Life Recovery First Baptist Opelika

10/09/2025

Join us at First Baptist Church of Opelika, 6:30 pm in the Admin. building. Tonight's Bible Study and topic discussion is over Recovery Principle ... Self-Control, 2 Peter 1:2-9


First Baptist Church Opelika

10/07/2025

Hey Auburn/Opelika folks... just a reminder that Life Recovery of Opelika will meet Thursday, 6:30 pm at First Baptist Church Opelika on the 2nd floor of the administration building. Come and find hope and healing from whatever life struggle you're dealing with.😀😀

08/28/2025

Hey Auburn and Opelika peeps...tonight, 6:30 First Baptist Church Opelika Life Recovery of Opelika will meet in the Admin. building on the 2nd floor.

Tonight study: The Serenity Prayer Devotional, Psalm 111:1-10... What's it look like having a fear of the Lord and wisdom.

Big announcements for upcoming Step Studies as well.

08/12/2025

Join us Thursday at First Baptist Church of Opelika...6:30 pm and find out how to chart a new course in recovery.


Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. – Hebrews 12:1

Staying The Course

If you’re a Christian, God has already transformed your heart. But He also wants you to enter life in him like an athlete enters competition. That’s why the Bible, more than once, likens the Christian life to a race. Our faith in Christ motivates us to run it, and His power provides the strength to finish–despite the many times we all stumble along the way.

This illustration of a race refers to races where the runner would strip off his tunic and robe so he could run without any hindrance. If someone tried to compete in his robes, he would get tangled up and wouldn’t have a chance at winning.

God wants you to finish the race of life well. Set aside the distractions and the sins that entangle you. Pace yourself. Exert yourself. And remember, many have run and finished before you. They’re that “huge crowd of witnesses” Hebrews 12:1 speaks about, and they’re cheering you on!

– Steve Arterburn

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon

07/24/2025

Good morning Auburn/Opelika...join us this evening at Life Recovery First Baptist Opelika for our Life Recovery meeting.
First Baptist Church Opelika at 6:30 pm

07/17/2025

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Join us this evening, 6:30 pm at First Baptist Church of Opelika. Please use the main entrance doors as The Well is still experienceing a remodel.

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another - Proverbs 27:17 The dictionary defines the word "friend" as "a person who is attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard." This definition is accurate, as far as it goes, but when we

07/15/2025

07/15/2025

Matching Your Actions To Your Beliefs

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. – James 1:22

Matching Your Actions To Your Beliefs

It takes courage to stand up for our beliefs, and it takes character to live by them. Yet far too many of us spend more energy verbalizing our beliefs than living by them—with predictable consequences.

Is your life a picture book of your creed? Are your actions congruent with your personal code? And are you willing to practice the philosophy that you preach? If so, your character will take care of itself.

But if you’re doing things that don’t meet with approval of the person you see in the mirror, it’s time to slow down, step back, and think about how your conduct is shaping your character. If you profess to be a Christian but behave yourself as if you were not, you’re living in denial. And denial, in large doses, corrodes character.

So today, make certain that your actions are guided by God’s Word and by the conscience that He has placed in your heart. Don’t treat your faith as if it were separate from everyday life— instead, weave your beliefs into the very fabric of your day. When you do, God will honor your good works, and your good works will honor God.

Think about the importance of making your actions conform to your beliefs. Then, ask yourself if your behavior matches your rhetoric. If the answer is yes, congratulations. If not, think of a single step you can take today to stand up for the things you believe in.

– Steve Arterburn

Once you have thoroughly examined your values and articulated them, you will be able to steer your life by them. – John Maxwell

Believe and do what God says. The life-changing consequences will be limitless, and the results will be confidence and peace of mind. – Franklin Graham