August 2009 Archives

8/16/09 Tony's Testimony

Published on August 14, 2009 by Celebrate Recovery

Join us Sunday, August 16^th at 6:30 p.m. to hear Tony's story.

In Tony's words, he is a believer who struggles with walking out God's standard of sexual purity in his life. He says that even though he accepted Christ at a very young age and had a relationship with Him, he struggled to keep Christ at the center of his life and to rely on His power alone to heal his hurts and to change his heart.

In his story, Tony describes his struggles and his attempts to fix himself and how along the way he comes to realize that these Steps were not intended to fix him but to get him ready for God to pour out his Grace on his life. He comes to understand that his work was just submitting and staying connected to God and that God does all the real work.

Tony ends with encouragement to anyone new to the recovery process or struggling to make it through the Steps. His advice is to not quit. God is there. Joshua 1:9 says "Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified: do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." Tony says it took him years to get to where he is now but God was with him every step of the way. He knows now that God loved him just as he was and wanted nothing more than to lead him through this healing process. Tony believes his life illustrates how God can carry us victoriously through anything, if we let Him.

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