Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 1/18/13 - A Real Husband

"And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. And we are members of his body. As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." Ephesians 5:21-33

One of the common misconceptions in Christian marriage is that the husband is the the absolute ruler in his home and his wife is somehow more property than partner. While the word does say for her to submit to her husband this is balanced by the husband loving her so much that she feels safe to submit. It says, "love your wives, just as Christ loved the church." How many of us really love like that? That kind of love requires not only that husbands bring home the check on Friday but that they create an atmosphere of love, security, respect, trust, faith, worship, honesty, kindness, selflessness, understanding, and oneness with God (and this isn't and exhaustive list). If in fact the husband is the king then he should treat her like a queen. He doesn't rule with an iron fist because God doesn't rule him like that. He doesn't expect blind obedience because God allows him to question, and discuss, and provide explanation. He can't truthfully expect any of this if he isn't trustworthy, faithful, respectful, kind and a man of integrity. He can't expect her to follow if he can't lead and he can't follow God. He can't expect her to feel safe and secure if he can't protect and provide for her. He can't expect her to lean on him if he's always toppling over. It's much more than her simple submission. It's his willingness to be there mentally, emotionally, physically, financially and spiritually and even be willing to sacrifice himself for her.

Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 1/4/13 - Step 12 - Can I Get a Witness?

"So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:6-8 NLT

Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of the steps, we tried to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs.

Since our recovery and our relationship with God manifests in such an incredible physical, mental, emotional change in us we usually can't help but be eternally grateful for not having to live the way we used to live. But the reality is with this change comes responsibility. God didn't transform us to be silent about the transformation. We're supposed want to tell somebody about what we've found. Think about it, if you find an awesome restaurant or a store with great bargains you aren't gonna keep it a secret so why keep the Source of what completely change your life a secret?

What's so awesome is that God isn't even asking to stand on the street with a bullhorn either, because folk are already watching this amazing change and will come to you. Plus as we encounter folk that are in the same condition the compassion that God has placed in us and the identification with what they're going through will motivate us to provide the hand up. We don't even have to know what to say because God will give us the words and the fact that we've been there and felt the same pain will give us the opening to plant a seed. All we have to do is be willing to show others a measure of what God has shown us.

Tomorrow's Worship is gonna be off da CHAIN! So excited! Preaching "Facing the Wreckage of Our Past" as the 5th Step message in our series "Surgery of the Spirit:the Word & the 12 Steps". 4110 Haverford Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19104 Saturdays @ 5pm!

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Apostle Kevin Gissendanger, Senior Pastor
Judah House of Prayer

Rev. Dr. Chris Kimmenez, Senior Pastor
Recovery Christian Center

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Christmas 2012 from Recovery Christian Center:

"That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. 9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified, 10 but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. 11 The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David! 12 And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.”

13 Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in highest heaven,
and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”

15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. 17 After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. 18 All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, 19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. 20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them." Luke 2:8-20 NLT

This is the real reason for the season. The King of Kings and The Lords of Lords left his Throne in heaven and came into the world born in a manger, wrapped in rags to a poor mother and stepfather so that we might be redeemed. The best way we can celebrate it is by showing ourselves as examples of "Peace on earth and goodwill towards men." We should not forget that the true Spirit of Christmas is the Spirit of Christ and the best way we can get in the spirit is by sharing the unconditional love He shows us.

To all of us RCC, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2012 Christmas Greetings from RCC!

This gonna be awesome!

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