Sexual Addiction Newsletter Released

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Read about reflections from the Living In Freedom Training event,
Going Home (rebuilding our broken lives),
Building Blocks of Effective Group Process: Reflective Listening,
This Is My L.I.F.E.: A Journey from Brokenness to Leadership

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Facilitator Training Calls Return!

Our facilitator training call series is starting back up! Join Glen W. in Orlando or Melissa Haas, author of our Spouse's Guide, on Tuesday, January 27th at 8 pm EST for an hour of education, fellowship, and training for facilitators of sexual addiction support groups. (missed last year's calls?)

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New Resource for Restoring Marriages broken by Sexual Addiction

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New Resource for Facilitators

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Mobilizing an Army of Warriors - the Leader/Facilitator Role

The L.I.F.E. Ministries leadership team, including our Director of Development, attended the Willow Creek Leadership Summit early in August. There were over a hundred thousand attendees from around the world, most of them via satellite. Bob and I have attended several Summits throughout the years, but I have never heard such urgency from all the speakers about fulfilling God’s purposes for our lives. The first words spoken by Bill Hybels, the pastor of Willow Creek Community Church were “We need to advance God’s purposes on earth.”

Immediately, my thoughts were that the Lord’s mandate for L.I.F.E. Ministries is to advance God’s purpose of preparing the Body of Christ to be the Pure Bride of Christ—without spot or wrinkle.All of us who are a part of L.I.F.E. Ministries certainly know that that is our purpose, and that to fulfill that purpose we need to mobilize an army of warriors to fight the assault from the enemy that tries to keep the Bride from being pure.

In the original vision I had in the Garden of Gethsemane, I was kneeling down at the rock with Jesus and I cried out: “not my will but thy will be done.” Then Jesus and I rose from the rock and I stood beside Him as a line as far as I could see of people of all races came marching forward in an army. The Lord told me that this is the army that He is calling out to fight the war against sexual addiction within the Christian community. You are a part of that army, and we so appreciate your participation. In the months to come, we will be telling you how you can help increase the size and effectiveness of this army.

The first thing that we can to do to better prepare for battle is to make our actions as leaders/facilitators lead to the things that matter to God. “Let our light shine and give glory to the Lord.”

When we place our hope in who God is and what He asks us to do, then He is responsible to get it done.

Leadership bears the responsibility to give back to others from the same freedom in which you received ministry. Then empower them to step up and facilitate that same healing to still others. People want to have meaning and purpose in their lives--that is what Principle Seven is all about. Have them ask the Lord to create a vision and purpose for their lives. Prayerfully, if the Lord so leads, many will want to join the other warriors working with L.I.F.E. People need to align around a mission and then become servant leaders themselves. This helps still others grow to join the army and make a difference in this world.

Tell your story so others will catch the vision, and desire that same freedom for themselves. Rather than remaining a victim of the addiction, they can find that they are to help others to live in freedom. Leadership is to empower others, not to have power over them. We can lead others to this gift by helping them to contribute to something.

As we grow into the army we are called to be, one of our most powerful weapons is love. In many ways this army is like other armies in devotion, discipline, focus, training, seriousness, and so on; but in some basic ways it is unlike any other army. The weapons of this army are not like any human weapons, but are divinely powerful. We do not hate our enemies—we love them! We do not fight to kill but to give life—not to conquer, but to set others free.

L.I.F.E. groups need to be an accepting and grace-giving environment for those who are truly seeking healing. We can do this by being an authentic and confessing community, accountable to one another. Without truth coming to the light, we will not have the freedom that the Lord so desires in our lives. L.I.F.E. groups give that safety for the truth to be spoken and the shame to be defused. As leaders, we need to model that transparency. You can learn more by joining the monthly Facilitator’s Calls for either men or spouses groups; details are on the website at www.freedomeveryday.org.

As a leader in this army, you must keep people around you who can speak truth and accountability into your life. Always be teachable to continue to grow in the likeness of Jesus.
Bill Hybels said that callings are precious and holy things. Let us be lights to shine in the darkness more than ever. We need those lights to bring glory to the Lord and to stand out in the Christian community--and in the rest of the world to as well –to offer something that the rest of the world does not.

Thanks for being a part of us! We cherish you and look forward to an even more effective army to glorify the Lord.

Bob and Johna Hale

(this post is an exerpt from the October Living In Freedom Monthly e-Newsletter found at www.freedomeveryday.org/newsletter)

Facilitator Training for Sexual Addiction Recovery Facilitators

There is still time to register for one of our two facilitator training calls - next Tuesday night!

Sometimes these calls are not muted to create an environment of open communication and learning. Please remember to keep background noise to a minimum as this distracts other callers and we are recording the calls to make them available for those that are not able to attend.

Men's Edition
The next men's group facilitator training call will be held on September 30th at 8:00 pm EST.
Join Glen from Orlando as he presents ideas & concepts and answers your questions in this one hour conference call.
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Spouse's Edition
The next spouse's group facilitator training call will be held on September 30th at 8:00 pm EST.
Join Melissa Haas, author of the L.I.F.E. Guide for Spouses, as she presents ideas & concepts and answers your questions in this one hour conference call.
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Team Meeting Tonight

The core Ministry Team for L.I.F.E. Ministries is meeting tonight to discuss:

Progress on Facilitator Training DVDs

Progress on Spouse's Facilitator's Guide

Progress on the L.I.F.E. Association

Prospect of offering Facilitator's Training Calls on CD

We will also celebrate a professor using the Orientation Guide for Men in his classes at Liberty University.

This is a closed call, only available to L.I.F.E. staff and volunteers.

Living In Freedom Monthly Newsletter - July 2008

Inside the July 2008 Living In Freedom Monthly e-newsletter ...

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Next Facilitator Training Calls <
Devotional: Change of Address <
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L.I.F.E. Ministries is a sexual addiction recovery ministry with support groups based in churchs across the United States. L.I.F.E. provides structure, resources, and support to local church leaders to encourage, empower, and equip God's people to live everyday in sexual integrity.

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Sex Addict Recovery Group Facilitator Training Calls

Men’s Facilitator Call

Join Glen from Orlando as he presents ideas & concepts and answers your questions in this one hour conference call.

March 25th at 8:00 pm EST
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Spouse’s Facilitator Call

Join Melissa Haas, author of the L.I.F.E. Guide for Spouses, as she presents "Building Blocks for an Effective Group Part 1: Listening and Reflection".

She will also open the call to answer your questions.

March 25th at 8:00 pm EST
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Sexual Addiction Recovery Newsletter (Mar 2008)

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Updates (Summer 2007 Newsletter)

Upcoming Conference. We are excited to attend the American Association of Christian Counselors World Conference this September! Every two years, this important event gives L.I.F.E. the opportunity to meet thousands of counselors and pastors, and this will be our fourth time there. We were among the first exhibitors to openly address the subject of sexual addiction, and hundreds have visited our dougle booth over the years. Many have expressed their appreciation for the work of L.I.F.E. Ministries during the three previous conferences, and it will be great to see these old friends. While sales of L.I.F.E. Guides at this event have grown each time we’ve attended: getting the issue of sexual addiction and the L.I.F.E. Ministry program in front of these attendees is critical to our growth. There will be about ten of our staff and ministry leaders present to meet and greet the attending pastors and counselors. If you are able and would like to make a financial contribution to help cover the costs (like printing of brochures, preparation of booth, transporation of booth, etc.) of this conference, please call Headquarters at (866) 408-LIFE or visit www.freedomeveryday.org/aacc.

Where are Bob and Johna? They are focused on the upcoming American Association of Christian Counselors World Conference. Their column will appear in the Fall newsletter. Please keep L.I.F.E. in your prayers as we make all the preparations to attend this outreach opportunity.

XXX Church. The crew at XXX Church is successfully entering college campuses and other venues. If you recall, they released a co-branded L.I.F.E. Guide series to offer a tool of recovery along with their awareness efforts. For more information about XXX Church and their message about the destructive nature of pornography, please visit www.xxxchurch.com.

New resources. We are close to releasing two new resources. The first is the Orientation Guide for Men; a booklet designed to effectively educate and integrate newcomers to L.I.F.E. Groups. The second new resource on deck is the L.I.F.E. Guide for Young Women. Look for more information and availability on each of these soon.