I’ve been thinking over the last several days what are the values that govern dee’s and I lives. I told dee and I tonight that I really wanted to get with her and work on our core values so we did tonight and I wanted to share with you guys what we decided on. We both agree that we’ll update this, but for now, it’s official. We want our lives to be governed by our core values and these are them. Here they are.

Wilcox Core Values:

1] We will choose not to substitute what we do for God, for a relationship with Him. We will decisively and diligently pursue time with Him, His Word and His Presence

2] We will choose to exercise financial discipline to live wisely day-to-day and to use financial wisdom to plan for the future so that we can live generously and give to those in need.

3] We will choose to have strong relationships with mentors who are pouring
into us spiritually, relationally and with wisdom.

4] We will cultivate develop and pursue deep, meaningful relationships with friends that we can do life with. This value is one of the key values, we believe, to having a truly “enriched and blessed” life.

5] We will choose to discipline ourselves and carve out to time to grow through
school, reading and mentorship.

6] We will choose to live lives marked by giving of our lives unselfishly and unreservedly through servant hood in whatever situations the Lord puts us in. We will make it our aim, though we are not perfect, to live our lives by the spirit and to produce lives that mirror the fruits of the spirit.

7] We will choose daily to govern what we eat and how we live. It will be our goal to honor the Temple of the Holy Spirit that the Lord has given us. We will choose to discipline our bodies even when we don’t feel like it. We want to Honor the Lord with our Bodies and how we take care of them.

8] We will consciously choose to live our lives first and foremost under the guidance and direction of God and the Holy Spirit. We will choose to seek him and his direction before we make any decisions.

9] Lastly, the scriptures say that a good name is better than gold. We will make it our aim to build a good reputation and to rebuild any hurts or mistakes of our past. We want our name to be held in good stature and to leave a positive, Godly name for our Children and family