Saturday, September 11, 2010

The first week

The first week on campus at bible school has been awesome. Beyond expectation, is a good description I suppose. Before you venture into something new there is always a pre-conceived idea of how it should/ must be, but I have found that to pre-conceive God or to expect certain things from Him always sells short His ability to super-abundantly exceed those very assumptions. However, the more expectation we place on Him, the more we allow Him to come through for us: I think that's called faith!

Andrew taught on knowing God's will for your life, yesterday, something everybody I have ever come across wants to know. He approached in a novel manner through looking at Romans 12:1 - 2 :

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God"

We first have to be living sacrifices, before we can start the transformation of our minds and stop conforming. In other words: Forget what He wants you to do and focus on what He wants you to be. His vocation or line of ministry, for us will ,therefore, be secondary to being that living sacrifice. You will never have to ask God to use you again, because you will constantly be usable. Being a living sacrifice implicates a lifestyle and continual commitment to putting God first in your life.

This will lead to your mind being renewed and thereby knowing His good and perfect will for your life! What an encouraging truth!

Below are pictures of Andrew teaching in the main auditorium and a picture of some CBC students ...


Andrew Wommack
I know what you're thinking: Some old people! Yes, not all students are young!
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4 comments:

Lance said...

Stefan!
So glad you are enjoying CBC. I am a 2009 graduate, and if that roomie of yours is Basil Selvaraj, tell him Lance says it is all about the finished work of Jesus on the Cross! Also Stefan, if you see my wife Gerri between classes, tell her hubby says howdy! She is 2nd year. (We are 50+)
And if you are ever looking at a ministry opportunity, such as urban ministry, to get your ministry points, let me know. Call where I minister at Springs Rescue Mission here in Colorado Springs!
God bless you as you sit under Andrew at CBC!
You will be soo blessed!
Lance Weldgen

Stefan said...

Hey Lance. Basil is sitting right next to me at the moment, we are having a bit of a laugh! I will look out for Gerri and Springs Rescue Mission ... :)

Anonymous said...

what i was thinking was the characters you put on the photo was annoying. so you started to copyright your photo and make money?

Stefan said...

no copyrights, just a little deterant for others to just copy and paste my personal photos.

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