Ministry in Cornwall

Thought I would give some feedback on our weekend in Penryn, Cornwall.

It was an amazing trip with one of the eldership couples from Jubilee Church in Maidstone. I was invited to do a leadership workshop at the relating church there, and to minister on Sunday. Its about a 7 hour drive down to the most southern part of England on the west side of the island.

We had a about 20-30 attendees, and I presented a 'taster' version of a VIP Day I do where I give the participants 5-6 exercises to do in discovering and working out a personal leadership strategic plan for their lives. 

Its a life altering process that challenges the limitations of thinking when it comes to a persons purpose and how they plan to live it out; deciding how you will influence your world through your purpose, and mapping out a roadmap to live out your purpose every day.

We had great feedback from the 4 sessions that I presented on Friday and Saturday.

Saturday afternoon we got to have a guided tour around Penryn and Falmouth, the town centres, beaches and marine parade. Being an exceptional weekend of sunshine and warm weather, made it a very enjoyable outing, more so because it reminded us of days in Cape Town South Africa. Michelle, Jesse and myself, stayed with the senior leadership couple of the Highway Church there, and enjoyed their wonderful hospitality.

Sunday morning I ministered a 'word' that the Lord gave me from John 5: 1-9.

Hopefully, they will send me a copy that I can post on the blog.

Basically, it was that in the house of kindness (Bethesda), the disabled are found 

weak in spirit - faith (the blind); 

in riches - poor (the lame); 

and destitute of authority, power, and dignity (the paralysed). 

But we have the word that says : 

if we use our faith, nothing will be impossible (Matt 17:19-20); 

as we give cheerfully, God makes all grace abound toward us that we having ALL sufficiency, in ALL things, at ALL times, may abound unto EVERY good work, having seed to sow and bread to eat (2 Cor 9:6-9); 

and Jesus told His disciples that He gives them (and us) power and authority to drive out devils, to cure diseases, and He thrust them out to preach the Kingdom and heal the sick / 

and 2 Cor 5:21 says that Jesus was made sin with our sin so we may be made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

When Jesus asked the man on his bed, there for a long time, if he wanted to be healed, he made an excuse that there was no one to help him. We always seem to come up with some excuse or another not to be moving in our purpose. 

The word 'want' means : do you desire pressing onto action and purpose? 

Jesus gives him the 'word': Get Up! or it could be translated 'Wake up!' 

He was an invalid, and that word means a condition of disadvantage, a state in which one is limited.

Jesus says he should wake up and take what was his limitation and move! 

Move in action, move in his purpose! 

We need to do the same. The world is waiting for us to step up to our kingdom purpose. 

Throw off the limitations, stand on the Word of God - God has sent His word to free us from all our limitations, and do not allow these limitations to continue to dictate your purpose.

God has brought you into His house of kindness in Christ Jesus. (Col 1:13) Surrounded and full of His grace - 5 (the number 5 represents grace) colonnades.

Don't sit around waiting for a 'man', a stirring of the water, or any other excuse. Its time wake up! Step up! And fulfil your purpose!

I enjoyed getting to teach and preach to a 'live' crowd, and see people get set free by the word of God. (Ministering to the blog I have to do by faith because I can't see any response to the teaching or get any feedback - although we should and do minister by faith all the time).

Great relationships and connections were made, and we enjoyed the time tremendously. 

Wow! Time to move in our purpose, I would think.