This past weekend we held our annual 220 Leadership Retreat where our leadership team is refreshed, re-equipped, and sent out for the new school year. This is always a powerful time of ministry and fun but this year’s retreat was the best we have ever held. 285 existing leaders and brand new leaders were present as God’s Spirit moved mightily in preaching, praying, and prophesying.
I was so proud of my senior leadership team as they ministered with me and did the bulk of laying on hands. This gave me the feeling of a father whose children are walking in maturity and destiny. What a joy! The other thing that really moved me to my core was the ending session where we commission all leaders and new leaders to the harvest field with prophecy and apostolic sending. My heart overflowed with tears as I saw leaders that have been with me for years going back into the fires of harvest with fervor like never before. When leaders who I thought would never produce leaders were laying hands and weeping over new leaders that they were birthing it was more than i could handle. All I could think of is that the Lord of the Harvest was watching and was most pleased. It was definitely one of the most fulfilling moments in my life. I felt like a proud father and grandfather all on one day!
To know all that I have been through this year and the past few years was not able to stop the generational anointing of God’s Spirit from being passed down was such an encouragement to me. To see the fruit of all our hard labor (Amy and I) and know that it wasn’t just some monument to man or mark of man’s honor but a living, thriving, harvest combine that is unstoppable in the Spirit. Praise God! His ways are too marvelous for us to understand and yet His methods are proven effective beyond our ability to comprehend.
If you are not actively involved in “Going into all nations and making disciples” then I encourage you to lift up your eyes and see that the fields are ripe and waiting on the most precious commodity in the Kingdom, HARVESTERS!
Matt. 9:37- Jesus said to His disciples, The harvest is so great, but the workers are so few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest, ask Him to send out more workers for His fields.