Celebrate
Recovery: 365 Daily Devotional by John Baker, Johnny
Baker and Mac Owen
Signaling the 25th anniversary of the
Celebrate Recovery program used in countless churches and other venues, the
group has issued a devotional that is for those dealing with hurt, habit, and
hang-ups. With the beginning of
Celebrate Recovery, started in 1991 by John Baker, who instilled his vision in
a thirteen page single spaced outline, the movement grew from a small network
of groups to all over the country. In
this devotional, you will find pictures of grace seasoned throughout the days,
but also you will note some real honest talk regarding relationships, sin,
addiction, and a path toward recovery.
If I were to sum up the gravity of this book in a simple
phrase, it would be life-giving. People
banter around the phrase ‘life changing’ without really understanding its fully
orbed meaning, but life-giving is a phrase that brings together the vision of
this book. How is this devotional
life-giving? First, it centers the
process of recovery around the presence of the Triune God. They write, “…we need a present-tense God who
is to guide us in our everyday lives…We need a past-tense God who was there
from the beginning and who created us in his own image…We must have a
future-tense God…who is to come and make good on his promises to us (39).” Secondly, the recovery journey is founded
upon (90) “a searching and fearless
inventory of ourselves.” Secrets,
half-truths will not do, but facing uncomfortable truths with a band of
brothers or sisters will help us recover.
This devotional is quite simple in that it focuses on
one key theme or story at a time, brings together the power of the Scriptures, and
gives us a thought to chew on. The part
on Scripture memory had some tips as to highlight a meaningful passage, write
them on notecards, and carry them with you during the day. All these very practical tips bring the
Scripture to our minds throughout the entire day.
I hope you will enjoy this devotional as I am.
Thanks to BookLook Bloggers for the copy of this book in
exchange for an honest review.
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