Jack Dutton
Director E-Free Counseling & One Another Ministries
Compassionate Recovery Founder, Ministry Director
989-732-2647, jackd@miefree.org
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Thursday Night Compassionate Recovery Meetings
E-Free Church, Gaylord Campus Chapel
(Enter doors off middle covered drop-off area, upper parking lot)
1649 M-32 East, Gaylord, MI 49735, 989-732-2647
E-Free Church, Gaylord Campus Chapel
(Enter doors off middle covered drop-off area, upper parking lot)
1649 M-32 East, Gaylord, MI 49735, 989-732-2647
- 6:00 - 6:30pm: Doors open for a time of unwinding and fellowship,
- 6:30 - 8:30pm: The meeting begins with a time of worship.
- The Lesson time is taught by Jack Dutton, ministry coordinator.
- We break into Small Discussion Groups following the teaching time by genders (men with men and women with women). This is intended to be a time where ideas from the teaching time can further be explored on a more personal level, however no one is pressured to share.
- 8:30 - 9:00pm: The evening concludes with an informal time of refreshments and fellowship called the "Connection Cafe."
Video lessons and downloadable outlines are added each week
at bottom of page below the ministry overview.
at bottom of page below the ministry overview.
Compassionate Recovery Overview:
A Journey of Inner Change and Outer Purpose
A Journey of Inner Change and Outer Purpose
No one gets through life on earth without getting hurt. No one. Not even Jesus.
Bruises always indicate something harmful has happened to us.
Brokenness afflicts everyone on some level. Broken promises. Broken dreams. Broken relationships. Broken spirits.
Bondage often results from the very remedies we develop to deal with our bruises and brokenness. Drugs, alcohol, porn, distrust, bitterness, perfectionism, food, ambitions, possessing things, gambling, grief, workaholism, the internet, cutting, relational dependencies, and many, many other things can form barriers that keeps us from experiencing all God has in mind of us.
Too often people, including professing Christians, think the solution to their bruises, brokenness and bondages is to somehow design a prescriptive antidote that if they just follow it faithfully, try harder and believe more life has to get better.
However, what if the real problem that we can do something about is inside of us at the deepest level of our being? What if the solution is more about something God wants to do in us rather than to us? What if it isn't so much about behaving better, being more self-controlled, or trying harder and more about being transformed from the inside out?
The truth of the matter is, God is just as interested in getting heaven into us as He is about getting us into Heaven. We don't have to wait till we get to heaven to experience freedom and to begin to taste the many wonderful things we imagine are only possible in another yet future place and time.
"Jesus’ Good News is that eternal life – life with God and for God, life under God’s care and life by God’s power – is available now. If you want that life, the logical step is to become a disciple – a student, an apprentice, a follower - of Jesus. Simply put, discipleship is the means by which we learn to live the life that Jesus offers. Christianity was never intended to produce Christians. Just disciples." John Ortberg from "Eternity is now in Session" p.52
This is what Compassionate Recovery is really about.
And Compassionate Recovery is more than a quick fix.
It is an extraordinary opportunity to get to the root of bruises, brokenness and bondages, while simultaneously learning lifelong patterns that set people free and protect against continuing in old ways. Real lasting life change takes time and investment, so the greater the level of involvement using the tools of Compassionate Recovery, the greater the personal return.
Bruises always indicate something harmful has happened to us.
Brokenness afflicts everyone on some level. Broken promises. Broken dreams. Broken relationships. Broken spirits.
Bondage often results from the very remedies we develop to deal with our bruises and brokenness. Drugs, alcohol, porn, distrust, bitterness, perfectionism, food, ambitions, possessing things, gambling, grief, workaholism, the internet, cutting, relational dependencies, and many, many other things can form barriers that keeps us from experiencing all God has in mind of us.
Too often people, including professing Christians, think the solution to their bruises, brokenness and bondages is to somehow design a prescriptive antidote that if they just follow it faithfully, try harder and believe more life has to get better.
However, what if the real problem that we can do something about is inside of us at the deepest level of our being? What if the solution is more about something God wants to do in us rather than to us? What if it isn't so much about behaving better, being more self-controlled, or trying harder and more about being transformed from the inside out?
The truth of the matter is, God is just as interested in getting heaven into us as He is about getting us into Heaven. We don't have to wait till we get to heaven to experience freedom and to begin to taste the many wonderful things we imagine are only possible in another yet future place and time.
"Jesus’ Good News is that eternal life – life with God and for God, life under God’s care and life by God’s power – is available now. If you want that life, the logical step is to become a disciple – a student, an apprentice, a follower - of Jesus. Simply put, discipleship is the means by which we learn to live the life that Jesus offers. Christianity was never intended to produce Christians. Just disciples." John Ortberg from "Eternity is now in Session" p.52
This is what Compassionate Recovery is really about.
And Compassionate Recovery is more than a quick fix.
It is an extraordinary opportunity to get to the root of bruises, brokenness and bondages, while simultaneously learning lifelong patterns that set people free and protect against continuing in old ways. Real lasting life change takes time and investment, so the greater the level of involvement using the tools of Compassionate Recovery, the greater the personal return.
VIDEO LESSONS & OUTLINES
Each Thursday night's lesson is videoed and posted here,
with each week's downloadable lesson located below the video window.
with each week's downloadable lesson located below the video window.
PLEASE RESPECT THE FOLLOWING LIMITS:
At the present time it is requested that videos not be downloaded to personal computers
or shared in any other way without the permission of Jack Dutton.
Sharing the link to an individual video or directing to the Compassionate Recovery webpage is fine.
At the present time it is requested that videos not be downloaded to personal computers
or shared in any other way without the permission of Jack Dutton.
Sharing the link to an individual video or directing to the Compassionate Recovery webpage is fine.
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Weekly Downloadable Lesson Outlines
| 1. The "In the Beginning" Questions |
| 2. A Choice that Hurt Us -Perfection Gone |
| 3. The Struggles are Real, but there is Hope |
| 4. The Depth of Our Issues & The Height of Our Possibilities |
| 5. Minimizing & Denial Major Obstacles to Recovery |
| 6. The Great Journey of Inner Change and Outer Purpose |
| 7. Necessary Endings For New Beginnings |
| 8. Setting Godly Bearings Committing to Staying on Course |
| 9. Faith Plus Action Leads to Transformation |
| 10. From Powerlessness into God’s Empowerment |
| 11. Our Help in Time of Need - God and One Another |
| 12. God's Game Plan for Life |
| 13. A Life Foundation - Man-Defined Worth or God-Based Value |
| 14. Searching for Stability - The Benefits of a Sound Mind |
| 15. How Keeping Secrets Harms Us & Confession Helps Us |
| 16. Assessment Introduction - Dealing with the Stuff |
| 17. Effectively Using Life Assessments |
| ********************************LIFE ASSESSMENTS WORKBOOK***************************** |
| 18. Amends - From Regret to Possible Reconciliation |
| 19. Forgiveness: Finding Freedom from Psychological & Spiritual Baggage |
| 20. Taking a Closer Look at My Body, Mind and Attitudes |
| 21. Taking a Closer Look at My Priorities, Integrity, Family & Church Life |
| 22. Planning for "Forward Living" |
| 23. Backsliding Protection: Attentive Listening, Careful Thinking, Persistent Obeying |
| 24. Living a Life of Thankfulness |
| 25. Giving Back Out of What We have Recieved |
| 25. Giving Back Out of What We have Received |
| 26. Living with Few Regrets |
| 27. By Faith Keeping On Keeping On |