I had the opportunity to attend the 2010 Global Leadership Summit. Pastor Bill Hybel’s presentation inspired me greatly, as he spoke on leadership being the ability to move people from Here to There. He also talked about how God still speaks to us today. He challenged us to listen to the whispers of God and have the courage to respond. Christine Caine reminded me that the hope of the world is in the gospel of Christ Jesus and unless we share this Good News, the world will remain with out hope. Her story of rescuing young girls having been abducted and sold in other countries as sex slaves, was very impacting. She was living as Jesus hands and feet everyday. There were many who spoke and grew me up that weekend. There was a business man who spoke of how to maintain a successful business. He spoke of inspiring his employees to be all they were meant to be, instead of containing them to a box to get done only what he need them to. He talked of how he encouraged them to think for themselves and come up with ways to better the company and their surroundings. He talked about how not to trap people in a job position they were not meant to be in in the first place. Then there was the guy who aspired to change the world one shoe at a time. Blake Mycoskie told of the birth and success of TOMS shoes and challenged his audience with his view of how a for-profit business can be leveraged for compassionate ministry.
Talk about sparks flying. If I could have seen with spiritual eyes what God was doing inside of me that weekend, I am sure it would have put any grand firework show to shame. The Coffee House Vision was given the defib paddles. It was brought back to life and ready to exist.
Not even a month after the conference was over, an old friend, we had not spent time with for years, dropped by our house. I had seen him for the first time, in many years, attending the same conference with me. He had to share with us a vision he received at the conference. I was blown away. It was the coffee house vision, my coffee house vision, God’s Coffee house vision.
I know God confirms his words to us over and over, and he does give us many signs pointing the directions we are meant to go. I am not sure if this friend of ours is meant to be one of the Unify Pastors at CJ’s Coffee house . I hope he is still praying about it. But I do know this Coffee house is meant to happen, and I will continue to take every God directed step toward the grand opening of His House, called CJ’s Coffee.
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