May 2010 Archives
We began the Zero to Hero conference in Pachuca, Mexico on Friday night with almost 600 people in attendance.
We shared about the 4 heroic deeds of marriage and how to resolve issues using the 10 questions of a Courageous Conversation. Couples learned how to encourage themselves in the Lord by remembering Whose they are and then who they are in Christ Jesus as they discovered their Noble Identity.
Husbands learned how to rescue their wives in the ocean of emotion by calling them into the conversation and listening with an understanding heart. Wives learned how to become women of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance as they learned how to bless their husbands and draw them into safe conversations with a defined issue and a set of standard operating procedures for resolving issues or for strategic decision-making.
Couples learned how to overtake the enemy’s lies with mercy and truth. As each spouse learned how to listen with mercy, the truth was able to come out and overtake the lies both had come to believe during the times of silence or shallow conversations.
On Saturday about 120 new people attended the conference and by 2:00 they were ready to attempt their own Courageous Conversations.
We gave the couples a four hour break after preparing them with tools and a wonderful demonstration of a couple who volunteered to be coached through the 10 courageous questions. We followed Jesus’ instructions in Matthew 18:15-19. They were to attempt to do a conversation in private and to hear one another, if that failed they could ask another couple to witness their conversation and help them establish an understanding of each word if necessary so they could truly hear one another. I told them the next step would be to come back to the church and we would coach them personally in front of the whole crowd. I was kidding but they took me serious. I greeted the couples as they came back and was surprised to see so many smiles. One lady was holding a cold drink to her head and I asked her if she was okay. She said, “I am tired but I have much peace now.” We had an hour of testimonies from couples who had made significant breakthroughs.
I shared a final session on navigating the nine levels of understanding and then we finished with a wonderful and entertaining question and answer period. The people of Mexico have such a hunger and thirst for God’s righteousness and for practical tools to create meaningful relationships.
In the end, many of the couples were able to recover all God had intended for them during that weekend. They were able to go from Zero to Hero by rescuing one another from the enemies lies, half truths, and accusations.
When people resolve issues they regain the energy that comes from experiencing the joy of the Lord. When we are connected to God, to one another, and to the vision God has for our lives we experience the one accord power of God.
Posted by Chris Hogan on May 26, 2010
We held the conference in a beautiful facility at the Home Church in San Jose, CA.
Craig and Athena head up the team of people who organize and facilitate the Noble Call conferences in the bay area. The team is qualified to coach couples through conversations and some of them lead noble identity workshops.
Susan and Carl host follow up groups and coach couples through conversations just like Jesus instructed us in Matthew 18. Couples go to each other in private, “Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone:” If they fail to hear one another then Jesus instructs them to get a witness. “But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.” Our goal at Noble Call Institute is to train these witnesses as conversation coaches. We equip them with tools and processes for helping people have meaningful conversations that resolve issues and build trust and intimacy. We have begun a new initiative called Course Correct and Reconnect to help people learn how to resolve issues quickly so they can maintain connection and a one accord spirit in their relationships.
Warren and Liz host us each time we come to San Jose. They are like the household of Stephanas in the scriptures who refreshed the saints. (See 1 Cor. 16:15)
Couples learned to navigate through nine levels of understanding. The conference was designed to teach, then give time to apply and when needed to coach a couple through the Connecting Conversations. This process is based on Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.”
Posted by Chris Hogan on May 26, 2010
When I go on ministry trips I prefer to go with my family. Warren and Liz invited my two daughters to come along and helped me be successful as a dad. We enjoyed a day in San Francisco with a special visit to China town, a dim sum lunch, a Sushi dinner, arts and crafts, cooking lessons, and shopping at ethnic food stores.
We walked through China town for an up-close look at the chinese culture in America. This is the largest Chinese Community in America. We found out that this was the only place a Chinese person could own land in California during the 1800’s and early 1900’s.
We could hear his music a few blocks away as it rang out through the busy streets.
We went to a special Dim Sum restaurant for lunch right in the middle of China Town. Dim sum is a type of Chinese dish that involves small individual portions of food, usually served in a small steamer basket or on a small plate. We tried many new dishes and enjoyed them all. I especially enjoyed the Chinese BBQ.
We walked down to Fisherman’s Wharf to see the Sea Lions and walk on the pier. My 11 year old daughter Savannah came with me along with my 15 year old Emily.
We took a walk through the Italian section of San Francisco, it is amazing the change of culture you experience when you walk across the street from China Town into the Italian section. I so enjoyed experiencing the city by walking through it vs. driving in a car.
Posted by Chris Hogan on May 26, 2010
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