The tenth annual MorningStar conference happened this weekend—did you hear about it? Before we launch into a recap, please know that you are more than welcome to talk to any of the directors or your discipler if you have any questions/comments from this weekend.
So…what happened on FRIDAY NIGHT?
On Friday evening Stephen Alls and the team kicked off the theme of the weekend—hunger. Stephen shared that he never wanted to become satisfied with where he was with the Lord—that he wanted to be content in what the Lord did today, and be ever longing for more—vowing to himself never be that far away from Him as he was today. The team really emphasized the verse that if you draw near to God, that you KNOW he is responding by drawing near to you.
A few team members shared testimonies about their hunger for the Lord. One talked about how the Lord’s heart longs to be with him more than he could ever long to be with the Lord. You can’t just “get hungry”, you have to choose to be hungry, and then you press in. He said “discipline brings freedom”; that as you are disciplined in going after the Lord you grow in freedom.
Matthew 15:21-28. This woman was hungry to experience healing, and was even rejected time and time again. But, her hunger moved the heart of God. From this passage, the team said that we have to most past initial disappointment, and press in towards the Lord.
A closing point of Saturday evening is that we can decide how close we want to be to the Lord, and that we can go after it.
SATURDAY MORNING. It was about WAFFLE, not waffles, WAFFLE. It's an acronym that stands for practical ways to get in, stay in, and practice being in the presence of the Lord.
W-A-F-F-L-E-S
W – Waiting on the Lord—locking self away intentionally; giving things to Him, and having your mind set on Him
A – Abiding in His presence; constantly going back to the Lord
F – Fleeing temptation (attention & all), turn the other direction
F – Fasting (declaring dependency on God…food, tithing)
L – Loving people; the Lord is love; if you want to encounter Him then you must love others
E – Eat the Scroll (Bible); getting INTO the Bible; repeating verses and really letting them be yours
S – Submitting to authority; we get accelerated into having authority when we honor authority
SATURDAY NIGHT: An awesome night of worship, prayer, blessing over one another, and dwelling in the presence of God.
SUNDAY MORNING: Each year, the Morningstar students take the opportunity Sunday morning to share prophetic words they have received in regards to the whole Wesley body. We're not going to list them all here, but it seems that there is a great deal of hunger for the Lord amongst you guys. Many of the words were encouraging us to go after that hunger!
You guys are a blessing!
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