Celebrate Recovery Harrisburg IL

11/06/2025

This is a recent testimony from Celebrate Recovery in Harrisburg. Hallelujah!

“I was born a girl, even though my mom said she only wanted a boy. She told me she didn’t hold me for the first two weeks. Even though she couldn’t accept me, deep down I was always a girly girl. By junior high, I wore pink every single day! Looking back, maybe that was my first sign of wanting control.

That need for control eventually turned into OCD. I carried deep pain and resentment toward my mom for not accepting me, and I spent years feeling unloved and unwanted. The hurt followed me into adulthood, and our relationship stayed broken.

Once, I spent days searching store after store for the “perfect” paint color—Sunshine Yellow. That moment opened my eyes: obsession can be its own addiction.

Through Celebrate Recovery, God began healing what I couldn’t fix on my own. The 12 Steps taught me forgiveness, honesty, and grace. My OCD isn’t gone, but I’ve learned to recognize my triggers and surrender them to God before they take over.

Today, I don’t chase control anymore—I chase peace.

Celebrate Recovery has taught me that true freedom comes through surrender. God’s still working on me—but now, I’m trusting His process.”

10/31/2025

Acceptance is the key,

“When my wife forgives me . . . and accepts me, I learn to receive God’s forgiveness and acceptance as well. In that moment, she is modeling God to me, revealing God’s mercy to me, and helping me to see with my own eyes a very real spiritual reality.”
- Greg Smalley

10/29/2025

10/28/2025

Come see us tonight at 7pm.

10/27/2025

This is a testimony from Celebrate Recovery in Harrisburg.

“Alcohol took me to rock bottom.
The pain from my past left me completely broken.
But God met me there — right in the middle of my mess. 💔➡️💖
Through Celebrate Recovery, He’s taught me grace, surrender, and freedom.
What the enemy meant for destruction, God has turned into victory. 🙌”

Let God start healing your hurts, habits and hangups.

10/25/2025

Hearing from God sometimes requires a lot of waiting. In fact, many people never hear God speak to them because they never wait long enough to hear what he has to say. But the Bible is full of promises about what happens when you wait on God. One of those is in the book of Isaiah: “They who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31 ESV).

So how do you wait on God? The psalms give three ways:

Wait quietly. “Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him” (Psalm 62:5 NLT). When you wait in the quiet—with nothing around to distract you—your body and spirit calm down, preparing you to hear from God.

Wait patiently. “Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act” (Psalm 37:7 NLT). Take all the time needed to focus on God and feel his presence. You’re never wasting time when you’re waiting on God.

Wait expectantly. “I wait expectantly, trusting God to help, for he has promised” (Psalm 130:5 TLB). God has promised to talk to you if you’ll take the time to listen. So come before him in faith, waiting in expectation that he will meet you.

Waiting doesn’t come naturally to most people today, so if you’re not used to waiting for God, it will take some practice—but it’s worth it! Wait for God quietly, patiently, and expectantly—and you’ll eventually hear him speak to your heart.

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10/14/2025

Celebrate Recovery is tonight 7pm at Little Chapel Church in Harrisburg. See you there!