Last week I headed off to sunny Brighton for 4 days of teaching, worshipping, learning and altogether exhaustion. It was an amazing 4 days and by the end of it I was physically, mentally and emotionally drained, but spiritually soaked! I felt like a sponge, every preach and every worship session absorbing more and more information and learning more and more about our incredible God, for me it was an impossibility to come away from it feeling empty or even deprived of God's presence. The work didn't stop after each loaded meeting, it continued far into the night, when each night we had to walk for half an hour to get to our car. God would continue to place things on my heart or challenge me on things said previously in the day.
The first seminar Together on a Mission by Steve and Anna Van Rhyn challenged both men and women, and inspired me and I'm sure most women, to be a wall rather than a door, an analogy that looked at two different types of women: A door: swings, not concerned with depth, worries about beauty. The wall: Strong, secure, support etc. It made me want to strive for being the wall. And for the men, it challenged them to take the initiative and to take responsibility. Every woman was nodding their head at those points!(a very brief summary) The second seminar Leadership, Life and Love by Steve and Debbie Tibbert was also really motivating, I've been to my fair share of leadership talks, but this one was different. I again learnt a lot more about myself, and learnt a lot about self-leadership as well as leadership in general. What came through most for me, was the honesty that Steve and Debbie had, it was refreshing to hear them talk so openly and honestly about past mistakes and the humility they had was also inspiring to hear. There were so many highlights and although it was a truly shattering week, I can't imagine that a single heart wasn't left unchanged and that not a single person was left untouched by God. It really was a spectacular week, that left me desperate to learn more about God and to continue to pursue Him and seek a deeper relationship with him. I left with greater friendships, after great times with friends, I left feeling challenged by God, by myself and by others and I left a truly changed person. Take a listen... http://www.mobilise.xtn.org/resources/mobilise2009
By the end people were moaning about how tired they were (which is understandable), but the only thing I could think was "I'd rather feel like this everyday, having had the week I've had than being comfortable and having missed out". Tom Shaw's preach on idols saw hundreds of people released from the grip of idols and Terry's series of preaches on New Frontiers, got everyone inspired and excited about the future of the church. The celebration on the last night, saw people letting go of their inhibitions and being undignified in worship, it was great to be able to dance and jump and go crazy with giving money away to the nations and to the future of the church. By the end of the night, I was buzzing, getting overexcited and emotional about seeing the gospel spread throughout the world. Another highlight were the seminars that I went to. They helped me to learn not only more about God, but also more about myself-which lets face it, can't be a particularly bad thing.
The first seminar Together on a Mission by Steve and Anna Van Rhyn challenged both men and women, and inspired me and I'm sure most women, to be a wall rather than a door, an analogy that looked at two different types of women: A door: swings, not concerned with depth, worries about beauty. The wall: Strong, secure, support etc. It made me want to strive for being the wall. And for the men, it challenged them to take the initiative and to take responsibility. Every woman was nodding their head at those points!(a very brief summary) The second seminar Leadership, Life and Love by Steve and Debbie Tibbert was also really motivating, I've been to my fair share of leadership talks, but this one was different. I again learnt a lot more about myself, and learnt a lot about self-leadership as well as leadership in general. What came through most for me, was the honesty that Steve and Debbie had, it was refreshing to hear them talk so openly and honestly about past mistakes and the humility they had was also inspiring to hear. There were so many highlights and although it was a truly shattering week, I can't imagine that a single heart wasn't left unchanged and that not a single person was left untouched by God. It really was a spectacular week, that left me desperate to learn more about God and to continue to pursue Him and seek a deeper relationship with him. I left with greater friendships, after great times with friends, I left feeling challenged by God, by myself and by others and I left a truly changed person. Take a listen... http://www.mobilise.xtn.org/resources/mobilise2009
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