As Christians we believe God has everything we need to thrive, but if we are honest most of us can’t fit the jigsaw pieces together. We may have covered the basics of discipleship, learnt about prayer and spiritual warfare, and developed some growth of the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Many of us can hear from God and see God's power at work through us to impact people with the love of Jesus. This is wonderful.  

However, despite the best efforts of believers, churches and ministries, personal transformation and maturity into the image of Christ seems to be the exception and not the rule. Many of us have become stuck in patterns of thinking and behaviour that increase pain and conflict in our lives. We try our best to do all that we know or have been told to do but things stay much the same. The problems in our relationships more or less don't change.

The core reason for this lack of personal transformation is that many churches focus on tuning one half our brain, the part that holds information and reason. This has produced half-brained believers. The other side of the brain, where emotions are held and processed, is the more powerful side. If you begin to understand how your brain works and use the practical relational brain skills that we teach, you will begin to step into relational and emotional growth the way God intended. By using these skills you will experience healing and transformation in your own life and see positive effects in the lives of those around you, at home or work, or with your friends. You will be living from both sides of your brain the way God intended. You will want to share these skills with others!

When the right brain and left brain work in harmony, peace, joy and character transformation become commonplace in our communities.

Joyskills brings missing ingredients in church discipleship that lead to true and lasting transformation. Based in 30 years of research and practice from the Christian ministries of the Life Model and Heart Sync; and Christian coaches Mark Forster and Clare Pedrick.