Pastor Al Discussing WHY THEOLOGY MATTERS?

Several Theological Principles guide our practice into recovery and the culture of Recovery that we desire to be created at New Hope Fellowship!
Every person is created in the Image of God and recovery is the journey of sanctification in which every man. Woman, and child is being brought back into wholeness back into the way that Christ has intended them to be.
The Holy Spirit is the power of recovery from the inside/out and is freedom in the body, soul and spirit of every man and woman.
The basis of truth for our recovery is the inspired revelation of Scripture that is the truth that sets each person free.
Working though our recovery is an act of Discipleship in which each person is learning to place their trust in Christ as well as to learn to surrender to the ways of the Lord which is the walk of obedience.
No one can recover alone and must be participating in healthy community.
The act of recovery is not done by facilitators or leaders because facilitators and leaders are coaches who are pointing people to Christ who is the source of recovery.
Christ based recovery is not a nebulous process in which people continue to place their identity in their Hurt, habit, and Hangup but instead, the power of redemption is to be walking free in ones Identity in Christ.
Grace is a greater taskmaster than the Law ever was in our recovery because Law Based Recovery only deals with what is outside of the cup but grace - based recovery deals with the motive of the heart.
Law-Based recovery is focused on the question “what is right and what is wrong” Grace based recovery asks the question “what is the will of the Lord?”
There is a need for three actions to take place in the journey of Christ-based recovery. These are found in Matthew 16:24:”Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” To deny oneself is the act of confession to admit to oneself, God and others that they are broken with a Hurt, Habit, or Hangup. To pick up one’s Cross is the act of repentance that one will walk out the dying process of having the old put away and to begin to live out the new. The third is restoration in that each person is empowered to live out their new life following the example of a life of recovery (or in the kingdom of God), who is Jesus Christ!

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I loved it. I read chapter one and watched the first video, loved it!

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Very good 😊

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Thanks 😊