this week our speaker is a Venezuelan Jew who is the base director of YWAM amsterdam...which is also the city with the highest multiculturalness (if that is word)
the topic is about hearing God's heart for the nations,how he loves multiculturalness...diversity, etc.etc...
one good biblical story that raps up this is that in gen 1,abraham, isaac and jacob were told to that God is making covenant with thier nation and thru them all the nations will be blessed. Joseph comes on the scene and after a long series of events he is second in command to Pharoah..this leads to him deciding on a certain territory being for priests and everyone else became slaves...and as u know in Exodus, the israelites are in slaveery from Egypt... Moral of the story, God hears, calls restores you and puts u in a position, not for yourself but to transform the nation, Joseph didnt enquire of the lord and led to making a decision which caused the israelites later to suffer...
anyway just found our speakers website and laughing cause he is as funny in writing as in reality... http://www.benners.net/
anyway just some quotes so far from the session:
Advise for the rich, Pick up your cross, give away your riches, live to bless and empower others.
Advice for the poor. Arise. Shine. Get out of your situation, trust God for greater things, but when you get to the top.... Pick up your cross again... The cycle repeats itself
When rebuking people, remember you are withdrawing from their emotional bank account...And unless you are also encouraging them which is making deposits you may leave them in a negative which then may lead to them disrespecting your leadership...
Anybody can look but not everyone can see.When you see , you will see the treasures of nations...
"The Kingdom of God is not about tolerating differences, but embracing diversity".
Do not marry a man who has no vision (he can have no money but a dream, and still make it) - Without vision the people perish, Passivity is a passport to the cemetry.
True leaders always allow his ceiling to be the floor of his children.
I love the story when he told about teaching in Norway/Denmark? and came in class and told them "What are you expecting? An anointed men, look here" Lays his hands on them, nothing happens Says something nothing happens. A clever man? "I have dyslexia...etc etc" etc. etc... Whatever you were expecting all I have to my name is God is my Father and I am his son, and no one can take that away from me! He is my papa!"
Now you know the real meaning of God's name and the meaning is God is our Father/Papa! :)
Trusting in the supernatural in the sense that trusting our behaviour is going to align with what we believe
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