These last two sessions from CVt were given by Greg Burson. These are the final snippets from the five days of training together.
Moving in the Spirit:
- Person,Presence, Power-these three realities are what the Holy Spirit means for the apostle Paul.
- Learning to listen, assess and respond are keys to being Spirit led.
- Learning to be led as a spiritual community is the only way to effectively do the work of the kingdom.
Leading a meeting:
-Leading in a meeting context can involve a huge number of variables-communication , coordination and collaboration skills which build confidence and growth in both the leader and listener.
- Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people.Inventories can be managed but people must be led.
- Don't give your leadership away.
- Make sure you know what your main idea is.
-Try to create a sensory atmosphere [what see, smell, hear, touch, taste]
- Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truely endless [Mother Theresa]
Great sessions.
Some of the CVT sessions will soon be available on podcast.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Carried by a song
Before I got to the room I was struck by the presence of God-literally struck . I could hear music being played in the lounge but couldn't hear the words yet my eyes started to tear up and I became aware that there was something 'happening' through the song being played.
Entered the room and was later told it was a song that has been recently released out of a church in Zimbabwe who are walking through incredibly painful and testing times. Something of true worship , that which is forged through times of suffering, that which is costly and precious which had been extracted by the Spirit of God overwhelmed me.
It was simple scripture from Rev 1:4-8 declaring that Jesus is 'Alpha and Omega' and goes on to declare that 'He ' is worthy to be praised .
Simple but effective when the Holy Spirit extracts such presence and conviction out of such .
For the last 4 months I have sung this song / scripture hundreds of times and found myself carried by its certainty and overwhelming conviction that Alpha and Omega [gk-Gods total and complete ability] is indeed able to completely keep,carry and provide.
Perhaps I get to experience a little of the certainty and overflow that the believers in Zimbabwe carry in the midst of their suffering- treasure extracted out of dark places I guess.
Paul in 2 Cor 4: 12 through his trials writes to the Corinthians and puts his sufferings into a bigger context by saying: ' Death [testings etc] works in us, but life works in you.
I guess in the same way the 'death' being experienced in many believers lives in Zimbabwe has indeed been ' life' to me. So grateful to the saints .
Entered the room and was later told it was a song that has been recently released out of a church in Zimbabwe who are walking through incredibly painful and testing times. Something of true worship , that which is forged through times of suffering, that which is costly and precious which had been extracted by the Spirit of God overwhelmed me.
It was simple scripture from Rev 1:4-8 declaring that Jesus is 'Alpha and Omega' and goes on to declare that 'He ' is worthy to be praised .
Simple but effective when the Holy Spirit extracts such presence and conviction out of such .
For the last 4 months I have sung this song / scripture hundreds of times and found myself carried by its certainty and overwhelming conviction that Alpha and Omega [gk-Gods total and complete ability] is indeed able to completely keep,carry and provide.
Perhaps I get to experience a little of the certainty and overflow that the believers in Zimbabwe carry in the midst of their suffering- treasure extracted out of dark places I guess.
Paul in 2 Cor 4: 12 through his trials writes to the Corinthians and puts his sufferings into a bigger context by saying: ' Death [testings etc] works in us, but life works in you.
I guess in the same way the 'death' being experienced in many believers lives in Zimbabwe has indeed been ' life' to me. So grateful to the saints .
Thursday, May 8, 2008
More CVT quotes.
Here's more great teaching from our CVT [church vocational training week] so here's my second edition of 'snippets 'form that time.
Margie Malcolm: Building our inner world.
-I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in the inner man-Eph 3:16-19.
-Intimacy with God is found in the presence of God
-Intimacy is the freshly restored joy of the church.
-Transformation,protection and victory all come out of being in His presence.
-To use the Word effectively in prayer it is my conviction that it needs to be spoken aloud and with conviction.
-The life of the prayer is greatly expanded as they allow the word to dwell in their hearts.
Graeme Brock; Exegesis.
-The bible is a stream wherein the elephant may swim and the lamb may wade.
-The bible is the authoritative word of God,it is a supernatural book given through selected authors by the process of inspiration [ Gk-theopneusos-God breathed].
-God desires to meet us in His word.
-The smaller the passage being studied the greater the need for context.
-Words often change radically in time and so have little or no connection to the regional meaning of the word.
More CVT quotes next week.
Have a great one.
Margie Malcolm: Building our inner world.
-I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in the inner man-Eph 3:16-19.
-Intimacy with God is found in the presence of God
-Intimacy is the freshly restored joy of the church.
-Transformation,protection and victory all come out of being in His presence.
-To use the Word effectively in prayer it is my conviction that it needs to be spoken aloud and with conviction.
-The life of the prayer is greatly expanded as they allow the word to dwell in their hearts.
Graeme Brock; Exegesis.
-The bible is a stream wherein the elephant may swim and the lamb may wade.
-The bible is the authoritative word of God,it is a supernatural book given through selected authors by the process of inspiration [ Gk-theopneusos-God breathed].
-God desires to meet us in His word.
-The smaller the passage being studied the greater the need for context.
-Words often change radically in time and so have little or no connection to the regional meaning of the word.
More CVT quotes next week.
Have a great one.
Church planting offering
Great news-linknz took up our first national church planting offering to go toward encouraging the new pioneer works we start across this nation. So far nine churches have given $50,000 with others still to ring in so we are on track to seeing significant investment into the new church plants over this coming year.
Thanks to all the great teams that have sold this vision -let the days ahead see the fruit of such generosity out worked in many pioneering works.
Check out the church planting video in the 'church planting 'section of this site.
Thanks to all the great teams that have sold this vision -let the days ahead see the fruit of such generosity out worked in many pioneering works.
Check out the church planting video in the 'church planting 'section of this site.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
African woman
Mel Jeffs is a legend [ according to all who know her] and shes taking some of that legendary courage and passion to work with children in Burundi Africa for 12 months.Mel is a big part of the Northcity Church in Christchurch,part of our Linknz CVT course and has had a call to Africa since young -shes already served in Tanzania.
Keep an eye on this lady who walks the talk,loves the lost and gives 110% to see that her God is made great where ever she is planted.
Away for a year,teaching children[many from orphanages], helping with the poor and needy and helping to be a part of the redemptive solution to this nation that has seen such tradgedy from the genocide that they and Rwanda experienced.
All she asks for is your prayer that she stay well,be protected and touch Gods heart for such a beautiful people. Oh by the way money helps -infact lots of it. So if you feel stirred send a email to Mel at melefrog@hotmail.com
Mel leaves in August so we are cheering her on all the way as she prepares for such a
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
CVT - soo good
Just finished 5 fantastic days of cvt [church vocational training] where 60 students and 20 leaders turned up to foster the dream- the dream that God believes His church and has eternal plans for her. Those willing to plant churches,go into nations or work vocationally within the context of church vocation were amped to take up the challenge and consider the possibilities of being used for such a dream.
Highlights and quotes from the week:
Prayer and such like! [Linda Burson ]
- Prayer is thinking in dialogue.
-Allow the word to 'Read Me'
-The word got into John's nerve endings,reflexes and imagination
God [Nigel Dixon -not !]
-Aristotle says that philosophy begins with wonder.
-Beyond the desert of criticism we want to be called again.
-An existent being acting with omnipotence and omniscience would make freedom impossible [in response to why God just doesn't step in and sort out our world]
-The church exists today as resident aliens,an adventurous colony in a society of unbelief.
Vision and Faith [Geoff Malcolm]
-Vision is seeing things from Gods perspective-Faith is trusting Him to carry it out.
-Keep record of what God says.
-You cannot 'technique' or 'purchase ' the promise into fulfillment-it requires trust and patience.
-Its through the promise we inherit-not via the shortcut.
Time to go but will share more gems in the next few days from CVT.
Catch you then.
Would love to receive any comments from CVT students to put onto this site as to how you found the week.
Highlights and quotes from the week:
Prayer and such like! [Linda Burson ]
- Prayer is thinking in dialogue.
-Allow the word to 'Read Me'
-The word got into John's nerve endings,reflexes and imagination
God [Nigel Dixon -not !]
-Aristotle says that philosophy begins with wonder.
-Beyond the desert of criticism we want to be called again.
-An existent being acting with omnipotence and omniscience would make freedom impossible [in response to why God just doesn't step in and sort out our world]
-The church exists today as resident aliens,an adventurous colony in a society of unbelief.
Vision and Faith [Geoff Malcolm]
-Vision is seeing things from Gods perspective-Faith is trusting Him to carry it out.
-Keep record of what God says.
-You cannot 'technique' or 'purchase ' the promise into fulfillment-it requires trust and patience.
-Its through the promise we inherit-not via the shortcut.
Time to go but will share more gems in the next few days from CVT.
Catch you then.
Would love to receive any comments from CVT students to put onto this site as to how you found the week.
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