The Road to Freedom: Healing from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits

by Johnny Baker Narrated by Johnny Baker

Overview

The Road to Freedom*is the path of hope for all of us who are stuck. With practical application and inspiration, Johnny Baker shares his story of recovering from alcoholism and offers the truths he has learned from his 25 years with Celebrate Recovery.

Baker's father, John, founded Celebrate Recovery when Baker was 15 years old. Later, Baker became involved with alcohol himself. Even though he saw his parents' marriage heal and watched his dad become a new person, he had to experience his own journey of healing.

Baker began the process of recovery as a young adult. Now he serves on the leadership team of Celebrate Recovery, sharing his testimony of how God brought him back home. In the years since leaving alcohol behind, Baker has witnessed thousands of other lives change through the power of Christ.

Whether you are dealing with substance abuse, relational struggles, or eating challenges, or you simply want to let go of what is holding you back in life, you will find answers in*The Road to Freedom.*In addition to telling his own story, Baker offers ten principles of healing. These life lessons remind you that pain has a purpose, small and steady improvement lasts longer than overnight change, serving others leads to deeper healing, and facing your problems is the only way to heal.

The Road to Freedom*will help you move from coping with hurts, hang-ups, and habits to the hope and health that only Jesus can bring.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

07/02/2018
Giving oneself to Jesus’s love can help overcome any suffering, according to Baker (Celebrate Recovery 365 Daily Devotional), pastor and national director of Celebrate Recovery, a 12-step program for addressing “hurt, pain or addiction of any kind.” Baker went through a rebellious phase during high school when his father, John—a clergymember at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.—refused to address his alcoholism and separated from his wife. To mend the family, Baker’s parents proposed a 12-step program run through the church, modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous and Jesus’s Beatitudes; Celebrate Recovery is the result. Baker spends much of the book touting his father’s program and providing stories of miraculous recovery. There’s a lot of common wisdom here: admitting one has a problem and needs help, dealing with problems in small increments of change, and recognizing how helping others can work to help oneself. Some of Baker’s examples, however, such as using the angst of dealing with paperwork as evidence that “pain has purpose,” may fall flat for readers wrestling with serious issues. Despite this, Baker offers much to embolden and hearten conservative Christians looking for help through addiction or suffering. (June)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171761707
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	06/26/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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