A Refreshing Letter from Christian Recovery Leader
Paul Robb of Tucson Reporting on the Strength of the New Stick with the Winners
Group [Arch of Freedom] Organized in His Church in Arizona
Dick B.
Hi gents,
At my church today, Pantano Christian
http://www.pccwired.org/ we started a
new study on being "sent" and the themes in the Bible are plentiful
regarding God sending people out for his good purpose (we covered Matthiew 9: 35-38(applies to AA) and start
Matthiew 10 next week). We believers ARE the Church. There is no back-up plan,
we are it. It is an honor, privlidge, and a huge exciting responsibility. Boil
it all down, and what is more important? Nothing.
I just keep getting the message loud and clear about doing
SOMETHING in the area of my fellow drunks and addicts to get the message
to them about the true good news.
Your work in this area is incredible. I have not even
scratched the surface on all your materials. As I continue to work though it
all, I see I am making mistakes as I go. As you can probably tell, I get
fired-up about things and can charge off on a mission without being fully
prepared. It has been suggested correctly, that the old saying "ready!,
fire!, aim!" sometimes applies to me. I am challenged with work / effects
of a bad economy / two and soon to be 3 kids in college / and trying to balance
God time / family / career etc...I am seeking guidance from God as to what I am
to be doing. I know answers will come.
I think the materials you have created could be used as a
curriculum for teaching and training those with a appetite to dig deep and
become truly educated on these issues, and then have thereby created qualified
disciples to start meetings in communities across the country / world, and
provide a venue for the Word to thrive in the recovery community. There may be
millions of people that think going to a couple meetings a week, having one or
two sponsee's, and trying to be a good person is enough to live a happy
sober life and then, the "God
of their understanding" (or
invention in many cases) will welcome them into eternity with open arms
unconditionally. Is it not just like satan to wrap a lie like that, (one with
the consequences of an eternal death
sentence) with enough sugar to make the poison pill go down with the patient
thinking all is fine? Seems to me that is a pretty good discripition of AA
these days. The stakes are high. The harvest is plentiful. How exciting.
Whatever mistakes I might make, I will not make the biggest
one, that is to do nothing. I will follow the recipe you have created as best I
can and strive to improve as we go. But having the meeting, even in it's
current form, is a HUGE thing, unprecidented in our area, and it is going to
get better. Thank you for all you have done, and I am thrilled to have met you
both and am quite sure our meeting was no accident. I know God has something
big brewing because I have been under
direct and full force attack to be taken off track. I need support of my fellow
believers and know I am safe in Christ and plan to stay very close to him.
. . . [snipped]
God Bless,
Paul Robb
phrobb@yahoo.com
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