Information and Insights to Enhance Your Journey
The Begin a New Life program is built on an amazing collection of materials that will assist you in the process.
Our Sourcebook of reference materials will assist you in completing the BNL process. You will be directed to different parts of the Sourcebook as you go through the program worksheets. Choose a section of the Sourcebook when directed to do so by the worksheets.
Choose by section…
Section A:
The BNL Sourcebook: How It Works
A brief overview of the Sourcebook and how to use it.
Section B:
Starting Assumptions
Six starting assumptions for the BNL process—clarity on where the process is coming from.
Section C:
“An Easier Kind of Change”
Having trouble getting started on the full BNL process or seeing it through? Try this easier, effective alternative.
Section D:
Quick References to the Ten Commandments - for Step 2 of the Process
Use one of our Quick References as directed in Step 2.1 of the BNL worksheets. Recognize harmful habits, traits, and life patterns for what they are. (Note: start with the INTRODUCTION below, which tells you what to expect when opening any Quick Reference.)
THE 1st COMMANDMENT
You Shall Have No Other Gods Before My Faces
THE 2nd COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord in vain
THE 3rd COMMANDMENT
Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep It Holy
THE 4th COMMANDMENT
Honor Your Father and Your Mother….
THE 5th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Murder
THE 6th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Commit Adultery
THE 7th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Steal
THE 8th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Bear False Witness.…
THE 9th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor’s House
THE 10th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor’s Wife.…
Section E:
Two Levels of Personal Responsibility
A helpful perspective on earthly vs. spiritual accountability.
Section F:
Quick References to the Ten Commandments - for Step 4 of the Process
Use one of these Quick References as directed in Step 4.2 of the BNL worksheets. Discover the new life that is waiting for you. (Note: start with the INTRODUCTION below, which tells you what to expect when opening any Quick Reference.)
THE 1st COMMANDMENT
You Shall Have No Other Gods Before My Faces
THE 2nd COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord in Vain
THE 3rd COMMANDMENT
Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep It Holy
THE 4th COMMANDMENT
Honor Your Father and Your Mother….
THE 5th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Murder
THE 6th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Commit Adultery
THE 7th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Steal
THE 8th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Bear False Witness.…
THE 9th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor’s House
THE 10th COMMANDMENT
You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor’s Wife....
Section G:
The “Easier Kind of Change” Revisited: A Complement to the Four Steps
The “Easier Kind of Change” can be used together with the full BNL process for a powerful, effective, combined approach. Here’s how.
Extras
Step 1 Filler Sheet
For use with worksheet printouts.
When completing the BNL process in printout form, this Filler Sheet gives you extra writing space during Step 1 of the process—Self-Examination.
“Three Ways to Know Your Thoughts, Intentions, and Will”
Three methods for becoming aware of your thoughts, intentions, and underlying goals during Step 1 of the process.
Recipe for Unleavened Bread
In Step 4 of the process you’re invited to experience a unique, symbolic ritual of life change and spiritual transformation in communion with God. With this recipe, you can include real unleavened bread.
How to make a printed sourcebook
A hard copy of the Sourcebook is an excellent, practical tool for working the BNL process. Here’s a rationale for having one, plus instructions you’ll need to create your own. In addition to the above sections (Sections A-G) you’ll need to open and print the additional components in this section.
View/print these additional components:
Bring our program to your community!
The BNL program is available as a full-day Seminar-Workshop. The Seminar-Workshop explains the process to you, shows you how to work it in your life, and guides you through the process one piece at a time.
“Someday when you write about this topic, be sure to tell people how hard it can be to get started, and the things that make it so. Getting started on this process feels like a death sentence...but really it’s a life sentence.”