The overall goal of our discipleship process is to aid in spiritual maturity to such an extent that spiritual truth becomes experienced reality.

     Our mission is to share the love of God with the hurting and to make disciples for Christ by providing affordable
       Bible-based discipleship services that enable Christians to live productive, fulfilling lives that will glorify God.

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             Exchanged Life Counseling - Who I Am In Christ

Ministering to you as you seek to apply Biblical principles to your personal and spiritual problems we offer a Biblical Counseling approach that emphasizes grace, the Exchanged Life Counseling teachings and the character of God.

The term Exchanged Life was first coined by Hudson Taylor. Hudson Taylor was born in 1832 and began his missionary work in China in 1853. Raised by godly parents he was saved at 17 years of age and was immediately burdened to save others. He abandoned his life first to God and then studied and prepared to go to China.

He was a laborer, a man of great faith and devotion to God, a practical man and a great leader. Hudson Taylor struggled with great tragedy and deep loss his entire life, including the loss of two wives and several children. He suffered with serious health problems most of his life, including paralysis for a time, lack of people and funds for the mission, and endured harsh living and traveling conditions in a foreign land.

Hudson Taylor’s secret to overcoming his many struggles was a life lived in faith totally abandoned and surrendered to the Lord. All his trials made him stronger and his trust in the Lord continued to grow. No trial ever stopped his rejoicing in the Lord. He abided in Christ and bore the resulting fruit in his life and missionary work. The foundation of the mission was built on God and not Hudson Taylor. As a result the organization he founded, China Inland Mission, still exists today. 
 
The term Exchanged Life means walking in the Spirit rather than walking after the flesh. The question becomes are you relying on your efforts and resources or the power of the Holy Spirit to guide and direct your life?
 
Exchanged Life discipleship is helping others understand and experience that Christ can be their source of life in the midst of their difficult circumstance. The overall goal of Exchanged Life discipleship is to aid in spiritual maturity to such an extent that spiritual truth becomes experienced reality.

The Exchanged Life discipleship model includes the following tenants:
 

• Man is born with a fallen nature, separated spiritually from God. 

• At salvation, man receives a new Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, or the Holy Spirit and the old nature (spirit) is dead (Gal 2:20).

• The flesh or old ways and strategies of getting basic needs met still remain, as does the power of indwelling sin. (Romans 7:20-25)

• As believers, man has a choice to walk after the flesh or in the Spirit.

• A believer walking after the Spirit will bear fruit (Gal 5:23; John 15).

In order to live the Exchanged Life the believer must renew their mind (Rom 12:2), know who they are in Christ, live a life surrendered to the Lord (Luke 9:23), walk in forgiveness (Col 3:12,13), and abide in Christ (John 15). 
 

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
                 Matthew 5:16 

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