prints of the journey

It’s Week 12 for me and the lecture phase of my Sports DTS is coming to an end. I’ve been totally bombarded with so much that it’ll take a really long while to chew on everything. I will, however, extract some quotes from each week of lectures that really hit me. Enjoy…


Overheard during YWAM PERTH Sports DTS

“God may see fit as you grow older to share with you some of the suffering. And there’s fellowship and intimacy in that suffering.”

“Don’t judge God by the circumstance but judge the circumstances by God’s character.”

“Is there anyone in your life who can say ‘no’ to you and make a stand?”

-Peter Brownhill, Character of God, Week 1


“I wan the ball!! Gimme the ball!!”- posture of worship

“Don’t be a sand sucker. Partake in the feast prepared by the shore- the Voice of God.”

-Worship & Intercession, Week 2


“All that I don’t have, I don’t need.”

“Forgiveness is a choice, but not an option.”

“No way we were able to pay…”

-Ari, Repentance and Forgiveness, Week 3


“How is it that we know how to date but don’t know how to evangelize?”

“Evangelism is not changing people’s belief system. It’s falling in love with God.”

- Ross Toodley, Evangelism, Week 4


“Lordship is not just modifying behavior, but changing your entire DNA- inner desire to please God.”

“Not just plucking fruits, but changing roots.”

“You can’t handle the pressure of being FIRST in anyone’s life. It’s too much. It’s God’s role.”
“He doesn’t always ask us to do the things that are naturally easy for us- He only ask us to do the things that we are perfectly fit to do through His grace. And that is where the cross we must bear always comes.”

“Our good name must not be more important that the task God calls us to do.”

- Colleen Norbet, Lordship, Week 5


“Everyone needs a ‘Wendy’ (Peter Pan), someone who loves and believes in them.”

“Am I good enough?” - sons

“Am I beautiful?” - daughters

- Les Hokyo, Father Heart of God, Week 6


“When we die, we find life. And then we give it away.”

“What do you want?” – God

“Grow up, shut up and do as you’re told!”

“Get over yourself, you arrogant, self centered slob!”

- Mark Parker, Submission and Authority, Week 7


“What you are committed to will shape your maturity.”

“Are you stirring up something that cannot be righteously satisfied?”

“Our only consistency is our humility, not our perfection.”

“I’m not leaving…”

- Shirley Brownhill, Relationships, Week 8


“It’s a deep respect, not a meeting of equals.”

“God is not like a campfire. He’s a Consuming Fire.”

“We’re all slaves. Who is your master?”

“We’re just friends!”- hahaha

-Fear of the Lord, Week 9


“God is on the move.”

“We are on the winning side”

“If it feels so bad, something good is coming!”

- Ken Bartsch, Missions, Week 10


“Jesus said ‘Go!’ He didn’t say anything about a safe return.”

“My Daddy is bigger than your daddy!”

“I was built for the nations!”

“Sometimes, we are more confident of Satan confusing us than the Holy Spirit’s ability to speak to us.”

“You were born an original, don’t die a copy.”

“Get plugged into God and fire at will!”

“We weren’t built to be glamorous. We were built for adventure.”

“If it’s God’s will, it’s God’s bill.”

“We have to know Him in private before showing Him in public.”

- Kristen Williams, Holy Spirit, Week 11



Arrows Pastors Retreat Quotes

Rev Irvine Rutherford
The Suffering Saviour

“You cannot know Grace until you know the Law you have broken.”

“On Golgotha, God completes what He allowed Abraham to be unfinished.”

Ps Edmund Chan
Faith

“God is not just a God who will give, but who has already given.”

“Faith is not just what you give God, but what you have already received.”

“When we see as God sees, we will do as God says.”

“When the Messiah comes to reign, the laws of the jungle will no longer apply. The power of the Kingdom has come.” – Isaiah 11

Leadership

“Feel the pain.”

“You can’t. But I am with you.”