Sonship Week
The last week of October, Pat and I attended the Sonship Week put on by World Harvest Ministries, at nearby University Presbyterian Church.
The conference was really great, but in the long run it will only be as great as we make it by applying the things we learned.
The main focus is recognizing God’s grace, and our resultant position in Christ. We say that we are counted righteous through Christ and that our sins have been forgiven, but do we really live that way? We know the “lyrics” of the Gospel, but have forgotten the “music.” To put it another way, we have head knowledge but not heart knowledge.
We had four one-hour “discipleship” sessions with a pastor. We received some good insights, especially in the area of facing up to our own sinfulness. It’s easy to judge others and think we are better, but all of us fall short and are in need of His grace (Romans 3:23). When we hear the parable of the Prodigal Son, do we cheer for and identify with the older brother? That’s a clue that we don’t really understand God’s grace.
We were assigned to a Small Group that met after each morning and evening session. We really got to know these people and care about them. The last evening’s prayer session was very powerful.
About the weather – Hurricane Wilma came through Monday morning – Pat and I stayed home that morning with the kids, but that was the only disruption to the conference. We purchased the CD of the talks we missed.
Keep praying for us, that we would daily review the principles from the conference, and live in the grace and freedom and power God offers us.
And if you ever hear that the Sonship Week is coming to your area, we strongly encourage you to attend.
Another cogent quote from the conference:
"Good news: You are much worse than you think! Good news: God's grace is much greater than you think!"
The conference was really great, but in the long run it will only be as great as we make it by applying the things we learned.
The main focus is recognizing God’s grace, and our resultant position in Christ. We say that we are counted righteous through Christ and that our sins have been forgiven, but do we really live that way? We know the “lyrics” of the Gospel, but have forgotten the “music.” To put it another way, we have head knowledge but not heart knowledge.
We had four one-hour “discipleship” sessions with a pastor. We received some good insights, especially in the area of facing up to our own sinfulness. It’s easy to judge others and think we are better, but all of us fall short and are in need of His grace (Romans 3:23). When we hear the parable of the Prodigal Son, do we cheer for and identify with the older brother? That’s a clue that we don’t really understand God’s grace.
We were assigned to a Small Group that met after each morning and evening session. We really got to know these people and care about them. The last evening’s prayer session was very powerful.
About the weather – Hurricane Wilma came through Monday morning – Pat and I stayed home that morning with the kids, but that was the only disruption to the conference. We purchased the CD of the talks we missed.
Keep praying for us, that we would daily review the principles from the conference, and live in the grace and freedom and power God offers us.
And if you ever hear that the Sonship Week is coming to your area, we strongly encourage you to attend.
Another cogent quote from the conference:
"Good news: You are much worse than you think! Good news: God's grace is much greater than you think!"
posted by Pat @ 8:58 AM
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