FFC Celebrate Recovery

FFC Celebrate Recovery Celebrate Recovery is a national Christ centered recovery program.

Join us every Thursday night to learn the tools to overcome your life's hurts, habits and hangups.

Happy Labor Day from Celebrate Recovery! Today we honor the work of our hands, but Labor Day can also remind us that we ...
09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day from Celebrate Recovery!

Today we honor the work of our hands, but Labor Day can also remind us that we were never created to carry everything alone.

Some of us know what it feels like to work hard just to hold everything together. To carry the weight of our past, our hurts, our habits, our relationships, and the things we wish we could change.

But recovery teaches us something powerful:

We can work hard without trying to be our own Savior.

Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” — Matthew 11:28

Today, take a breath.
Lay down what you were never meant to carry.
Thank God for how far He has brought you.
And remember—healing is work, but you don't have to do the work alone.

There is freedom. There is hope. There is recovery.

Happy Labor Day! 🇺🇸
Celebrate Recovery — where hurts, habits, and hang-ups meet grace.

A huge thank you to our sister Stephanie for sharing such a powerful lesson on Grace last night at Celebrate Recovery. H...
09/04/2026

A huge thank you to our sister Stephanie for sharing such a powerful lesson on Grace last night at Celebrate Recovery.

Her illustration using a simple box gave us something we could see and maybe recognize in ourselves.

Sometimes we carry things around that were never meant to define us. Shame. Guilt. Regret. Hurt. Mistakes. Things we've done. Things that have been done to us.

We put them in our "box," carry them everywhere, and sometimes convince ourselves we have to keep carrying them because we don't deserve to put them down.

But that's not what grace does.

Grace meets us right where we are not because we've earned it, but because God loves us.

Grace doesn't pretend our hurts and mistakes don't matter. It reminds us that they don't have to be the end of our story.

What are you carrying that God is asking you to surrender?

You don't have to keep carrying what Jesus already paid for.

Thank you, Stephanie, for reminding us last night that grace isn't something we earn. It's something we receive.

CHIP NIGHT AT CELEBRATE RECOVERY! THE JOURNEY BEGINS. FREEDOM, ONE CHIP AT A TIME. Tonight, we celebrate the steps forwa...
09/03/2026

CHIP NIGHT AT CELEBRATE RECOVERY!

THE JOURNEY BEGINS. FREEDOM, ONE CHIP AT A TIME.

Tonight, we celebrate the steps forward.

Whether it’s your first chip, 30 days, 1 year, or another year of recovery—IT MATTERS.

Every decision to keep going matters.
Every day you choose recovery matters.
Every step toward healing matters.
Every milestone deserves to be celebrated. 🎉

Your journey may look different from someone else’s, but your progress is worth celebrating.

Come celebrate with us tonight as we honor the courage it takes to keep moving forward.

🪙 One chip at a time.
❤️ One day at a time.
🙏 One step at a time.

Your recovery matters. YOU matter.

GRACE FOR THE JOURNEY Tonight at Celebrate Recovery, we’re talking about GRACE.Grace meets us right where we are—not bec...
09/03/2026

GRACE FOR THE JOURNEY

Tonight at Celebrate Recovery, we’re talking about GRACE.

Grace meets us right where we are—not because we have everything figured out, but because God knows we’re still growing, healing, and learning to surrender.

You don’t have to have it all together to come to CR. You just have to be willing to take the next step.

🙌 Join us tonight for our lesson on Grace at 7 PM!
🕗 Stay at 8:00 PM for Open Share Groups.
👧 FREE childcare is available!

Come as you are.
Come find freedom.
Come connect with people who understand.

There is grace for where you’ve been, grace for where you are, and grace for the journey ahead.

SEPTEMBER: A NEW SEASON 🍂A new month doesn't magically erase what happened before it.Some of us are walking into Septemb...
09/03/2026

SEPTEMBER: A NEW SEASON 🍂

A new month doesn't magically erase what happened before it.

Some of us are walking into September carrying things from August—hurt, disappointment, temptation, regret, exhaustion, or questions we still don't have answers for.

But a new month can be a reminder:

God is still working.
You are still growing.
And your story is still being written.

This September, let's choose to:

S — Surrender what you can't change and trust God with what comes next.

E — Embrace the process, even when growth feels uncomfortable.

P — Persevere when the easy thing would be to go back to old patterns.

T — Thank God for the progress you can see—and trust Him with the progress you can't.

E — Encourage someone else who may be struggling to keep going.

M — Make room for prayer, worship, God's Word, and honest conversations.

B — Believe that God is working, even in the places where you can't see the evidence yet.

E — Extend grace. Recovery is a process, and we all need it.

R — Rest in God's promises instead of constantly trying to control the outcome.

Recovery isn't about having everything figured out.

It's about being willing to take the next right step.

Sometimes that step is asking for help.
Sometimes it's making an apology.
Sometimes it's setting a boundary.
Sometimes it's surrendering something you've been holding onto.
Sometimes it's simply getting out of bed and choosing not to give up today.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" — 2 Corinthians 5:17

Whatever August looked like, September gives us another opportunity to move forward.

Not all at once.

One day at a time.
One choice at a time.
One step closer to freedom.

We are Celebrate Recovery. ❤️

And recovery is better together.

SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH!Recovery looks like us.It looks like the person who finally admitted, “I need help....
09/02/2026

SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH!

Recovery looks like us.

It looks like the person who finally admitted, “I need help.”

It looks like the person learning how to forgive.

The person rebuilding trust.

The person setting a healthy boundary for the first time.

The person breaking an old pattern.

The person learning to say “no.”

The person showing up even when they don't feel strong.

The person who has fallen and is choosing to get back up.

Recovery isn't about having it all together.
It's about being willing to let God work in the places where we once tried to hide, control, numb, or run.

At Celebrate Recovery, we believe everyone has hurts, habits, and hang-ups. And we don't have to walk through them alone.

There is no shame in needing help.
There is no shame in starting over.
There is no shame in saying, “God, I can't do this by myself.”

There is hope.
There is healing.
There is freedom.
And there is grace for the process.

This Recovery Month, let's celebrate every step forward—especially the ones nobody else sees. 💜

Recovery looks like us.
And there is a place for you here.

📍 Come find your people.
🤍 Come as you are.
🙏 Let God begin the work.

DID YOU KNOW OVER-COMMITTING CAN BE A HANG-UP?Sometimes being busy looks like being responsible.Helpful.Faithful.Serving...
09/01/2026

DID YOU KNOW OVER-COMMITTING CAN BE A HANG-UP?

Sometimes being busy looks like being responsible.

Helpful.

Faithful.

Serving.

But sometimes our constant “yes” is coming from a place God never asked us to live in.

We say yes because we're afraid someone will be disappointed.

We say yes because we don't want to feel needed less.

We say yes because we feel guilty saying no.

We say yes because we're afraid of what people might think.

So we fill every empty space.

We take responsibility for things that aren't ours.

We keep showing up even when we're running on empty.

And eventually, what started as “I just want to help” can turn into exhaustion, resentment, frustration, and burnout.

Here's something recovery teaches us:

A healthy “no” is not selfish.

Setting a boundary doesn't mean you don't care.

Resting doesn't mean you're lazy.

You don't have to prove your worth by constantly being available to everyone.

Even Jesus stepped away from the crowds to pray. He didn't meet every demand placed on Him, and He didn't allow other people's expectations to determine His obedience.

So maybe the question isn't simply:

“What can I do?”

Maybe it's:

“God, what are You actually asking me to do?”

Because there is a difference between being called and being compelled by guilt.

Today, ask yourself:

Am I serving from love and obedience—or am I saying yes because I'm afraid of what will happen if I say no?

That might be something worth bringing into the light.

Recovery begins with honesty. And sometimes honesty sounds like, “I can't do everything—and I don't have to.” ❤️

DID YOU KNOW ABANDONMENT CAN BE A HURT?Abandonment isn't always someone physically walking away.Sometimes it looks like ...
09/01/2026

DID YOU KNOW ABANDONMENT CAN BE A HURT?

Abandonment isn't always someone physically walking away.

Sometimes it looks like someone you trusted slowly stopped showing up.

A parent who wasn't there when you needed them.

A relationship that ended without the answers you needed.

Someone choosing something—or someone—over you.

And sometimes what hurts most isn't just that they left.

It's what their leaving taught you to believe:

“People always leave.”
“I can't trust anyone.”
“If I get too close, I'll get hurt.”
“I have to protect myself.”

So we build walls.

We keep people at a distance.

We struggle to trust.

We hold on too tightly because we're afraid of losing someone again—or we leave first so we don't have to experience being left.

But sometimes the reactions we developed to survive the hurt can become the very things that keep us from experiencing healthy relationships today.

At Celebrate Recovery, we don't have to minimize those wounds, hide them, or pretend they didn't affect us.

We can bring them into the light.

We can be honest about what happened.

And we can allow God to heal not only the wound of being left, but also the beliefs and behaviors we developed because of it.

People may have left.

People may have disappointed us.

People may have failed us.

But God has never abandoned us.

“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5

Your story may include being left.

But being left does not mean you were forgotten by God. ❤️

A FRESH START FOR A NEW WEEK. You don't have to carry last week into this one.Not the mistake you keep beating yourself ...
08/31/2026

A FRESH START FOR A NEW WEEK.

You don't have to carry last week into this one.

Not the mistake you keep beating yourself up over.
Not the disappointment.
Not the conversation you wish you could take back.
Not the decision you regret.
Not the progress you thought you should have made by now.

You can learn from yesterday without living there.

Recovery is not about getting everything right. It's about becoming willing to face what's real, surrender it to God, and take the next right step.

Lamentations 3:22–23 reminds us that God's mercies are new every morning.

That means you don't have to fix your entire life today.

You don't have to figure out the whole week.

Just ask:

“God, what is the next right thing You are asking me to do?”

Maybe it's making the apology.
Maybe it's setting a boundary.
Maybe it's admitting you need help.
Maybe it's making the phone call.
Maybe it's choosing not to go back to the thing that kept hurting you.

One day at a time.
One choice at a time.
One step at a time.

That's how recovery happens.

And that's how God continues to change lives.

What is ONE next right step you're choosing to take this week?

Did you know the need for attention can become a hang-up?Sometimes we need to be noticed, praised, reassured, or validat...
08/28/2026

Did you know the need for attention can become a hang-up?

Sometimes we need to be noticed, praised, reassured, or validated so badly that we start depending on people to tell us we matter.

And if we’re honest, sometimes the attention isn’t really the issue.

It’s what we’re trying to get from it.

Maybe we’re trying to fill rejection.
Maybe we’re afraid of being overlooked.
Maybe we need someone else to remind us that we’re enough.

But people were never meant to carry the weight of proving our worth.

At Celebrate Recovery, we learn to look beneath the behavior and bring the deeper hurt to God—the places that keep asking, “Do I matter? Am I enough? Does anyone see me?”

The answer is yes.

You matter. You are seen. You are loved.

You don’t have to perform, impress, or chase attention to be worthy of love.

Let God heal the place that keeps asking others to give you what only He can truly provide. ❤️

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