Free Life Skills Class – Become a Stronger and Healthier You
by Professor: Dr. David Feddes
You are part of God’s special operations. Your mission is to reclaim the world for Christ. You have been saved and called to help. This class is about helping you to become a stronger and healthier you. This free life skills class is perfect for living a more confident and healthy life!
This free life skills class gives you Biblical insights and practical knowledge that make you stronger for your mission. Each topic is applied to your spiritual, physical, financial, intellectual, emotional, relational, and vocational dimensions of life.
Dr. David Feddes will bring you through the crucial areas of total fitness for you to thrive in leading others.
You will Learn and Grow in this free life skills class
- Total fitness: hear God’s call to embrace practical wisdom and discipline for strengthening the whole person.
- Spiritual fitness: draw near to God and stand stronger against Satan through spiritual disciplines.
- Physical fitness: know why the body matters to God, improve bodily health, and use body language well.
- Financial fitness: earn a good living, escape debt, build wealth, honor God and bless others with money.
- Intellectual fitness: build healthy curiosity, sharp thinking, lifelong study, and courage to stand for truth,
- Emotional fitness: learn to face feelings honestly and discover God working through emotions.
- Relational fitness: heal from past relational wrongs and wounds, and interact with others in a wise and godly manner
- Vocational fitness: pursue God’s calling for job, career, and other tasks.
You are welcome to take this free life skills Class supported by generous vision partners. These vision partners include blessed Christian Leaders Institute Graduates, Kingdom-minded Christians and Foundations, and others.
Begin your free life skills course now! You will begin by taking a Getting Started Orientation class. Then you are encouraged to enroll in the Christian Leaders Connection Class which helps you get situated at Christian Leaders Institute. You are also free to immediately take this Total Fitness class by Dr. David Feddes.
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Let the Little Children Come to Me
My name is Irene Sarudzai Chiketa, and I am called by God to be a Children’s Minister. I am blessed to be studying the Bible to be equipped as a children’s minister at the Christian Leaders Institute (Learn more about online Bible courses, Click Here). I am happily married to Christian Chiketa for twenty-three years. We have two children aged twenty-one and nineteen.
Early Life and Conversion
Born in 1975, I am the firstborn in a family of five girls. I was not raised in a Christian family. However, from a tender age, I yearned to be part of a church. I would preach to my dolls. God responded to this desire by bringing Yvonne Moore into my life. She offered to take me to church. Then, I did the New Believer’s course, “The Cork Group,” which she conducted at the Hillside Methodist Church in Bulawayo. Being excited, I invited my friend to join Yvonne and me on Sundays. Before long, I had invited other friends from school who also stayed in the neighborhood. Therefore, Yvonne had the task of ferrying five little girls to the church without their parents.
From then on, my relationship with God began. I always looked enviously at other families who attended church together, while I was always with Yvonne and my friends. My prayer was that my parents would meet God and accept Him. Then the quarreling and the constant conflict between them could stop, and we would be a happy family. My parents and siblings did, however, come to church to support me when I took part in Easter and Christmas plays. They would come and witness these events but never take part.
Gradually, they all began coming to church, though quite sporadically. Later, my father accepted Jesus Christ into his life when he was ill before he died. We could all attend church together as a family, even though this happened when I was in college. We even prayed and fasted together, something which other people take for granted. This was a dream come true, and a prayer answered.
Calling to Ministry: Children’s Minister
After graduating from high school, I wanted to study Art or Law. My parents made an executive decision, and I ended up training to be a teacher because it was a “safe profession.” Then, I met my husband. The year I graduated, we married. Two years into our marriage, God blessed us with our son. The difficult pregnancy and the constant threat of miscarriage strengthened our dependency on God. We grew spiritually, and our son’s birth was a living testimony of God answering our prayers. Our desire as a couple was to attend a church where our children would receive foundational lessons about Jesus Christ. This had us praying and fasting. In response, my husband was promoted, and we moved to Harare.
We started attending a new church where I was offered a position as a Sunday School helper. I then trained to be a Sunday school teacher. I was in my element. As a teenager, I volunteered as a helper in Sunday School. I enjoyed playing with the toddlers and was not intimidated by their tantrums. Being the firstborn, I was always babysitting my siblings. So Sunday School was and still is phenomenal! I grew spiritually as I prepared for the lessons. The weekly memory verse recitation we did with the children helped encapsulate and imprint the Word of God in my heart also.
Children’s Minister Call
As a Sunday school teacher, I discovered how much I enjoyed spending time with children. Their honest, innocent, and candid responses helped me soul search about my relationship with God. The camps and Easter and Christmas plays not only fanned the burning desire I had for the Lord but made me realize how important it is for children to know God. God ceases to be a theoretical concept and becomes a true friend to the children.
I also realized that children did not consistently come to Sunday School. Like other church members, their parents perceived Sunday school as a babysitting service while they did serious stuff in church. This perception was held by other members of the church who were unwilling to help with the Sunday School. The result is that there are a few teachers who faithfully teach in the Sunday School. Therefore, almost every Sunday of the year, I would be in Sunday School. So when someone invited me to Bible Study Fellowship, God responded yet again to my prayers.
Spiritual Journey
I was overjoyed because now I would not miss out on the teaching of God’s Word. Before long, my children also joined Bible Study Fellowship. The lively discussions with my children made my husband feel he was missing out. So, he promptly also joined Bible Study Fellowship. As usual, I could not keep it to myself. I invited my church mates, friends, relatives, work colleagues, siblings, and mum to Bible Study Fellowship.
This was just as I had done as a little grade six child back in 1986. Then, I realized that someone, who was as dedicated to bringing Christ to broken young children like me, introduced me to God. My life changed because Yvonne Moore responded to the call to go out and make disciples of all nations. From an unhappy home saturated with conflict and heartache, I met Jesus Christ because of Yvonne. Now, I also have a role to play in the lives of these lost children.
One of my friends, whom I had introduced to Bible Study Fellowship, migrated to South Africa and introduced me to Christian Leaders Institute because she knew the passion I have to study the word of God.
Personal Interests
I enjoy writing daily devotionals that I share periodically with friends. I pray that these will see the light of day in the form of a printed book one day. Since 2006, I have served the Lord as a Deacon. I have also served as a Sunday School teacher. In addition, I enjoy studying the scriptures. Further, I dream of opening a Christian school and sanctuary for the numerous street children in my country.
I hold a Diploma in Education, a Bachelor of Technology in Education Management, and a Masters in Business Administration.
Study Interest
I want to study the Bible and all the other courses that will earn me a degree from Christian Leaders Institute and CLI’s Leadership Excellence School.
My goal is to receive formal training from Christian Leaders Institute to confidently open a Christian school here and competently serve the Lord. My passion is bringing children to the Lord. Often, adults are so caught up in their relationship with God that they forget to take their children to God, and, therefore, the children fall prey to the devil. I desire to reach the young as a children’s minister.
Hobbies
I enjoy helping the needy, reading, traveling, and running. I even ran a half marathon. During my early morning runs, I have my quiet time with the Lord.
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My name is Saw Eh Dah, and I am taking Bible courses online at Christian Leaders Institute (Learn more about online Bible courses, Click Here). Born in 2001 in the Karen state of Myanmar, I now live and study in Thailand. My family is Buddhist. Before I heard the Word of God and became a believer, I wanted to be a monk thinking that I could save them.
Introduced to God
Once, one of my friends invited me to go to church. At the time, I was focused on my friend, not on worshipping God. However, when I was at the church, my friend’s family and I got into a friendship. Then, they asked me to go worship with them every week. Then I started wanting to know who God is and whether he is a true God or not. So, I started going to church every week and heard the Word of God. However, I did not understand it all. So, I decided not to believe in God if I couldn’t understand His Word.
Yet, when I was at church, people talked about God’s love, God’s grace, and the way Jesus sacrificed for us. That’s why, even though I did not understand God’s Word, I felt that Jesus loved me. Then I heard God say, ”Taste me.” Then I started tasting God as I prayed and praised the Lord. I began a relationship with God, and then I understood more about God’s love and who God is. After that, there was a choice in my heart that spoke to me. I would rather choose the one who loves me unconditionally and gives me salvation than worship humans who try to become gods. After I decided this, I also had to go through some trials. I faced the temptation of my family, and Satan used my heart’s desire to stop me from walking closer to God.
Saved and Called to Witness
God’s grace and mercy save me! I thank God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit so much! After I became a Christian, I felt like my life was heavier than before. In the past, I did not like Christians because they usually visited non-believers and shared the Word of God. And so, I misunderstood, thinking that they tempted people to become Christian. However, now I realize that you won’t like to do missions if you do not really love God and your neighbor. But, if you really love God and your neighbor, you will love to do missions and want your neighbor to have Jesus as their Savior like you.
God’s Word always reminds me of my life. As I am a child of God, it doesn’t matter if I am rich or famous or poor. The matter is I need to be the best tool for God. The most important work to do in life is God’s work! The best of my life is working for God’s glory.
Finding CLI for Bible Courses Online
I am young and still learning the word of God. So I knew I needed Bible training to grow in my faith and walk with God. So, I searched and found the Christian Leaders Institute with Bible courses online. I don’t know what will happen in my life and my future. But I offer my life to God, and I believe God will use me more and more.
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I am Resselyn Valencia, and I am from the Philippines. I am excited to be experiencing Christian growth and learning the Bible as I study at the Christian Leaders Institute (Learn more about online Bible courses, Click Here).
When I was a little girl, I always wanted to serve the Lord. Since I was Catholic being a nun entered my mind. Because the world has a lot to offer, my attention easily moved to the other side. I married at the age of 19. My husband was 27. At first, it was all lovely. However, when we started having children, things started changing as responsibilities piled up. My husband started gambling, scraping off what we have. But we stuck together because I knew he needed family the most.
Challenges
After some time, my husband, bored with life, drank, partied, and took drugs. He never had time for me, and my life was getting lonely. I felt how unfair life was as I know I have done my best, and I treat him as a king. Instead of focusing on the hurt, I served in the church and taught in Bible studies, but he continuously put me down, and our relationship worsened. We started hurting each other physically. I turned to Jesus and read book after book. Jesus called me to be God’s child. So, I became a believer.
My situation did not get any better, but a tragic thing happened. I discovered my husband had 6 mistresses. He started hurting me physically, and I suffered emotionally. They had vulgar videos. Experiencing all his lies and battery, I decided to leave him. No matter how much He asked for forgiveness, I didn’t have the heart to want him back in our life. It was too much pain for me.
I only saw myself and my hurts until we were invited into a Christian community. They helped us move together as a family. That was another thing that was too hard for me. I had to see my husband every day. Even if I forgave him, all I saw was the pain he caused me for so many years. I cried to the Lord every day so that I could make it through. I took so many courses on forgiveness and asked God, again and again, to take away the hate in my heart.
Christian Growth Through Study at CLI
Then I found the Christian Leaders Institute for Christian growth in forgiveness. After taking the course, Restoring Relationships: Transforming Justice, I started to trust in Jesus totally and not in my own emotions. As Isaiah 26:3-4 says, “You keep Him in peace whose mind is stayed on you, because He trusts in You, TRUST IN the LORD FOREVER for the Lord is an everlasting Rock.”
I have placed in my heart the thought that Jesus bore both the offenders and victims sin in Him even though He had done NO wrong. Accepting and serving my offender, who is my husband, became easier because Jesus is worth it. I saw the fact that no matter how bad I feel, I am a sinner too. I have done countless sins, and Jesus forgave me. As a child of God, I am an ambassador of that kind of love. Jesus’ love surpasses all understanding.
Now we live together with our children as disciples in ministry. “We walk our talk,” for we have killed the lust of our flesh, and Christ is alive in us. Praise the Lord!
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