Thanks to God for Singapore training
Thank you for your prayers for us on Sunday and Monday. Kimberly and I felt them, and the participants felt them. I kept telling the Lord I would not be satisfied with a great training course unless there was a sense that he was there ministering to people. After the four sessions, I kept having participants come up to me saying God had spoken to them about an area in their lives dealing with the issues of destiny and transitions that I was teaching on. I know God was deepening them and inspiring them. There was also great connection as everybody felt a sense of comraderie and learning together. I felt like prayers were greatly answered in those three aspects, especially.
The harder part that is yet to be seen is the mobilizing them – working together to mentor others. CRMS has ambitious plans to start 9 new mentoring networks in 2009, and several of these facilitators have volunteered to lead those groups. It is demanding work, and I am praying that the rest will also agree to help lead new groups throughout the year. I want all of them applying what they are learning through investing in others.
I also sensed affirmation from God, through the participants, of my calling to do more teaching like this. Besides the small group facilitation and personal coaching that I primarily do, I need to create other avenues to impart lessons about character formation, spiritual renewal, and leadership development.
Here are some quotes from emails I received in the hours afterward, and a few pictures below…
“Enjoyed it immensely and was a blessing in my journey….”
“God said that he is with me right in the midst of the transition I am in. More so, he is drawing me closer to him and is sovereign in working out his purposes in my life.”
“Thanks for the opportunity to spend the weekend with the CRM band of warriors! It was indeed a refreshing and timely for me personally.”
“God has revealed to me during the retreat that I need to have confidence that He will see me through this transition. Trust Him and come out from all this, stronger for there is no “shame” being a servant leader!”
“I was blessed to have a wonderful time at the retreat. Seeing so many participants and friends there affirmed me of what we are doing is relevant and needed.”
“The fellowship was fantastic, the teaching uplifting, and more important, I gathered strength from the Lord and after hearing from some of the other participants their own struggles, that God will always be with us! Thank you, the blessings cannot be counted.”
“I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.”
-Ephesians 3:16
