You Know it's Going to be a Good Day When...

You know it's going to be a good day when you walk into the main sanctuary full of 900 students from all over the world that are ready for and expecting an amazing time of worship...by Jeremy Riddle.

You know it's going to be a good day when you have a God-encountered time of worship led by Jeremy Riddle followed by Kris Vallotton welcoming 900 students from all over the world.

You know it's going to be a good day, when you are filled with laughter and words of wisdom from Kris Vallotton, followed by Bill Johnson and all his awesome wisdom and "papa" ways ALL IN THE SAME DAY.

I feel like I have been at a conference all week long, when actually I've only been at orientation week at school. I'm pretty sure no other school even comes close to comparison. It has been an amazing week of meeting new people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds, jumping in without reserve, meeting our awesome leadership team who's sole desire is to honor the Lord as they empower us to be who He's called us to be...and to see us fail? Yep, that's right - we were told that if we didn't make it through this year without failing at least three times, then it hasn't been a successful year. Soooo, to help us out with this, we (all 900 of us) had to find a partner that we didn't know, pray to the Holy Spirit, and ask for a word of knowledge...and we were only given a few seconds; needless to say, most of us failed when we couldn't tell our partner what their mother's name was. I definitely had no chance with an Indian partner who's from South Africa that's lived in England for 15 years. That was just cruel of Daddy God to do that, but it was fun and full of laughter and amazing to see that some of the people actually got their partner's information right! The point of this exercise was to take a RISK. The more risks we take, the more opportunities we create for the Holy Spirit to use us and reveal the Kingdom of Heaven and the heart of the Father. I have a feeling it's going to be a year of many risks and new levels! Bring it on!

A FEW NUGGETS:
With Kris and Bill being our main speakers for the week, there was so much knowledge, wisdom, and revelation to receive, so I'd like to share just a few statements from this week.
Kris Vallotton

• You become what you think the most important person in your life thinks you are; IF God is the most important person in your life, you'll become what YOU think He thinks about you; IF you have the mind of Christ, you'll KNOW what He thinks about you and become who He has created and destined you to be. 
• Adam and Eve were trying to get through performance (being like God like the serpent said) what they already had through creation (they were already created in God's image and therefore like Him).
• You were born to be amazing!
• God loves us, because He does.
• Are you living from earth towards heaven or from heaven towards earth? If the former, you'll always live a reactionary lifestyle.

Bill Johnson

• When you pray TO God, you don't pray WITH Him - you pray past the miracle.
• God lights the fire in the alter, but it's the priests that keep putting stuff in the fire to keep it going.
• There's an oak tree in the acorn - ie. You pray for $1,000 and God gives you $100; you steward the 100 well and $1000 will come out of it.
• A delayed answer is gaining interest.
• The Lord answers us with acorns instead of oak trees to see if we will walk through the challenge of being good stewards so we can then walk in the breakthrough anointing.

Did you catch all that? If not, just ask the Lord for revelation haha; I'm sure some of it would sink in more if you heard their whole messages, but hopefully you can get the gist of them.

PS. Not to name drop, but our worship this week consisted of sessions by Amanda Faulk (now Amanda Cook), Kristene Mueller (now Kristene de Marco), and Brian & Jenn Johnson. Now I just need to see Kim and I'll be set! So much more to come! Be blessed!