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.
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