Words of Wisdom for First week of training

Ive finished up the first week of 'Equip',my leadership training course. I am blown away at how many deep personal issues have come up and am so thankful to God that He has left us with a Holy Spirit that counsels , convicts, and speaks on our behalf. Ive been told that this is a time of preparation for something 'larger' and am excited, despite the messyness of growing. The following are just some of the words of wisdom from this week. Ill write a few more personal notes on the next blog.
-Being a disciple is a lack of identity in self
- "Its easy to be a servant until you start being treated like one"
-All good leaders know how to follow-not all followers are leaders.
- Live a redeemed life, instead of trying to redeem it
- It is not sin that humbles us most, but grace (andrew murray)
- Six roots in your life: family, significant relationships, culture, generation, life events and authority
- 70% of churched youth believe there are no absolute truths
- Leaders are the tip of the spear of people
-Structure is good, it builds security
- If you know where you started and where you are going, you can then know where you are at present
-good coaching is ongoing (instruct.demonstrate, release, evaluate.instrust, release)

This week also included a time of intercession and renouncing past slavery. We had Mark, our director , and Sharon, an Equip staff, repent and ask for forgiveness from each other (Mark is white and Sharon is from St Lucia). It was an emotional time for all of us and we pray a break in the spiritual strongholds around this area.
On Friday we discussed the area of purity as well as a strong focus on accountability as leaders. For the purity portion we broke out in one half the room men, and the other half women and called out the descriptive words used in Song of Songs towards each other (beloved etc...) It was fun but powerful at the same time. Each new day brings exciting revelation and many areas of direct application. To even begin to write them all down would take me forever!