Life That Works
Grace Link International (AKA Grace Fellowship Ministries) has been offering the Grace Life training and personal discipleship counseling in North Alabama since 1991. Our director, Blake Rymer, has over 30 years of counseling and teaching experience. The Grace Life training embodies the truths that liberated and empowered Blake and his wife, Sandra, to spend their lives sharing the truth of God's love and grace internationally.
Come experience this liberating teaching for yourself!
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Grace Link is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization and is dependent on donations from individuals and churches to cover its financial obligations. All donations are tax deductible.
Blake and Sandra are missionaries and depend on the donations from their Personal Support team for their personal salary. The following is offered to help in understanding the concept of Personal Support.
WHAT IS PERSONAL SUPPORT?
Grace Link staff members are responsible for raising their own support from individuals and/or churches. This allows our ministry to be unique in that we can offer quality new-covenant discipling using a donation-based fee structure. The following addresses some of the most commonly asked questions about personal support.
From the beginning this trip was going to be different. We planned it for March 13-21, 2009, when most of our students were available to be part of the team. By faith we reserved 20 tickets, a pretty big commitment in these economic times. And we did have some students participate, high school and college, seven in all. In the end we put together a team of 19 members, very close to our faith goal of 20. It was a good mix of veterans and rookies with a strong leadership quality.
Weather-wise it was probably the worst time of year to be in Poland. Spring was trying to pry its way into the lock grip that winter had on central Europe and there was a battle going on. Rarely did the sun get it’s due, but the rain and snow slugged it out, each winning its share of the rounds. The team took it all in stride. However I think this battle of the seasons had its effect on the health of everyone at least a little bit.
Philosophy of Counseling
At Grace Link our goal is that the Holy Spirit would be the counselor. We see counseling as a function of the discipling of believers, a function which we call “discipleship counseling.” With the leadership of the Spirit and the collaboration of the counselor, the counselee can identify spiritual, emotional, mental or relational obstacles to maturity and victory in Christ. (John 14:16, 17, 25, 26)
As Jesus revealed the important relationship between truth and freedom, discipleship counseling seeks to expose the lies and deception which hold individuals captive, and then calls them to exchange the bondage of lies for the freedom of the truth and the resources of God’s grace. (John 8:31, 32; Romans 1:21, 25; 5:17)
Since the Summer of 1998 when we moved to Budapest, Hungary to spend two years as missionaries there, our hearts have been captivated by the people and experiences we have encountered in Eastern Europe, especially in Romania. When the opportunity to teach in Colombia, South America and our daughter and son-in-law moved to Poland in 2004, our international horizons expanded considerably! The opportunities for ministry and the blessings we have received from our international investments have been overwhelming at times. And we have seen very encouraging fruit from those investments.
A Three Phased Approach
For Equipping Helpers
Called to Care (CTC) training is organized into three levels. Level two builds on level one and three builds on level two. Each level should be experienced in that order for best outcome. It is not required that a church commit to all three levels. Significant spiritual insight can result from the training at each level.
Life That Works
Many congregational care needs arise when individuals try to meet their personal needs themselves in ways which do not work. Life That Works (LTW) is a training experience which addresses individual issues by impacting the individual lives of each person and by establishing them in a solid Christ-centered foundation.
LTW is best presented in a conference format offered to the entire congregation on Thursday Night, Friday night and Saturday. However, the conference schedule is adaptable to the individual church needs.
The topics addressed in the conference are:
What is my purpose here on earth? (God’s plan for life)
What is it that keeps my Christian life from working? (Flesh and the influence of my past)
Who am I as a Christian and what is my identity based on? (Identification with Christ)
What solution does the Christian life really offer to temptation and sin? (The Cross and its meaning in my life)
How do I live the Christian life? (Faith and walking in the Spirit)