The
book of Colossians gives us the truth guarded—in Christ
complete, sufficient in Christ. It
protects the believer’s new and glorious identity and what
it should mean to his faith as the walk of faith is
confronted with all sorts of religious systems claiming to
be the answer for the spiritual life. Colossians shows that,
since believers in Christ are complete in Him (2:10) in whom
are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (2:3),
they need nothing more for transformed lives than Jesus
Christ. He is our hope of glory both for heaven and for
transformed living. We don’t need the joy/peace killer of
legalism nor the futility of any of man’s religious or
philosophical systems. As we have received Christ alone by
faith in the message of the Gospel (1:4-5), so we are to
continue to walk by means of His life by faith in the truth
of God’s Word (2:3-10).
Last year
we realized that our church was suffering greatly in about
every department as we allowed the spirits of legalism,
tradition, rebellion, and man’s opinions to slowly
infiltrate our body. This is a very common problem in the
church world today. Through much prayer we called on the
Lord and with the strength of the Holy Spirit, we have
regained our vision for The Recovery Church!! We started by
building family, and WOW! This is awesome! We are building a
bond that is going to be hard for any spirit that Satan
throws at us, to overthrow! The Women’s group is learning
how to love ourselves first, learning that until we receive
the love that God has for us, we will never be able to give
the kind of love that God intended for us to give our
husbands, family and friends. The Men’s Group are learning
how God created men to be, as the spiritual leaders of the
home. The Recovery Church Praise Team, is as Dennis called
us last night “Amazing Grace”! We started with a bunch of “
are not’s” and God has taken us from the ashes and developed
us into a Prophetic Worship Team, that love each other, are
humbled and so blessed to be able to offer to our Lord, the
living sacrifice of servant hood! Thank You Jesus, for
loving us and developing us into a church that now purposes
to bless you in everything we do! debbie hall
Nelda Swift
Nelda will be moving to Texas in July to be near her
daughter. She has been a Duncan resident and member of
First Baptist Church for 80 plus years. Lots of friends
and family gave her a warm farewell a few weeks ago. She
has been such an inspiration & encouragement to Debbie
and I and our ministry. God has used her to bring key
people into our Church at crucial times. She also has
given us much wisdom and council and Godly direction
concerning some issues. She reminded me that she'e only
a phone call and a few hours away. We wanted to honor
her this month by thanking her for the many things she
has done, and is doing, for God's kingdom and this work.
The Lord bless and keep you Nelda! WE deeply love you!
Ladies Life Group
Anointed
women are arising and discovering their destiny. The Lord is
raising up our Women’s Life Group with a desire to take hold
of their destiny, as they advance, in building the kingdom
of God. We are claiming the destination that God has for
women, as we build a relationship with Jesus Christ and with
each other. Our women are learning and growing, we laugh and
cry with each other through the trials of life. We have a
heart for Gods ministry and a deep desire to grow into
whatever His destiny is for us. When anointed leaders truly
lead by the Spirit of God and tap into His prophetic power,
many people will follow in the freedom of the Spirit. Under
the anointing of the Holy Spirit when leaders and people
work in perfect unity by the Spirit it is time to bless the
Lord and sing. This is what Anna, Amy, Grace and Leann Boyer
did when they joined us a few weeks ago. Amy and Grace led
the worship and later in the Women’s group Anna gave a
lesson on The Destiny of Women and followed it up with
Prophetic prayer over each woman. We were so blessed to have
this time together, and the free, flowing words of
encouragement were filled with the Holy Spirit. We want to
thank you ladies for sharing and fellow shipping with us and
most of all for loving us through the work of the Holy
Spirit in each of you. debbie hall
June Fish Fry
Last year
our church body embarked on
a spiritual growth track according to Acts 2:41-47. "All
the believers devoted
themselves to the apostles’ teaching,to fellowship,to
sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to
prayer.
A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles
performed many miraculous signs and wonders...They
worshiped together at the church each day, met in
homes....and shared their meals with great joy and
generosity--all
the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the
people." Since
that time we have witnessed the fulfillment of the above
scriptures in our body. We have monthly fellowship meals and
4 weekly Life Groups which has created an environment of
genuine family! We are so excited about what God is doing
through our obedience to this word from Him!
Memorial Day Lake Trip
Recovery Life
Groups experiencing life with Jesus and life without drugs
or alcohol. We had a great day with our Lord at lake Murray
celebrating this new life with Jesus and our Christian
family. Shared some good testimonies and got some good sun /
Son!
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In closing we once again want to thank
each of you for the many ways you continue to support
this work and for all your prayers and encouragement!
After being shut down for over 9 months the Stephens
county jail has begin to let chaplains back in twice a
week but they can only can visit through the bean holes.
Please pray that they will allow use back in the pods
with the men and women. Debbie and I also received our
DOC badges last week after attending DOC chaplains
training and we will soon be going into the prisons. For
me this will be a new adventure with Jesus considering I
lived in one for over 7 years. The Lord continues to
richly bless and lead us and we are expecting more
recovery homes this year. We have such a need for them!
May God richly bless each of you and smile His good
pleasure upon you!
If your interested in partnering with use mail
support checks to "The Recovery Church..PO Box 2117,
Duncan, OK 73534" for a tax free donation!
Loving God-Loving
People-Serving Both While Serving Our Community.
Changing Our World One Heart at a Time!
Dennis & Debbie Hall Ministries
The Recovery Church
Stephens Co. Jail Chaplain
P.O. Box 2117
Duncan, OK 73534
Fax: 580-475-0681
Phone 580-606-3784
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