weekend for conquerers

Well first of all i would like to say that this weekend, well pretty much rocked me. i really needed this since I've been feeling pretty dry lately and i really needed a filling up.

Fill me up

How did I end up like this
So empty, so dry
I need your touch
The words you know I need to hear
Fill me up, fill me up

Teach me to listen
To dig deeper than the surface
Give me passion, give me dreams
Show me these things

It's you who's there
When I want to run
To run and hide
When it's so tough
You break me down and
Fill me up, you fill me up

When you speak
Just to remind me that I'm your son
Just to say your proud of what I've done
To reassure my mind

Broke down my walls
Shattered my chains
Set me free from this pain
So full of the spirit
You've brought me back
I've been filled, God you filled me up

This whole weekend was just such a trip from the first night i knew it was going to be powerful and God was going to be right there the whole time. The first pre-service prayer i could tell that his presence was going to be so tangible. As i was praying i could tell that I was already getting filled. The first session was great, Kristina did such a great job!... (thanks again for coming all the way from California for us!) She spoke about being amoung the few and the faithfull that would be there and respond to God when ever he was speaking.

The next morning I was just sitting there with my bible and i just opened it to John 19, where it's going through Jesus' crucifiction, and God was just telling me that these people didn't want to go out side their comfort zones or outside their single mindedness to just believe that this was the messiah that would save their world. And as he is telling me this it was just starting to rock me and put a burden on my heart for the people who dont believe just because it just seems like such an outrageous claim that a man could be the son of God.

Crucify

They sought what they hated
What their deceit had shown
Not wanting to believe
Not wanting to break their "law"
Only one goal
Blinders on only one thing in sight,
Crucify!
"The blood will not be on me,
I'll hand him to you" said the one who knew
Crucify!
The man they were looking at
But they never saw
Hung on that tree
Nails in hand for you and me
Blood spilled that was so pure
Every prophecy fulfilled
Not a bone broken to rise again
In three days come

After i wrote that and had this scripture fresh in my mind Jason walked over and just asked what i was thinking and what would i preach to a group of a thousand if i had to right now..(also a funny coincidence which you will find out later) and i said i would preach about the heart of God for the lost and the ones that don't understand and don't want to believe because of what people will think or what people will do.
Later on in the second session Kristina talked about the Transforming Encounter, and how to deal with our sin through repentance, and the gifts of the holy spirit. Then during worship Sandra Naswel had a word about having visions and how we have to take hold of them, and about life callings and such. Right after that we had a time to just talk with God while hte band played The revelation song, so i sat in the back on a couch not thinking anything big was a bout to happen. But as soon as i said "God what is the calling you have placed on my life" pretty much instantly he said ...."you're going to be a pastor" it hit me like a ton of bricks cause i never saw myself as doing stuff like that since i never have really like public speaking (this is what ties into what Jason said the day before :p )
That night the always amazing Saturday night session was on the transforming encounter and hte time to be changed. and how we were formed for a purpose, that we are God's masterpiece. And how the holy spirit is pretty freekin awesome!!!! so after we had our session it was the ....dun dun "MINISTRY TIME" which is always so phenominal with the holy spirit think like butter in the room people got baptised in the holy spirit, God changed my heart andi know he worked in so many people that night, and i had many a good thing spoken over me, and well frankly I can't put it into words so I'm just going to continue. This morning when we got all our stuff packed and ready to go we got into the main room and i just opened my bible and it opened to Matthew 24 i think it was where it was talking about the reserection of Jesus which i think was some what of a "coincidence" that at the begining of the weekend i read about the crucifiction and now I read about the rise from the grave...

Only One To Defeat Death

For three days you were down
Just as you had said
The one and only
To conquer death
Only you

You knew the road you were on
Headed to save the earth
Worlds pain on your shoulders
Every chance to call on the angels

Rose again for all of mankind
To give hope and joy
Even some still doubted the scars
The one messiah
Only you

Accending to heaven
Leaving us down here to live
Live a life for you
Shine the justice and truth

After the whole pre-service prayer we had a last and final session about the Enduring Encounter, and it was pretty much amazing. well there is so much i left out but i dont want this to be like 7847857278 pages long and im kinda getting tired of typing lol so well i hop that was enough info for now :P and it was a freekin amazing weekend ... oh and i am the CHAMPION OF WII BOXING WOOOOO *flex*