Walk in the Light Conference and other news from L.I.F.E.

[ From the Directors ]
Conference this Summer
by Bob and Johna Hale, President and Executive Director

This July, L.I.F.E. will host its 2nd Annual L.I.F.E. Conference in Orlando, Florida. We are incredibly excited and feel blessed with the expansion of this conference. This year, we are increasing the conference to 2 full days of expanded content, break-out workshops, and a special Friday night guest speaker. As new developments are made in the field of sexual addiction recovery, we work to incorporate them into our conference, delivering the most up-to-date, comprehensive educational experience. We are supplementing the conference with break-out workshops for intense focus on specific topics in a more personal and interactive atmosphere. And we have invited Dr. Mark Laaser, the foremost Christian authority on sexual addiction recovery and the author of the L.I.F.E. Guide for Men, to speak the first evening of the conference on the Seven Desires of the Heart.
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[ In Recovery ]
Baiting Lions Wait Patiently to Pounce
Brockwell Bone, Director of Development

Last month, I was camping with my Cub Scout and missed our church’s sermon on 1 Peter 4:7-11. Peter writes of casting all anxiety upon God. When I read this, I hear – “let go and let God”. In recovery, that is easier said than done; Peter continues, “Be self-controlled and alert” (v. 8a). Now we’re talking, Peter reinforces that yes, we should entrust our addictions to God, but we must also do our part – staying alert of triggers and remaining on our recovery path with self-control.
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[ Facilitating ]
The SA Umbrella
Sue Moore, L.I.F.E. Alliance Director

Over a year ago I began describing the concept of sexual addiction as an umbrella of coping mechanisms similar to the beverage alternatives of the alcoholic and noticed the audience easily understood the scope and inclination of sexual addiction behaviors. Shortly thereafter I placed the illustration into our training presentation and realized as I communicated the idea the connection of our shame, abandoned value, fear and doubt would be like the originating cloud and raindrops of this scenario. Praise God for such a clear picture of not only the sexual addiction behaviors, but all coping mechanisms as our response to the lies we believe. 

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May He use us to speak truth to the Bride, glory to God!
Confident in Him!
Sue

2010 Walk in the Light Conference

July 9 & 10, 2010 - Orlando, FL

Special Early Bird and L.I.F.E. Group Rates Available for a Limited Time!

L.I.F.E. Conferences deliver cutting edge information on sexual addiction origins, individual recovery, managing relationships as well as the vision and mission for recovering addicts, sponsors, facilitators, counselors, pastors, concerned parties, and anyone interested in gaining knowledge about sexual addiction recovery.

Join us at this year’s conference and with special Friday night guest speaker, Dr. Mark Laaser, the foremost Christian authority on sexual addiction recovery. Dr. Laaser will be presenting his 7 Desires of the Heart.

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Teen Boys Becoming Predators Due to Porn

From the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families...

The absurd notion that pornography is just “harmless fun” has suffered a couple of setbacks in the past few weeks. According to press reports in the United Kingdom, the complete rejection of that belief cannot happen soon enough.

The British newspaper Daily Mail, in its digital Mail Online, reported in their recent article “Teen boys watching hours of internet pornography every week are treating their girlfriends like sex objects” (3/8/10) that teenage girls in London have themselves revived the concept of a chaperone for protection from the sexual demands of boyfriends who are growing up on porn.

According to teens and experts, the pervasiveness of online pornography is quite literally changing young men into sexual predators, leaving young women seeking refuge—tearfully, in some cases—in a Jane Austen-like manner and desperately desiring their parents’ guidance.

To read the remainder of this ebrief, visit http://www.nationalcoalition.org/thenewchaperones.asp

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