From MC 2010 I received many blessings from God. The speaker that I enjoyed the most was Phil Smethurst. Specifically, I enjoyed him teaching on the believer’s identity as the righteousness of Christ. The revelation I received and understanding that my old self is actually dead and I am a new creation, was life changing. This is something I’ve heard before, but it became so much more real to me.
I need to meditate more on this truth so that it becomes who I know myself to be. The other way I was blessed and stirred by Phil Smethurst is by listening to him talk about Overland Missions, and the work that he has done and is doing in other countries of the world, reaching the un-reached. When he speaks about sharing the Gospel with people of different cultures I get so hungry to walk in this and the fire of God burns and burns on the inside of me. It was like a fresh reminder from God that I need to stay focused on my main call, and not get side-tracked or distracted by other gifts or things in my life, but to keep pressing on towards the high-call.
During this Minister’s Conference I learned many powerful things. In ministry, the treasure, the resources, gifts and talents are within me and they can never be taken away. I have to base my ministry on Kingdom principles and not worldly principles. I have to look at what God has for me and not what is in my own bank account. There comes a time when people that are not following the principles of God must be cut off. If they are resistant to change and following God, let them go so they do not bring you down. I have to develop fruit based on things that are in the Word. Fruit from things that are not in the Word of God are worthless and will never amount to anything in eternity. I have to always make sure that what I am doing is a God idea and not just a good idea. I can spend years of my life wasted on a good idea and in heaven have nothing to show for it.
The mandate of God is fulfilled by our imagination and our ignorance. The boundaries of my life are based on the identity I have in Christ Jesus. I can not measure myself against the World’s definition of success. I can not measure myself up with ridiculous unrighteousness. Only the opinion of God matters, not the opinion of any man. I have to have a greater opinion of others, the opinion that God has of them, anything else is insulting. I can not allow the enemy to make me believe that I am not worthy of this opinion of God. I have to constantly stay in the Word to keep this opinion.
Rodney Howard Browne bringing Revival to North Miami Beach