Celebrate Recovery at New Creation Church

05/22/2026

Are you walking free? There’s hope!

"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" John 8:36Director: Elliott EicheldingerAssistant Director: Jacob MeltonEdited by: Elliott Eicheldinger...

05/05/2026

join us ThiS Friday for LIVE Testimony Night.

04/30/2026

It’s easy to learn the 8 Principles and 12 Steps…It’s harder to live them.

You can fill in every blank, quote every line, and still walk out unchanged.

Recovery isn’t about what you know.
It’s about what you practice.

Step 1 isn’t just something you admitted… it’s something you remember when pride creeps back in.
Step 4 isn’t just something you wrote… it’s something you continue daily.
Step 8 isn’t just a list… it’s courage in motion.
Step 12 isn’t a finish line… it’s a lifestyle.

James 1:22 (NLT) says,
“Don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says.”

So here’s the question:
Are you working the steps… or are the steps working you?

This week, don’t just TALK recovery.
Walk it. Live it. Do it.

04/30/2026

Let It Out
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
But do this with gentleness and respect.
”
1 PETER 3:15
One Sunday morning, our Sunday school teacher asked who would like to quote a favorite Bible verse. My hand
shot up immediately, and I said,
“Hebrews 8:12—God forgives my wickedness and remembers my sins no
more.”
I was new to the class, but I was so excited that God had chosen to forgive and forget my past that I couldn’t
contain myself. When the teacher called on me, I quickly replied,
“I just have to say it. I can’t hold it in!”
Sometime later, one of the men who had been in the class that Sunday told me he had made the following remark to the person sitting next to him: “Wow, he sounds pretty red up. But I bet that will be gone in a few years.” Then he said,
“But I can see I was wrong. You’re still red up!” And now, more than twenty- five years later, I’m red up even more because I now know God has not only rescued me from my old destructive path, but he has also been faithful throughout the years to keep me on the right path, one that leads to hope and
joy. I can’t possibly keep it to myself.
No matter how good or bad we are, we are never good enough. God has to rescue every one of us. We
should never keep that to ourselves.

PRAYER
Father, thank you for rescuing me and giving me a new start. I will be grateful for as long as I live and also for
eternity. In Jesus’ name, Amen

-Celebrate Recovery Devotional

04/30/2026

Living in the ER
“‘LORD, help!’ they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He led them from the darkness
and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains.
”
PSALM 107:13–14 NLT
The other day I heard a friend teach on being POWERLESS. As he spoke he placed on the stage three big
cardboard boxes, each with a syllable of the word powerless written on it, forming an acrostic.
As I was looking at these boxes, I noticed how the letters break down. Think about this:
POW—when we try to live under our own power, we are in essence a Prisoner Of War and a slave to our
junk.
ER—when we don’t allow God to lead us in our lives, we live in a constant state of emergency, remaining in
an emotional and dysfunctional Emergency Room.
LESS—I now know that when I recognize that I am not God and rely less on me and more on him, the
foundation for my life change begins to take shape.
He not only has the POWER to help us recover, but he also cares, he is willing, he is more than able, and the
best part—we matter to him. We don’t have to live like POWs, in and out of the ER, hoping each time that our
wounds will be healed. We can all rely LESS on ourselves and more on him. We are POWERLESS in our
weakness, but with God’s POWER, we can be made STRONG

PRAYER
Lord God, I no longer want to live a powerless life. Help me to lock into your power and receive the healing and
wholeness you want for me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

-The Celebrate Recovery Daily Devotional

04/28/2026

Me and Terri saw this robot at Lowe’s…his name is Tally. He just rolls up and down the aisles, scanning shelves, taking inventory, keeping everything accounted for.

Wouldn’t it be nice if RECOVERY worked like THAT?

Just send a robot through your life…
Scan your thoughts…
Check your motives…
Flag what’s out of place…
Fix it automatically.

But here’s the truth:
No one is going to do your inventory for you.

That’s why Step 4 matters so much:

“We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”

Not our spouse.
Not our sponsor.
Not our pastor.
Ourselves.

The Bible says:

“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.” Lamentations 3:40

Notice that…it doesn’t say someone ELSE will examine you.
It says let US examine our ways.

Recovery requires honesty.
And honesty requires effort.

“Tally” can scan shelves… but it can’t scan your heart.

That’s your job.

So if you’re in Step 4…don’t rush it, don’t avoid it, don’t fake it. Be fearless. Be thorough. God meets you in that honesty.

And for the rest of us walking this out daily…don’t stop taking inventory. Small check-ins keep big crashes from happening.

Take a few minutes today:
What’s off?
What needs to be confessed?
What needs to be surrendered?

Because freedom isn’t found in avoiding inventory…
It’s found in doing it.

Blessings- Tim

04/15/2026

Me and Terri burned this brush pile days ago. To the naked eye, it looked like the fire was completely out… cold, done, finished.

But this morning, when the wind started blowing… something happened.
A hidden ember came back to life…and the fire was reestablished.

That’s exactly how it works in recovery and in our spiritual walk.

You can think something is “handled.”
You can believe a habit is gone, a hurt is healed, an addiction is behind you…
but if there are still embers underneath: unresolved pain, unconfessed sin, unguarded thoughts…it only takes the right conditions for it to reignite.

All it took was wind.

The Bible says:
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8)

Sometimes the “wind” is stress.
Sometimes it’s loneliness.
Sometimes it’s success, boredom, or even overconfidence.

And suddenly… what you thought was dead starts burning again.

Recovery isn’t about putting the fire out once.
It’s about staying aware of the embers.

It’s about daily surrender.
Daily inventory.
Daily connection with God.

Because here’s the good news…

The same way the wrong fire can reignite…
God can breathe on the right fire in your life too.

“Fan into flame the gift of God…” (2 Timothy 1:6)

So today, ask yourself:
What’s still smoldering that I need to fully surrender?
And what has God placed in me that needs to be stirred back to life?

Stay close. Stay honest. Stay surrendered.

Because in recovery… we don’t just put out fires.
We learn to let God control the flame.

04/10/2026

I’ll never get tired of walking side by side with this incredible woman of God.

Taylor Creek Greenway has become one of our favorite places—where we slow down, breathe deep, and take in the beauty of what God has given us to enjoy together.

Grateful for her. Grateful for these moments. Grateful for this life.

04/10/2026

I walked past this stump today…

It’s been cut down. Stripped.Left for dead. No branches. No shade.
No reason to believe anything good could come from it.

And yet…
Life is breaking out of it anyway.

Shoots. Green. Growing..Defiant.

This is what grace looks like.
Because some of you feel exactly like that stump.

Cut down by addiction.
Worn out by relapse.
Haunted by decisions you can’t undo.
Told…maybe even by your own mind…
“You’ll never change.”

But that’s NOT what God says.

“But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.” — Psalm 52:8

You may have been cut down…
But you are not uprooted.

And as long as there’s still a root—
God can still bring life.

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me… to bind up the brokenhearted… to proclaim freedom for the captives…” — Isaiah 61:1

Hear me out…Recovery is not about fixing yourself. It’s about surrendering to a Savior who specializes in bringing life out of what should be dead.

Jesus didn’t come for the healthy.
He came for the broken.

He didn’t avoid the addicted.
He moved toward them.

He didn’t cancel the fallen…
He raised them.

And if He walked into your story today, He WOULD NOT say,
“Why are you still a stump?”

He WOULD say,
“Watch what I can grow from this.”

So don’t give up. Don’t walk away.
Don’t believe the lie that your story is over.
Because if there’s even a spark of life left in you…
Jesus is about to turn it into something you never thought possible. Invite him into your story!

“What looks dead… is growing again.”

02/09/2026

Unexpected Events in Recovery

Most of us come into recovery with a plan.
We imagine progress in straight lines.
We expect clarity, momentum, and quick wins.

Then life happens.

The phone call you didn’t see coming.
The relapse you thought was behind you.
The diagnosis.
The loss.
The disappointment.
The door that closes without explanation.

Unexpected events don’t mean recovery isn’t working.
They reveal whether our recovery is rooted.

Scripture names this reality in James 1:2–4:

“Consider it a great joy… whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.”

Recovery isn’t proven in calm seasons.
It’s revealed in disruption.

Anyone can stay steady when life cooperates.
Anyone can trust God when answers are easy.
But recovery deepens when plans fall apart and we choose honesty, connection, and obedience anyway.

Unexpected moments expose what we’re leaning on:
• Will we isolate or reach out?
• Will we numb or stay present?
• Will we make promises… or take the next right step?

God doesn’t waste interruptions.
He uses them to strengthen what’s real.

If your recovery feels shaken right now, hear this:
You’re not failing.
You’re being formed.

One day at a time.
One step at a time.
Still walking.