In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He has loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. We love because He first loved us.
~1 John 1:9, 10, 19
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~Romans 8:38,39
What an amazing conference! Ten thousand women worshiping the Lord and hearing His word and being transformed by His Spirit. It was so incredibly awesome.
The conference was two days: a Friday night session and all day Saturday (broken into 3 segments).
Friday evening was the opening ceremonies and speaker Kasey van Norman. After a short break, Third Day performed! That was pretty cool.
Saturday we had speakers Karen Kingsbury and Margaret Feinburg. We also were blessed with a performance by Tim Hawkins and got to meet Missy Robertson from Duck Dynasty.
My 3 favorite songs from the worship sessions are
1. Hosanna Praise is Rising
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZBiC_5aI6k
2. Happy Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duLQ6d_BpLs
3. Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MbcYyOsF50
you can click on the links to listen to the songs
Some truths that I learned (or relearned):
*God's love is gracious and redeeming (Ephesians 2:4,5). There is
absolutely no place that God's hand cannot reach. He stretches out his hand and plucks us out of whatever dark, black cave of sin we're stuck in and rescues us.
*the love of God is a transforming power. When we walk in the love of Christ, we are changed.
*Love does not travel alone-it is accompanied by peace, joy, grace and other fruits of the Spirit. Furthermore, in the presence of Love, fear flees (There is no fear in Love. But perfect Love drives out fear ~1 John 4:18)
*Love erases lines we draw with God. Sometimes we have places in our hearts that we think are too risky or too fragile to give to the Lord. We erect walls around those places so that we can keep them from God. But when we allow the love of Christ to come into our hearts, it gives us strength to begin tearing down the walls. And it allows us to finally be healed.
Over all, the weekend was a refreshment for me. It was nice to be immersed in the Word of God and the fellowship of His people.
