God is so good in the learning and the growing, and it's not all easy work. Some of it can be quite a struggle, but this is how we grow. If everything were easy, we wouldn't ever grow.
So I will back things up. Kingdom Alliance has various signature courses, but the one I will write about, I am on my second pass at it. The thing I love about being able to retake classes is that we get to peel back layers, and we hear and learn new things every time.
RLA stands for Radiant Leadership Academy. It is one of the signature courses that they offer. Many people have jumped in and done RLA alone because that's where so many people were having chains broken and fall to the ground.
Here is a description of the course.
Radiant Leadership Academy – LEVEL II is a 9-week advanced course designed to elevate your leadership and create a greater Kingdom impact. This next-level program offers high accountability and a deeper dive into leadership development. Whether you've taken RLA multiple times, just once, or not at all this course will strengthen your leadership skills and prepare you for even greater influence. Register now to level up your leadership!
I am behind on posting, but I will make a post for each week and what I got out of it. To be completely honest, I am not going to be posting all my takeaways here. I will select a few. If I give you everything, then it defeats the purpose of taking the course. I will share 3 or 4 significant takeaways.
This week, our topic was surrender. Yes, we started with a really challenging topic first thing, and why not? Surrender is not an easy topic for most people because we feel like we are giving up. But with God and how he works, everything is his timing. He is not necessarily denying what we want, but there is a time and place, and sometimes we are not ready to receive what it is we are after. But this is another topic for another post.
The one point in the lesson that stood out to me so much was
• To fully surrender to God, we must reach a level of acceptance
To truly surrender, we need to reach some level of acceptance.Althought we may not like it or agree with it, that is the situation. It's not easy when we are dealing with something, and so often we want control, but to give it to God, we need to say Hey, I don't like that this person died, or this person is talking bad about me, but God, I give it to you and you handle it.
Another point that was made that really stood out to me is
• No level of emotion can change a situation
Who else has thought that if I put all my emotion into it, things will change? Does pouring all your emotions bring someone back from the dead? Of course not. We live in a fallen world. This really hit me. It matters not how much emotion you put into it; that does not change the situation.
The final point I will share that really stood out to me is
• Trusting God requires us to praise God in all circumstances.
This one is super tough for me. When you get an illness, or someone dies, or something terrible happens, it's hard to just go into praise mode. But this is what God wants from us. It reminds me of the verse, and it fits perfectly with this thought. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (NIV)
While all these points stood out (plus I have way more than shared). I think it's the final one that I really feel I hear God speaking to me. Give thanks to learn to give thanks no matter what. Lost a job, give praise, lost a friend, give praise, marriage fails, give praise. I know it sounds so hard to do, but I really feel like God uses everything for his glory, no matter what has happened. But if you're sitting wondering how to do this. You are not alone. I am still learning this, too.
Identity 2.0
Unfortunately, for this past week, I didn't have any takeaways, but I will say one of the homework assignments was to take the top three labels you give, such as worthless, turn them into a positive and find the corresponding Bible verse for it.
Here is the description of what the course is about, so you can understand what this course is rooted in.
The Identity 2.0 Program is a 6-week transformative course designed to expose and counteract the subtle tactics used to undermine your identity in Christ. This program dives deep into understanding how doubt, deception, and distraction can distort your view of God, yourself, and your purpose.
I will hopefully, in the next post, share my top 3 lies and then the corresponding Bible verse that reflects what God says I am.
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