Coffee, Recovery & Theology

Covering some basics, Loving God and Others, exploring the two greatest commandments and supporting scripture. Loving others honors Christ, and Showing faith through our service to others. Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com

This week Jesse dives into 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 and relates it to his own recovery. Covering the Spiritual Battle of having identity in Christ instead of identity in the world, also covering apathy and how it can possibly lead to relapse. Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com

I sit down with my guest Cheryl Brown and dive into worship and music, and a little how it fits into a Christian based recovery. We talk about the in's and out's and the work that goes into being in leadership. God Bless and come back next week! Jesse Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com

This week we sit down with Lance Jones, he shares his testimony of what he was like and through his Salvation has now turned around his life and ministers through his own experience to men coming out of addiction. Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com

I sit down with special guest Daniel Richardson, who shares part of his testimony, along with his plans to go on mission to plant Freeway Ministries in Sanford, Florida. For a full transcript of this episode check out our Facebook page: Coffee, Recovery & Theology Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com

In this episode I sit down with Kelly Vallortigara one of the leaders with the local Mountain Moving Ministry, he openly shares his experience of recovery, and the role Christ has had in his life. See our Facebook page for the transcript when it becomes available. Thank you for listening! God Bless If you have questions or would like to be a guest email coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com

The Armor of God – Spiritual Warfare Ephesians 6:10-18 Paul was the author of Ephesians, he was a Jew, but he was also a Roman citizen. He would be familiar with the armor of the Roman soldiers, so he uses Roman armor as his reference to the Armor of God. The Greek term for a fully outfitted soldier is Panoplia this is where we get the English term Panoply. V. 11, 13 & 14 we have reoccurring terms of stand and withstand, these relate to the Shoes/Sandals of Peace, with our feet and footwear we are to stand with Jesus with our solid rock, our foundation. There is significance to the order Paul uses in the armor. This would be the same order that soldiers actually put their armor on to be fully outfitted. V. 14, in this verse we get to the first piece of armor, the “Belt of Truth” – the belt typically held the tunic in place and helped to hold the breastplate in place -It is said that this is not talking about the truth of Gospel, but it goes to the idea, that is the undergirding of truth, in the sense of “integrity”, or “truth” in the inward being – Psalms 51:6 – Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. -The belt or girdle of truth would help with freedom of movement. This however gives us freedom with ourselves, our neighbors and with God. “Breastplate of Righteousness” – This piece of the Armor covered from the neck to the top of the thigh Isaiah 59:17 Putting on the Breastplate can be understood as choosing not to harbor and nurture known sin, striving to be more like Christ Jesus. V. 15 – “Shoes of the Gospel of Peace” – Or sandals, which where common footwear in the 1st century. Soldiers’ footwear was described to be hobnailed sandals. To get a better idea of this I would think of these as sandals with cleats, not unlike the idea of what modern day athletes wear, so they can have good traction and not slip. Our feet are in essence our foundation, and our shoes or cleats should be the firm foundation of the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, our solid rock. V. 16 – “Shield of Faith” – The shield of a Roman soldier was a large door shaped shield which is covered with leather or other metals. When covered with leather the leather would be soaked with water as a counter measure to extinguish flaming arrows – Being Wholly Reliant on God! 1 Thessalonians 5:8-9 The Shield of Faith offers protection to us, from people’s arrow tongues, shafts of impurity, selfishness, doubt, fear, plans of the enemy to burn and destroy – Faith in God – Faith in Christ quenches weapons of the enemy. V. 17 – “Helmet of Salvation” – This is God’s gift of Salvation, from penalty of sin, yet even more as his saving help to protect form the power of sin. “The Sword of The Spirit” – Speech in the Old Testament is often referred to as a sword. Words of the wicked are known to wound as a sword. – The Bible, God’s own word is also as a sword in his hand, a sword that lays bare, separating the false from the true, bringing judgment, also it brings us the joy of Salvation. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Matthew 4:1-10 V. 18 – “Prayer in the Spirit” – Before we dig into this I would like to point out, I have often been in discussion and listened to preachers over the years, when they cover the Armor of God, they stop at verse 17 and don’t keep reading. They leave out our greatest weapon that can be used in offense and defense – We don’t need to leave out this very important part of our armor. We need to be never ceasing in our prayer, coming to God the Father in prayer and supplication Luke 18 - Jude 20 - Romans 8:26 - Colossians 4:2 - Philippians 4 Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com

Please bear with me as I get my feet wet in doing this. I will get more confident as I do this more, this is uncharted territory for me, and please pray for success. I am excited to move forward in this journey. I hope you enjoy following along. As mentioned in this episode, Celebrate Recover meets in Hartville at the Freewill Baptist Church, Tuesdays at 6pm and goes till 9pm. There are step studies for men and women. Dinner is also served every week. If you have any comments or ideas please send an email to coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com and I will be happy to hear what you have to say. Thank you for listening God Bless, Jesse Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com

This is a program where we sit down over a cup of coffee and discuss various topics of Recovery and Theology of The Bible, also touch on local events in the Hartville community, including various guests Look us up on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeRecoveryandTheology Email: coffee.recovery.theology@outlook.com