Returning home after Haggai Experience

I am seated at the departure lounge at Honolulu, waiting for my connection to Singapore via Manila.

It had been a glorious week at the Mid Pacific Centre at Maui. The participants this time were younger, highly qualified, many professionals in distinguished careers and extremely intelligent. Their way of learning is so different from the previous batches, who were comfortable with the one way instructional approach. These group, the millennials want more discussions, and activity based learning. They are more engaging and very responsive to questions and discussions. Looks like for the subsequents batches, I will have to tailor my sessions to these "new way of learning".  Prof Arthur had already wanted us that this is the way the younger generations prefer to learn and to be prepared for such.
Session M1066
I felt very inadequate standing infant of these men and rather troubled by their high demands. The first session was rather jittery and I had to really depend on the help of the Holy Spirit for help. By the grace of God the subsequent sessions went on well. 
By the fourth session I could see many were moved and some in tears. The Lord was just awesome. Hearts were broken. So many participants wanted to have a talk with me after the sessions that I did not have time. That had so many personal issues in their hearts and many were crying out to God for a clear direction in their lives. Almost everyone said how blessed they were with the sessions. he feedback simply made me fall on my knees to bless the Lord for all was His doing. 
I realized that no matter how weak we are, when we surrender to the Lord, He can even use a donkey for His glory. That has been my experience during these sessions.

I was also told that I have been promoted to s senior faculty. Wow I did not see this coming, It is indeed the Lord's doing. To God be the glory.
Faculty prayer meeting on 16 Jul at 2PM.
All the other facilitators were simple wonderful men of God.  Met Pst Tissa, Dr Aldo and also my good friends Abu and Chinado from Nigeria. Great men with great humility. and passion. 

Nestor provoked me to write a book on Mandate. Hmmm....maybe my next assignment.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Remembering Sis Jenima Sharma - A tribute

Image
Sis Jenima went to be with the Lord on 14 Nov 2024, after battling with  Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) for some time.  This is our tribute to her. It was in 2008, when I first met Sis Jenima, the wife of our Bishop Samuel Sharma. It was during our first trip to NE India, Jaigaon in particular. We were there to conduct a pastors' conference at the bidding of Bishop Samuel who had attended the Haggai Leaders' Experience in Singapore a few months earlier. This was the beginning. She was demure, quiet, hardly spoke a word in English. But she was extremely hospitable and genuinely kind. At that time they lived in a very simple house, with hardly any furnishing, all because of the call of God upon her life to serve the Master.  But one thing was certain. She loved the Lord, her husband and her two young children. She always wanted them to serve the Lord all their lives. She was a remarkable woman whose life reflected the love and grace of God in every aspect.  He...
Read more

Devotion - Psalms 44: 6-7 - Its God who gives the victory

Image
Psalms 44:6-7 - I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame. Any soldier will know that the basic weapon of warfare, in those days, were the bow and sword. Without which no soldier will not venture into the battle field. Even the famed Goliath was geared in full battle order when he faced David with the stones and the sling. Isn't it a paradox then that David, one of the finest soldiers Israel had ever produced, proclaims that its not the bow and the sword that gives the victory. Its is the Lord, Jehovah, that gives the victory. I don't think David is trying to say that we should not prepare ourselves for warfare. His concern is that we recognize that ultimately its the Lord that gives the victory. A few things we need to remember: Human efforts are necessary in the God-man partnership Human efforts alone does not guarantee God intended results Recognize that its God that always gives u...
Read more

25th Wedding Annivesary - Silver Jubilee

Image
11-1-11 - 25th Wedding Anniversary. Today my wife and I celebrate our Silver Jubilee, 25 years of being married together. How time flies. I look out of the window, the weather reminiscent of the day we got married. It was raining the whole day and so is today. How appropriate. Praise God for His faithfulness in our lives and for the blessings He has given us. Lam 3:22-23 - Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. It has been a wonderful journey. Yes there were disagreements, quarrels, desperation and even "fights" but through it all, our love has grown stronger for the Lord , for the family, for the ministry and for one another. Jeya has been the magnet that holds our family together. Almost three months in a year I am out of country for ministry and kids busy in school. But she has always been the inventory holder that keeps reminding of the things that needs to be done an...
Read more