised up this new leader Joshua. It had been three days, and they were waiting just one river away from the land that God had promised them. The Israelites had tried to enter this land before and failed – before Moses had died. The people living across the river were scary, and up to this point the Israelites hadn’t even been able to face up to the idea of trying to stand against them. Now they were ready but had to wait until they could figure out how to get their entire people across the river.               There are times that I feel so close to a goal I can taste it. Then suddenly

By Carl Kimbro, Fellowship Bible Church Celebrate Recovery Devotional Team, 12/9/20    I love winter. I always hope that this is the year we will get a lot of snow. The cold air is invigorating and makes me feel so alive! But before I started going to CR and found freedom from my addictive sins, I loved winter for a different reason. The days were shorter, and it was dark both when I left for work and when I returned. I tried to hide in the darkness so no one could see how miserable I really was. Life seemed like nothing but sorrow, sin and one disappointment after another. I truly felt as if I had no hope for any kind of freedom from my struggles in life.   When I first attended CR, I never participated. I just watched everyone else and tried to understand why they seemed so happy when I felt so hopeless. There was no way that they were sincere! I thought they were just caught up in the moment, and that happiness would disappear once they got home. I wanted their joy, peace and ho

By Eric Hutchinson, Fellowship Bible Church Rogers Celebrate Recovery Training Coach, 12/2/20 The Lion King is one of my oldest daughter’s favorite Disney movies. The movie is about a lion named Simba. When Simba was a cub his father, King Mufasa, told him he could go anywhere in the pride-land, but he was not allowed to go outside the borders. Well, Simba decided to do just that and disobeyed his father. With his friend Nala by his side they entered a very dangerous place. Hyenas inhabited this place, and hyenas and lions were sworn enemies.  With Simba and Nala being only cubs, they were easy prey. As the hyenas closed in the two lion cubs tried to get away, but the hyenas were too fast and too strong. Simba and Nala were backed into a corner. Simba decided to let out a roar to hopefully frighten the hyenas away, but because he was a small cub his roar wasn’t very intimidating. In fact, it was a running joke during the first part of the movie. Still, Simba had very few options, so h