Here we will explore a journey of discovery on how God is leading his people through the global financial storm. This blog is about connecting people and insights in a community of faith and hope. This will come to a focal point at the Cre8 conference.
This blog allows buy-in for both those able to attend and those who would like to be there but can't make it on this occasion. First the conference details are:
Cre8 Kingdom Business Summit
"Rising above the Storm"
Fri 13 - Sat 14 March
Arrow on Swanston
Melbourne
www.cre8conference.org
Note: Early bird rates not available after 2 Feb!
Cre8 Answers the Recession
The brutal facts are in: ‘The economy is in the sharpest slide ever; share prices have halved; company profits to halve and many will go to the wall; 7.5% unemployment predicted; BHP announed a 6000 staff layoff (22 Jan 09); house prices are falling; China and the resources boom are no longer the answer’ (The Age 19 Jan 09).
The Word of God says you need three things to rise above the storm:
1. faith in God (Matt 8:26)
2. wise counsel (Prov 15:22, 16:20, 24:6)
3. foundations built on the rock of Christ (Matt 7:25)
The Cre8 summit is part of God’s provision for times such as these. Cre8 is a unique gathering of leading churches and marketplace leaders working under the Spirit’s grace to equip the body of Christ to rise above the storm.
At the summit you will:
1. grow your faith by connecting with people of faith who understand your issues
2. find wise counsel amongst experienced leaders from church and marketplace
3. set your feet on the rock of Christ so that you can help others put their trust in the Lord.
The church has to be equipped to be the inspiration of the nation in its work and purpose. You need to be at this conference to be part of God’s answer by moving on from fear and despair to a new song of praise to God in your everyday working life:
I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.
(Psalm 40:1-3)
Spiritually this conference is first about wholehearted allegiance to Christ, then about making godly connections, then about skill acquisition. This conference has as its great hope you finding your sonship in your daily occupation, about you walking in your inheritance in the Lord and finding your destiny in the midst of the storm.
This conference is about you taking ownership of the gifts the father has given you and better understanding how to use them for his glory in the future.
What have you already done with the gifts God has given you? How are they to be applied on the road ahead? Where is your faith?
We want you to ask these questions and bring them to reality amongst a community of faith that understands your journey. In this way you will move on with God… from passive agreement with his principles to pro-active alignment with his purposes and thereby make a difference for the gospel in the marketplace where he has sent you.
Cre8 Answers the Recession
The brutal facts are in: ‘The economy is in the sharpest slide ever; share prices have halved; company profits to halve and many will go to the wall; 7.5% unemployment predicted; BHP announed a 6000 staff layoff (22 Jan 09); house prices are falling; China and the resources boom are no longer the answer’ (The Age 19 Jan 09).
The Word of God says you need three things to rise above the storm:
1. faith in God (Matt 8:26)
2. wise counsel (Prov 15:22, 16:20, 24:6)
3. foundations built on the rock of Christ (Matt 7:25)
The Cre8 summit is part of God’s provision for times such as these. Cre8 is a unique gathering of leading churches and marketplace leaders working under the Spirit’s grace to equip the body of Christ to rise above the storm.
At the summit you will:
1. grow your faith by connecting with people of faith who understand your issues
2. find wise counsel amongst experienced leaders from church and marketplace
3. set your feet on the rock of Christ so that you can help others put their trust in the Lord.
The church has to be equipped to be the inspiration of the nation in its work and purpose. You need to be at this conference to be part of God’s answer by moving on from fear and despair to a new song of praise to God in your everyday working life:
I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.
(Psalm 40:1-3)
Spiritually this conference is first about wholehearted allegiance to Christ, then about making godly connections, then about skill acquisition. This conference has as its great hope you finding your sonship in your daily occupation, about you walking in your inheritance in the Lord and finding your destiny in the midst of the storm.
This conference is about you taking ownership of the gifts the father has given you and better understanding how to use them for his glory in the future.
What have you already done with the gifts God has given you? How are they to be applied on the road ahead? Where is your faith?
We want you to ask these questions and bring them to reality amongst a community of faith that understands your journey. In this way you will move on with God… from passive agreement with his principles to pro-active alignment with his purposes and thereby make a difference for the gospel in the marketplace where he has sent you.
