Soaking In His Presence Weekend

Recently Nathan attended a 4 day train the trainer for weekend 'soaking' seminars (Picture is of trainees and Connie & Jeremy Sinnott from The Toronto Airport Church). The concept behind soaking is that we spend lots of time in prayer talking to God, but are not trained to listen to Him talk back to us. After Nathan trained for 4 days I drove to Mossel Bay for the "Soaking In His Presence" weekend.

Interspersed between 15-30 minute sessions of 'listening' to the Lord', were teachings on "Intimacy With God" (seeking His face), "Forgiveness" (Forgive those who have hurt us, repent of ungodly responses to those who have hurt us - our responsibility... including forgiving ourselves), "The Father Heart of God" (God is the perfect 'Father', unlike our earthly father) "Performance Orientation" (resting in His presence rather than performing for approval), "The Power Of The Cross" (focusing on what Jesus did to reconcile us back to God).

Each teaching had a personal testimony from the "trainee's". Nathan shared a testimony of the impact of his release from bitterness when he forgave his father early in his walk as a new believer in Christ.

God provided a beautiful holiday house for us to stay in for the training and weekend near the beach in Hartenbos. Close to the beach, it was like a little vacation that was truly "time out" with God!