The Wilkes Team

Week three of Life Focus was centered around discovering keys to resolving the root causes behind conflicts people have with authority, their design, siblings, moral purity, suffering, etc through the teachings of IBLP’s Basic Seminar.

For example…

Can you recognize the basic steps in the breakdown of a parent and child relationship?

Do you know what one of satan’s goals is for your life?         To fulfill God’s vision with human effort.

How does God use problems, irritations, & responsibilities for you to reach your full potential?

Know two critical points that should be considered when debating points of doctrine? 1. What verses (multiple) confirm your point? 2.How does this doctrine lead to Christ-like living?

Four insights into finding God’s specific will:

1. God’s will involves people: John 3:16

2. Fear of people must be overcome - see needs (1John 4:18)

3. God’s special concern is Christians, because demonstration is better than information.

4. Key to finding God’s will: Dedication to God’s reputation

These are but a few snippets of the dynamic, life changing principles we learned. 32 hours of seminar can be a lot to digest. Thus, each student was encouraged to walk away with just one or two key principles to apply.

There continued to be opportunities to serve peppered throughout the week. Both teams joined forces for a detailed cleaning of the van Green team took to Eagle Springs the week before. A focus of the project was to go for excellence vs. the norm as dirt was cleaned from all sorts of nooks & crannies. . The same energy was exerted later on in the week, when both teams were awakened in the middle of the night for an extensive, detailed 4+ hour kitchen clean-up. Finally, Blue Team worked on digging two holes (3 feet in diameter and 4 feet deep) through the asphalt for new parking lot entry gates.

And of course, we couldn’t let boss day (October 16th) pass without honoring our bold & faithful leader,”Director Ritchie.” We appreciate the sacrificial effort he  has put in to make Life Focus XVI a blessing to both the leaders & students.

Life Focus hit the road again for what  would be the beginning of 2 Journeys. Stay tuned for more as we continue to bring the latest for   Life FOCUS XVI. Thank you for your continued prayers.

Foundational Opportunities Centered Upon Christ!

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