program description choice
Abundant Life Preparatory Program philosophy "the choice"
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This “choice” is what our students focus on. They already know what the consequences of following selfishness are (by their recent behaviors, they have all the evidence in the world that “selfishness” destroys liberty and freedom). Our goal at ALP is to help the lost teenager re-think their choices, and to lead them to create awareness . . . then enjoy the pure “life” that comes from being accountable.
Know Yourself
To know yourself is to have self-awareness of how you “show up” in the world. It is to know and understand how you function (personality, temperaments, patterns of behavior, choices made and their impact on the individual, etc.). To know yourself is to clearly and humbly identify various patterns that serve you well and those that actually create the opposite of what you really want. Our life is a series of choices made under adverse circumstances. The question is, are we making the kinds of choices that lead to life and liberty, prosperity and purpose, or, are we making choices that lead to restrictions, loss, degradation and regret?
Before an ALP student can make good choices, they first need to know all about their giftings, strengths, temperaments, blind spots, weaknesses, and negative behavioral patterns. They need to know about “thinking errors” and “thought distortions”. Basically, they need to see how self-justification and blaming others for their own poor choices will ultimately destroy them.