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.