soul*pardon: Freshwind 2009 :: BOLD AS LIONS!!!

Sunday morning we returned from our 5th trip to the Freshwind conference at TACF in Toronto, Canada. Needless to say, we had an AWESOME time! And now I get to share some of the highlights of the trip on the blog...if any of you have testimonies or stories to share, please get them to me via email or Facebook so I can add them to the post.

Here we are at 3 a.m. Thursday morning, just before driving to Toronto...

Just some of the miracles we witnessed :: The passport appearing at the border! Pain being relieved! Megan's anxiety gone! Room upgrades because of the reservation mix-up!

So, here are some highlights from the sessions I went to...

Thursday, April 9 :: God is waiting for you in the secret place. He is jealous of that space. What are you filling your secret place with? We need to make sure that our secret place is clean and clutter-free to reserve that space for just God and ourselves.

Friday, April 10 :: God calls us in our weakness so that He can be our strength. GOD HAS DESIRES. He has longings, He has dreams. He has emotions...He cares about things. Maybe we should be interested in what those things are. Our character matters way more than our personality. Let's look at our character--what do we do when...things go bad? ...people say hard things? ...people mess up? ...we mess up? Are we being "fruity"?

Saturday, April 11 :: On relationships--If you're not looking to be married, don't be looking! The enemy's territory is anything kept in the dark. God is releasing dreamers and encouragers & God doesn't live in the world's idea of reality...He's not confined by odds & statistics, so DREAM HIS DREAMS and encourage the dreamers!!! The difference between people who do something and those who don't is that the people who do something actually DO SOMETHING!