Vic†ory Over Fire
Victory Over Fire (VOF)
Armoring against traumatic exposure and life’s challenges
YOU ARE NOT ALONE…UNMENDABLE…, or UNREDEMABLE, SO LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.
Although scripture is referenced as a sound guide, this is not a therapy session, nor an attempt of conversion, but a time of support and hope. All are welcome, believers and non-believers alike.
Brett Snow -32-year veteran of the fire service and a retired Lieutenant from the Chicago Fire Department
Ordained Minister- Renaissance Coalition (RENCO).
Ph.D. – Clinical Christian Counseling, Colorado Theological Seminary, The Villages, FL.
MA- Public Safety, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL.
BS- Applied Behavioral Science, National Louis University, Chicago, IL.
Although academics carry value, I believe personal experiences provide a level of understanding unachievable through academics alone. I have learned, through assorted personal struggles over the years, the great need for Spiritual Training empowered by The Lord’s wisdom in conjunction with temperament awareness. Without a trusted reference guide providing us instructions on how to best live our lives, we are left vulnerable to our selfish, human-nature and the corrupt worldly ways. Furthermore, regarding temperament, by intelligent design we all have unique inner-traits directly related to our true needs regulating how we receive and respond to the world around us. Some people have higher or lessor degrees of sociability as well as being task-oriented verses people-oriented. By knowing our temperament traits helps us better understand why we may think and feel the way we do in certain situations further allowing us to make healthier decisions and determining more suitable environments.
Spiritual Life Training
Building spiritual endurance by transforming our way of thinking and learning to follow a sound set of instructions so that we may better endure life’s challenges.
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Scriptures“The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?” (Proverbs 18:14, NLT) “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” (1 Timothy 4:8, NLT)
Temperament Awareness
Learning what your true needs and desires are is vital to living a life with less conflict and harmful stress.
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Scriptures“The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?” (Proverbs 18:14, NLT) “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” (1 Timothy 4:8, NLT)
Presentations:
“Victory Over Fire”
Overcoming traumatic experiences through a better way of thinking
“Mission Deprivation”
Stress of not experiencing the stress. Research data showing the potential emotional and phycological impacts of not doing what you are trained to do.
“Benefits of spiritual health”
Research data looking at the potential association between inner-peace and the negative emotional/psychological side effects of being a first responder.
“Impacts on relationships”
Research data looking at how the life of first responders can impact personal relationships.
“Temperament Awareness”
What temperament is believed to be and how it can govern our choices and way of thinking (worldview).