Life Recovery Today with Stephen Arterburn

About Life Recovery Today with Stephen Arterburn

Life Recovery Today with Stephen Arterburn focuses on people transforming their lives using the biblical principles found in the 12 step program. You discover how others have found a new way of life with hope for the future and obtain insights and tools to transform your life. The program is hosted by best-selling author and Pastor Stephen Arterburn, the founder of New Life Ministries and the editor of The Life Recovery Bible which has sold over 3,000,000 copies to help people integrate their faith and recovery journey. Steve is the founder and chairman of New Life Ministries and host of the #1 nationally syndicated Christian counseling talk show New Life Live! heard and watched by over 2 million people each week on over 150 stations nationwide, on SiriusXM Satellite radio and on NRBTV. Steve is a best-selling author of many books, including The Book of Life Recovery. With over 8 million books in print he has been writing about God’s transformational truth since 1984. He’s been nominated for numerous writing awards and has won three Gold Medallions for writing excellence. Along with Dr. Dave Stoop, he edited and produced the #1 selling Life Recovery Bible.

Publisher

Stephen Arterburn

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Aug 2022

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

169 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Choosing to Risk and Serve in Recovery

   On this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn explores two important choices that can deepen your recovery: taking healthy risks and serving others. Fear, anxiety, and past hurts can make us want to protect ourselves from anything that might cause pain. But trying to eliminate every risk can keep us stuck. Steve shares how trusting God, stepping outside your comfort zone, and allowing others to support you can open the door to healing, personal growth, and healthier relationships. Steve also explains how serving others can strengthen your recovery and give your life greater purpose. You don't have to have everything figured out before you can help someone else. By developing humility, recognizing your spiritual gifts, and serving at the right time, you can experience the healing that comes from helping others. In this episode, you'll learn: -Why fear and the need for control can keep you stuck -How taking healthy risks can lead to healing and personal growth -Why trusting God means moving forward even when the outcome is uncertain -How to overcome the fear of getting hurt in relationships Why serving others can strengthen your recovery If you're struggling with addiction, anxiety, grief, broken relationships, or another area of life, you don't have to walk through recovery alone. 📞 Need help? Call 1-800-NEW-LIFE. Learn more about Life Recovery resources at NewLife.com. (http://newlife.com) Find a New Life Recovery Group here: https://newlife.com/groups/meetings/?tsml-day=any?SOURCE=OLAPP (https://newlife.com/groups/meetings?tsml-day=any%3FSOURCE%3DOLAPP)

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Connecting & Forgiving in Recovery Is Essential

   Are you struggling to connect with others or let go of bitterness in your recovery journey? Steve Arterburn explains why connection and forgiveness are essential choices for healing, growth, and lasting recovery. In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve shares from his own healing journey and explains why pain can cause us to isolate ourselves from the very relationships we need. He explores the importance of finding healthy, redemptive connections and how community, counseling, and supportive relationships can help us heal. Steve also discusses the difficult choice of forgiveness. He explains why forgiveness does not mean forgetting, excusing, or enabling harmful behavior, and why unresolved bitterness and resentment can continue to hurt us. Drawing from Scripture and personal experience, Steve encourages us to receive God's forgiveness and extend forgiveness to others as part of our own healing. In this episode: • Choose connection instead of isolation • Build healthy, redemptive relationships • Recognize unhealthy relationship patterns • Seek support through community and counseling • Accept God's forgiveness • Work through grief before forgiving • Release bitterness and resentment • Forgive without excusing harmful behavior Recovery is not just about what you give up. It's about who you are becoming. Healing takes courage, connection, and a willingness to make choices that move you toward health and wholeness. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, broken relationships, or other life challenges, New Life offers resources, Life Recovery Groups, and counseling support. Learn more at NewLife.com (http://newlife.com) or call 1-800-NEW-LIFE. Find a New Life Recovery Group by visiting https://newlife.com/groups/meetings/?tsml-day=any (https://newlife.com/groups/meetings?tsml-day=any)

3. 

   24 Aug 2026

   Important Choices in Your Recovery

   When we feel stuck in fear, shame, guilt, anger, resentment, or unhealthy patterns, it can be difficult to imagine that our lives could ever be different. But transformation is possible when we're willing to recognize what needs to change, surrender, and take the steps necessary to move forward. In this episode of Life Recovery Today, Steve Arterburn explores the transformation process and the six stages that can help us move from recognizing a problem to experiencing meaningful change. You'll discover practical, faith-based encouragement for recognizing the places where you're stuck, letting go of quick-fix thinking, finding motivation to change, persevering through setbacks, and trusting God for a future beyond what you may have imagined. In this episode: • How fear, guilt, shame, anger, and resentment can keep us stuck • Why trying to change through willpower alone may not be enough • The six stages of the transformation process • How illumination helps us recognize what needs to change • Why inspiration gives us hope for a different future • How evaluation helps us move beyond magical thinking and quick fixes • Why motivation matters when pursuing lasting change • How determination helps us keep going when recovery gets difficult • What it means to reach realization and experience a transformed life • How God's grace offers renewal, restoration, and recovery no matter where we've been Recovery isn't about becoming perfect or changing everything overnight. It's a process of recognizing where we're stuck, taking responsibility, surrendering, and continuing to move forward. And no matter what you've done or been through, your past doesn't have to define your future. 📞 Call: 1-800-NEW-LIFE 🌐 Learn more and find a New Life Recovery Group: newlife.com/groups (http://newlife.com/groups) 📖 Discover Life Recovery resources: liferecoverytoday.net (http://liferecoverytoday.net) 👍 If this video encouraged you, be sure to share it with someone who may need hope today.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

4 ratings

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