Cedar Point Recovery - Weekly Messages

Join us as we wrap up our series.

“Invite Your One” is a challenge to remember that most of us did not find our way to Jesus alone—someone invited us, walked with us, and helped us belong. Using the examples of Andrew, Simon Peter, Philip, and Nathanael, this message shows that following Jesus should naturally lead us to bring others toward Him. It also reminds us not to forget the pit God rescued us from, because remembering our own story restores compassion and urgency for people who are still far from God. The goal is simple: do not just tell your one about Jesus—invite them, walk wit...

Ninety-nine is a good enough number for a report. It was never a good enough reason to forget the one. Somebody stopped showing up and you noticed, but you told yourself it was not your place. The shepherd did not take attendance. He left the hillside and went. Somebody did that for you once, and they did not have the right words either. This week, make the call. No lecture, no fix. Just: hey, you have been on my mind, how are you really doing? Heaven counts one. So should we. #ForTheOne

Most of us rehearsed a speech before we ever came home. We had the apology ready and a plan to work off the debt. The son got to say he had sinned. He never got to say make me a hired servant. The father was not hiring. #ForTheOne

Living Sent challenges us to recognize that following Jesus means living with purpose wherever God has placed us. We are not just saved from our past—we are made new, given a mission, and sent to represent Jesus in our homes, workplaces, relationships, and everyday lives.

Join us for our very special guest Janae Swann as she shares how God changed her story.

Nobody warned some of us that following Jesus was going to cost something. So the first time it hurt, we assumed we took a wrong turn. Paul knew exactly what was waiting for him and he walked toward it anyway, because he had found something worth spending a life on. The cost is real. The joy is greater.

#TheAssignment

Nobody in this room walked in empty handed, and the problem was never a stingy God. The problem is we would rather bury a gift than be bad at it in front of people. Fear looks responsible right up until the day you have to explain the hole in the ground. Use what He gave you. #TheAssignment

Some of us have been working all night and catching nothing. Same cycle. Same shame. Same empty net. Then Jesus steps into the one boat you were embarrassed for anybody to see and says go deeper. He is not waiting on you to get impressive. He is waiting on you to let go.

#TheAssignment

Most of us are not stuck because we do not know what God wants. We are stuck because we want the whole map before we will move our feet. God does not hand out the road. He directs the step. Take the one already in front of you. #GamePlan

When God blocks one path, He is guiding you toward a better one. #GamePlan

You built the plan. You mapped every step, and you’ve been white-knuckling the outcome ever since. Here’s the truth — your plans can be good and still not be the point. God’s purpose was always bigger, and it’s already ahead of you. Open your hands and take the step. #GamePlan

You’ve been told you were a mistake, a label, a lost cause. Here’s the truth: you’re not random and you’re not ruined. You’re God’s masterpiece — designed on purpose, remade in Christ, handed a purpose that was written before your worst day. Stop answering to a name He never gave you. #GamePlan

Jesus already broke the chains. But freedom does not survive in isolation. The Spirit teaches us to walk it out one surrendered step at a time, and the body helps us carry what is too heavy to carry alone. Stop fighting alone. #TheWarWithin

Nobody plans the fall. The relapse, the blowup, the secret — it never gets scheduled, and when it comes, shame whispers the same thing every time: pull away, hide, handle it alone. That’s the enemy’s whole game. You will fall — but falling isn’t failing, and you were never meant to get back up by yourself. #TheWarWithin

Most of us keep losing the same spiritual battle because we’re fighting it with the wrong weapons — feelings, willpower, and isolation. Ephesians 6 says God already armed us: truth, faith, His Word, and prayer, fought out together with His people. We don’t fight for the victory; we fight from the victory Jesus already won. Pick up the weapons that actually work, and stop fighting alone.

Join us as we begin our new series The War Within.

Some fires leave more than ashes. The marriage that ended, the relapse that cost you, the dream that died — life doesn't always leave us a little banged up. Sometimes it burns the whole thing down. In this final message of our Breaking Point series, we look at what God does after the collapse. Because the same God who meets us at the breaking point knows how to rebuild what broke there. Your ashes are not the end of your story.

“Carried by Community” is a message about the danger of isolation and God’s design for healing through honest, Christ-centered community. In a culture that celebrates self-sufficiency, many people quietly carry shame, addiction, grief, fear, and emotional exhaustion alone while pretending they are okay. Using Galatians 6:1-3, this message confronts the lie that needing help is weakness and reveals that spiritual maturity is not hiding struggles but helping carry burdens. The gospel shows us that Jesus carried our greatest burden at the cross, which means we no longer have to live behind masks or fake strength. This message challenges people...

Join us as Chris Neill shares his testimony.

Your weakness is not the place where God gives up on you. It is often the place where His grace becomes the clearest, His power becomes the strongest, and His presence becomes the most real. You do not have to fake strength to find freedom. Bring Jesus the weak place, because your weakness is where God’s strength gets loud. #BreakingPoint

Your breaking point is not your ending point. When life comes apart, God does not back away from broken people. He draws near, He stays close, and He often begins healing through honest connection. God is near. #BreakingPoint

A lot of us keep hiding because we are afraid that if people really knew us, they would reject us. But the gospel gives us a better story. In Jesus, we are seen, loved, forgiven, and invited into family. Freedom grows where we belong. You can’t heal what you hide, and you can’t hide where you belong. #Unmasked

A lot of us know how to talk about freedom, but we are still fighting in secret. We hide our struggles, isolate in shame, and wonder why nothing changes. But God never designed healing to happen in hiding. Healing grows when we step into the light, get honest, pray together, and let trusted people walk with us. We do not heal alone. We heal together. #Unmasked

A lot of us are terrified of being fully known because we assume honesty will cost us love. But the gospel tells a better story. In Jesus, we are not invited into hiding, performance, or denial. We are invited into the light. Confession is not where condemnation starts. It is where cleansing begins. You are more known than you realize, and in Christ, more loved than you thought possible. That is why confession is safe. #Unmasked

A lot of us know how to look okay while falling apart underneath. We hide sin, fake strength, and act like everything is fine, but pretending keeps us sick. God does not heal the version of us we perform. He heals the real us when we bring our lives into the light. Hiding keeps us hurting. Honesty sets us free. #Unmasked

A lot of people start strong, but few keep walking when life gets hard. Hebrews 11 shows us that real faith isn’t about perfect people, it’s about persistent people. If we’re going to live this out, we don’t quit when it gets messy, painful, or unclear. We keep walking. #FaithInAction

A lot of us don’t have a faith problem, we have an honesty problem. We believe in some areas and struggle in others, but instead of bringing that to Jesus, we hide it. The truth is, God doesn’t shame weak faith, He strengthens it. You don’t have to fake it. Bring your doubt, your questions, and your unbelief to Him and watch what He does. #FaithInAction

Join us for a special service as Coach Key shares his testimony.

A lot of us know how to talk about faith, but James 2 says real faith shows up in real steps. If our faith never moves our hands, our calendar, our relationships, or our habits, then it’s not faith, it’s noise. This week we’re done being spiritual commentators. We’re putting faith into motion. #FaithInAction

Your feelings are real, but they are not reliable. Anxiety, shame, anger, and fear will try to sit in the driver’s seat, and if we let them, we will keep crashing. Hebrews 11 says faith is evidence when we cannot see and an anchor when emotions wobble. This week we stop being led by what we feel and we start being led by who God is. Take one obedience step and tell somebody. #FaithInAction

In Acts 9:10–19, we see that a real encounter with Jesus never ends with us sitting still, it always leads to assignment. Saul gets stopped in his tracks, but God doesn’t just work in Saul, He calls an ordinary man named Ananias to listen, go, and serve, and that one act of obedience becomes the doorway to someone else’s miracle. This message challenges us to get close enough to hear God call our name, brave enough to say yes when it costs us comfort, and faithful enough to serve in a way that opens blind eyes, because we weren’...

We all make plans. We chase goals. We build our own version of the future. But sometimes God steps in and interrupts everything. In Acts 9, Saul is headed one direction with confidence and momentum, and Jesus stops him cold. What felt like a disruption was actually grace. This message reminds us that God’s interruptions are not punishments. They are invitations to a better path. #FaceToFace

Most of us carry guilt we don’t know what to do with. We hide it, minimize it, or let it quietly define us. In John 4, Jesus meets a woman buried under shame and does something unexpected. He tells the truth without condemning her and offers grace without conditions. This message reminds us that Jesus doesn’t expose us to shame us. He exposes us to heal us. #FaceToFace

Presence Over Performance confronts the pressure to pretend, polish, and perform in order to be accepted by God. In a world that rewards image and effort, this message reminds us that God is not impressed by who we pretend to be. He meets us as we are. Drawing from Exodus 33, we see that real change does not come from trying harder, but from slowing down and meeting God face to face. This message invites us to drop the masks, show up honestly, and discover the transforming power of God’s presence.

“From Knowing About to Knowing Him” confronts the gap between information and transformation. In a culture full of spiritual knowledge but little daily surrender, this message challenges us to stop settling for facts about Jesus and start pursuing real relationship with Him. Through Paul’s words in Philippians 3, we’re invited to let go of what we’ve been trusting in and discover that true freedom, power, and life are found not in religion, but in actually knowing Jesus.

When Following Costs You Something confronts the reality that while following Jesus is free, it is not comfortable. Rooted in Luke 9:21–27, this message challenges us to stop chasing comfort, control, and approval, and instead choose surrender, obedience, and real life in Christ. In a culture obsessed with happiness and self-preservation, Jesus calls us to lay down our way, let go of what is slowly killing us, and follow Him without shame. This message invites us to move beyond shallow faith and step into the freedom and life only Jesus can give. #TheRealThing

“Idols of a Nice Jesus” confronts the tendency to reshape Jesus into a version that feels safe, comfortable, and non-confrontational. Rather than rejecting Jesus outright, many of us unknowingly edit Him, keeping what comforts us and removing what challenges us. Anchored in Colossians 1:15–20, this message lifts our eyes to the real Jesus revealed in Scripture: fully God, Creator of all things, Sustainer of life, and Redeemer through the cross. A “nice” Jesus cannot transform us, but the supreme Christ can. This message calls us to surrender our false versions of Jesus and encounter the One who truly has the power to c...

In Week 1 of The Real Thing, we confront the reality that Jesus was never meant to be a label we wear or an accessory we add to our lives. Using John 14:6, we see that Jesus does not simply show us a path. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Our culture encourages us to follow our own way, define our own truth, and search for life everywhere except God, but those paths always leave us empty. Real transformation begins when we stop treating Jesus as optional and start building our lives on Him. This message calls us...

Your generosity is building something. In Week 3 of our Everyday Altar series, we’re learning that worship is so much bigger than singing, serving, or even showing up. Worship is the way you live. It’s the way you love. It’s the way you give. Paul tells us in Philippians that generosity isn’t just kindness — it’s a “sweet-smelling sacrifice” rising to God Himself. That means your giving is not just kindness; it’s worship. This week we’re choosing to give like God is our provider, our source, and our reward.