When Trying Harder Isn’t Working ...
When Trying Harder Isn’t Working — Learning to Depend on God for Healing

Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church by Craig Amstone

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Week Five: From Denial to Dependence — When Healing Finally Begins

Welcome to Celebrate Recovery at Peters Creek Baptist Church. This episode is part of our weekly companion conversations, created to help prepare our hearts as we journey together toward our Friday night Celebrate Recovery gathering.

Week Five marks a turning point. We are closing out Principle One and moving from the exhausting work of denial into the healing rest of dependence on God. This is where recovery shifts from self-effort to surrender—where healing becomes possible because God is finally invited to lead.

If you’re feeling tired, exposed, overwhelmed, or unsure whether you can keep going, this message is for you. You are not failing. You are right where transformation often begins.

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