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Refuge on the Ridge: Putting families back together, one man and one family at a time.

09/08/2026

We want to give a huge THANK YOU to Bobby Williams!

Yesterday, we made a post sharing a need—and Bobby responded with radical generosity. Because of his willingness to sow into this ministry, we now have this enclosed trailer to help us continue serving and investing in the lives of men seeking freedom, restoration, and a new beginning.

Bobby, your generosity is about so much more than a trailer. You are sowing into changed lives, restored families, and men discovering who God created them to be. Thank you for seeing the vision, believing in what God is doing at Refuge on the Ridge, and stepping up when there was a need.

“Whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” — 2 Corinthians 9:6

Please help us thank Bobby for being such an incredible blessing! 🙏🏼🙌🏼

09/07/2026

🚨 MINISTRY NEED 🚨

Refuge on the Ridge is currently in need of an enclosed trailer to help us transport donations, supplies, furniture, tools, and other items used to serve the men in our program.

If you or someone you know has an enclosed trailer they would be willing to donate—or sell to the ministry at an affordable price—please reach out to us. Your generosity would help us continue providing a safe, structured, Christ-centered environment for men rebuilding their lives through recovery.

Even if you cannot help directly, please share this post. The right person may be on your friends list!

Thank you for believing in this ministry and helping us continue the work God has called us to do. 🙏

09/05/2026

Sometimes the strongest and bravest words we can say are, “I need help.”

Asking for help isn’t weakness—it’s the moment we stop fighting alone and begin moving toward healing. Recovery starts when pride steps aside, honesty takes over, and we allow God and others to walk beside us.

You don’t have to have everything figured out. You just have to be willing to take the next step.

If you’re struggling today, reach out. Help is available. Hope is real. And your story is not over.

“Two are better than one… If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” — Ecclesiastes 4:9–10

09/03/2026

Some days, the weight of life feels heavier than others. We may feel tired, discouraged, or confused about what God is doing—but struggling does not mean we are failing.

In recovery, we learn that we don’t have to understand the entire journey. We simply have to trust God enough to take the next right step. The same God who carried us through our darkest days is still carrying us today.

Give yourself permission to feel—but don’t allow your feelings to convince you that God has abandoned you. Rest when you need to. Pray when you’re overwhelmed. Reach out when the burden becomes too heavy to carry alone.

“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” —1 Peter 5:7

Keep showing up. Keep moving forward. Keep trusting God—even when life hurts. 🙏❤️

09/02/2026

Every child wants sober parents—no matter how old they are.

Addiction doesn’t only affect the person using. It reaches into our homes, our marriages, and especially the hearts of our children. They may grow up, move out, start families of their own… but there will always be a part of them that wants their mom or dad healthy, present, dependable, and sober.

Recovery isn’t just about getting our own lives back. It’s about becoming the people our families needed us to be. And while we cannot erase yesterday, God can redeem what we surrender to Him today.

Sometimes rebuilding trust takes longer than getting sober. Sometimes forgiveness takes time. Sometimes the people we hurt need to see consistency before they believe the change is real.

That’s okay. Keep showing up. Keep doing the work. Keep choosing recovery. Keep choosing God.

Your children may be 8, 18, 28, or 48—your sobriety still matters. ❤️

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” — 2 Corinthians 5:17

09/01/2026

SPEAKING TRUTH IN LOVE ❤️

Sometimes love means encouraging someone. Sometimes love means standing beside them when they’re hurting. And sometimes… love means telling them something they don’t want to hear.

But how we speak the truth matters.

Truth without love can become judgment.
Love without truth can become enabling.
But truth spoken in love can lead to healing, growth, and freedom.

In recovery, we need people in our lives who love us enough to say, “Brother, I see where this road is taking you, and I care too much about you to stay silent.”

That isn’t condemnation. That’s accountability.

Jesus never compromised truth—but He also never stopped loving people. He confronted sin while offering grace. He corrected people while pointing them toward something better.

“Speaking the truth in love, we will grow…” — Ephesians 4:15

Before we correct someone, maybe we should ask ourselves:

Am I saying this because I want to prove I’m right—or because I genuinely want to see them restored?

Because the goal isn’t to win the argument.
The goal is to win the heart.

And when someone loves us enough to speak truth into our own lives, instead of immediately becoming defensive, maybe we should ask:

“God, is there something here You want me to hear?”

Real love doesn’t ignore destructive behavior.
Real love doesn’t celebrate everything we do.
Real love tells the truth—and then sticks around to help us walk through it.

Speak the truth. Show the love. Reflect Christ. ❤️✝️

08/31/2026

Sometimes when life gets heavy, we assume we’re losing the battle. The temptation gets louder. The past starts calling. Anxiety creeps in. Old habits suddenly look familiar. And the enemy whispers, “Nothing has really changed.”

But struggle does not mean defeat.

You may be under attack, but you’re also under the blood. 🙏🩸

Recovery doesn’t mean we’ll never be tempted again. It means we’ve learned where to run when temptation comes. We don’t have to run back to the bottle, the drugs, the anger, the isolation, or the person we used to be.

We run to Jesus.

Revelation 12:11 says, “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.”

Your past may explain some of your scars, but it does not get to determine your future. Every sober day, every prayer prayed when you wanted to give up, every bad decision you refused to repeat, and every time you chose obedience over your feelings is evidence that God is still working.

So if today feels like a battle, keep fighting.

Stay sober. Stay surrendered. Stay connected. Stay in the Word. Keep showing up.

You may be under attack…

but you are still under the blood. And the blood of Jesus has the final word. ❤️‍🔥

08/28/2026

Some of the greatest gratitude is born in the hardest seasons.

You don’t truly understand the value of peace until you’ve lived in chaos.
You don’t fully appreciate freedom until you’ve experienced bo***ge.
You don’t recognize the beauty of hope until you’ve felt hopeless.

And sometimes, we don’t discover just how faithful God is until He is all we have left.

The desert seasons aren’t wasted seasons. They teach us to recognize the rain when it finally comes. 🌧️

For those of us walking the road of recovery, we can look back at places we once thought would destroy us and realize that God was using them to teach us dependence, gratitude, and surrender.

Maybe you’re in the desert right now. Don’t mistake a difficult chapter for the end of your story.

Keep walking. Keep trusting. Keep seeking God.

The rain will mean so much more because you remember what the desert felt like. 🙏❤️

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” — Matthew 5:4

08/27/2026

🔥 LET’S GET SOME REAL CONVERSATION GOING! 🔥

Recovery teaches us that sometimes the smallest decisions lead to the biggest changes.

So here’s today’s question:

What is ONE thing you had to let go of before your life could start moving forward?

Maybe it was:
🙏 A relationship
🙏 Pride
🙏 Resentment
🙏 Addiction
🙏 People pleasing
🙏 Your old identity
🙏 Trying to control everything

For some of us, the breakthrough didn’t come when God added something to our lives…

It came when we finally surrendered something we were never meant to carry.

👇 Drop ONE word in the comments.

You never know—your answer might be exactly what somebody else needs to read today.

“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” — 1 Peter 5:7

08/26/2026

TEARING DOWN STRONGHOLDS 🧱⛓️‍💥

Some of the strongest prisons in our lives don’t have bars—they exist in our minds.

Strongholds are built one thought, one lie, one wound, and one compromise at a time. “I’ll never change.” “I’m too far gone.” “This is just who I am.” “I’ll never be free.”

In recovery, we learn that getting sober is only part of the battle. God also wants to tear down the thinking that kept us bound in the first place.

We tear down strongholds when we replace lies with truth, bitterness with forgiveness, fear with faith, isolation with community, and our old identity with who God says we are.

The enemy may remind you of who you used to be, but he doesn’t get to decide who you’re becoming.

“We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” — 2 Corinthians 10:5

That stronghold may have taken years to build—but it doesn’t have to control another day.

Freedom begins when we stop agreeing with the lie and start standing on the Truth. 🙏🔥

Address

3800 Chalet Suzanne Drive
Lake Wales, FL
33859

Telephone

(863)4558585

Website

https://www.refugeontheridge.org/

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