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09/08/2026

One More Colorado

We are starting a Daily Recovery Reset.

Where we check in Spirit, Soul & Body to bring balance in our Recovery.

The first "check in" IS CONNECTION:

Am I connecting to God (the Father,Jesus, the Holy Spirit)?
Am I Connecting to others?
Am I Connecting to self
Emotions
Thoughts
Physical Health

This week we focused on spiritual connection.
Are we connecting to God (The Father, Jesus & Holy Spirit).

84% of scientific studies indicate that personal faith or religious involvement reduces the risk of drug abuse and 90% of alcohol abuse.
73% of addiction treatment programs use a faith-based program have a 40 to 60% success rate.

Statistics are nice to increase our ability to see that there are real results for Faith in Recovery from addiction. But actual experience of healing from the presence of God is more powerful than any statistic.

Afterall "Faith is a SUBSTANCE of the things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen." Hebrews 11:1

Connecting to The Father takes Faith for something we can't see with our natural eyes.

It takes Faith to believe He removed our guilt and shame by His sacrifice. He us, loves us right where we are. He wants us to draw near to Him so He can draw near to us. He knows every hair on our head. He knows every tear we have shed. He knows every time we have done well.

Our soul uses addiction to satisfy a craving for something. When you are in pain, you want to escape, you feel shame or you feel unwanted, unworthy, not good enough, or you just want to have fun but it gets out of balance. Put your "craving" in the blank.

Have you ever felt yourself craving something but you just can't put your finger on it.
Your soul is craving rest, relief, satisfaction, wisdom, unconditional love!

Connecting to the Holy Spirit satisfies and brings the answers.

In our group, we quieted ourselves. Positioned our hearts in a place of humility and faith to receive Truth. We asked The Lord, "What am I craving? What am I filling that craving with? What do you want me do to do about it?"

The Holy Spirit, the presence of God and Jesus, our friend wants to satisfy your soul. He is with us, He knows what we need even better than we know ourselves.

Trust the one who created you to satisfy your soul and give you answers.
Check your connection with Him.

Isaiah 55 puts it like this...
Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy w**e and milk (joy and nourishment)
Without money and without price.
Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance."...

We were created for Connection!!!

09/03/2026

One More Colorado has several things we teach as a way to overcome addiction.

First and foremost, we believe in Connection. Connecting to God in the secret place brings a solid place in the soul. It brings Peace in the storm, Love to the loneliness and Rest to the wrestling.

Faith (is the substance) to believe that a loving God, Jesus wants to meet with us and give us what we need in the depths of our being.

"Faith is the substance of what we hope for, it is the evidence of things we cannot see." Hebrews 11:1

Experiencing connection with God takes Faith, it does heal your emotions and the neuropathways in the brain, and this transforms the addicted soul to healing.

Healing negative emotions
Healing condemning thoughts
Healing past wounds
Healing identity

Connection with Father God's love.
Connection to Jesus as our friend.
Connection to the Holy Spirit our Counselor.

He is everything we need for Healing!

"And Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but [only] those who are sick. I did not come to call the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to repent], but sinners to repentance [to change their old way of thinking, to turn from sin and to seek God and His righteousness].”
Luke 5:31,32

07/06/2026

Recovery is not "White Knuckling" to overcome or to heal.

Recovery is surrender to a POWER greater than our own. Surrender to a stronger and wiser Leadership.

He can do the heavy lifting of our burdens.

Jesus said "Come to me, ALL of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."

Not striving to do better, not trying to control every outcome, not fearing the future, not running from hard things, not checking off a list of religious activities.

Connecting to the One that has a gentle and humble Leadership.

In biblical culture of that time the people understood the picture that Jesus was painting because Oxen would be yoked together to work in the fields.

The Law of the Yoke in Jewish Law emphasizes compassion and fairness, protection from cruelty. The size & gait of both animals yoked together would need to be similar.

But the strategy was for a stronger, more experienced Oxen to carry the majority of the weight and the younger, weaker Oxen to walk alongside (not behind) and just learn was the law to protect from cruelty.

Jesus puts out an invitation to protect us from the cruelty of religious teachings that require growth through trying harder. "White Knuckling" (enduring a stressful, painful, or anxiety provoking situation using sheer willpower without asking for help.)

We can ask for help from Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

We can rest while we follow Him, we can put all the emotional burdens on Him, we can just connect to Jesus and trust His leadership.

The Way, the Truth, The Life!

He is waiting for you to just talk to him. He wants a conversation.

Recovery from addiction, trauma and abuse, One day at a time until we are Free!

06/16/2026

Recovery is Warfare!

Healing from addiction and trauma is spiritual warfare and the practical application brings healing to our spirit, soul and body.

The war that rages inside our thoughts of temptation, identity, right relationships with others or with God and becoming a new person is real.

We need to recognize that some of this battle is spiritual. We have been reading the Book of Ephesians.

1:11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and makes EVERYTHING work out according to his plan."

1:13,14 "and now you Gentiles have also heard the truth of the Good News. When you believed in Christ he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised you long ago. The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him."

The inheritance is the guarantee of The Holy Spirit. Which marks us for eternity, gives us the ability to know that God works everything out for our good,
understand scripture, wisdom, council, truth, love, patience, kindness, self-control, goodness, peace, faithfulness, joy & Gentleness.

We connect to the Holy Spirit, like oil for our souls through gratitude!

Gratitude towards a merciful and loving God!

Gratitude releases natural mood boosting chemicals in our brain. Dopamine and serotonin.
-Cortisol is reduced.
-Decreases stress hormones.
-Activates neural networks in the brain associated with reward and emotional regulation.
-parasympathetic activation with gratitude shifts body out of fight or flight response.
- creates neuroplasticity in the brain that enhances empathy, decision making, guilt & shame
- graymatter is increased for better cognitive health.

Connecting to God with grateful hearts with worship and praise heals our brain, our hearts and our spirit.

Practical and spiritual healing in Recovery is warfare by way of Worship!!!!

Connect to Gratitude as Warfare!

06/14/2026

If you are looking for Christ Cenered community in your Recovery, join us this evening at Citipointe Church 5pm.

05/24/2026

Join us for Recovery Life Group tonight at Citipointe Church. Have a meal, worship God and connect with others!
See you there!

05/04/2026

Recovery is being in the Presence of God!

We have been exploring all the different ways God heals our Soul (mind, will, emotions).

Our mind (mindsets, thought pattern cycles of addiction, lies we are believing about ourselves or God).

Will be healed through His Word changing the neuropathways in our brain creating new pathways & connections that bind us to Scripture and God's Truth.

The distraction of social media, phones, TV etc. Will keep us addicted to a dopamine hit in our brain that doesn't allow healing to occur.

Quiet time with God in his presence, not only heals the brain but heals our emotional state.

This week, we discussed how worship brings us into the presence of God. His presence is like water to our soul. It satisfies the thirst & hunger that addiction can never satisfy.

Drugs, alcohol, po*******hy, shopping, food, working, relationships. The list can go on. But whatever is used to try to satisfy the soul will not fix the hunger, answer the problem or give you peace.

Practicing the Presence of God, is always going to bring healing, like water to thirst, food to hunger, light for the darkness, clarity for confusion, a vision of hope, the peace for chaos or the answer to a tough journey.

I pray we get the Revelation and Understand the Power of getting into the Presence of God through quiet time of asking and most importantly listening.
(Don't be afraid to hear what God has to say to you, it is always full of Love, even His Truth and He wants to speak to you personally.)

Worshipping a Creator that knows your name, the number of hairs on your head, the desires in your heart and the battles you face.

Quiet, worship, pray, listen and receive for your Recovery!

04/14/2026

Recovery is Breaking Strongholds in your mind!

A Stronghold is a pattern of thinking that is negative and powerfully keeps you connected to darkness. Old cycles, old patterns, unforgiveness, offense, unhealthy relationships...

Breaking those negative thoughts is neuroscience!

The supernatural things of God are practical, renewal of your mind and the Word of God have the power to break those strongholds.

Your words and thoughts are not harmless, they are electrical, chemical creative forces reshaping your brain and your destiny.

Every thought you think and every word you speak sends electromagnetic signals through your nervous system. Those signals fire neurons and WHAT FIRES TOGETHER, WIRES TOGETHER !

ROMANS 12: Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, may you be lifted up and thrown into the sea, abd it will happen. But you must really BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN AND HAVE NO DOUBT IN YOUR HEART! Mark 11:23

FAITH activates neuroplasticity in your brain!

Don't get stuck in negative cycles, change your thoughts, change your language.

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

STOP Believing the old things, the bad things, the hustle, the offense, that things will never change, Iwill never be healed, that person will always do that thing that hurts me, whatever it is....

Start believing, change thought patterns, speak to the mountain with God's Truth!

Recovery is Breaking Strongholds and changing our Destiny!!!!
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