I just recently came back from The Victory Outreach International Mighty Men Of Valor Convention at Ontario California. I was blessed to bring some great guys who were exposed to the presence of God and heard principles that will take their lives to a new dimension.
I want to share 5 lessons I learned at the convention

1. The Importance of being a Trail-Blazer- Victory Outreach is a Trial-Blazing ministry that is the first of its kind. Trail-blazers have passion..Trail-blazers take risk....Trail-blazers have faith...Trail-Blazers are not easily intimidated......Trail-Blazers reap the rewards!
2. The Value of Hardwork and Planting Seeds Diligently- Ministry takes hard work and often times the work of ministry is often repetitious and ministers have to always stay mindful in not just the 'What' we do but also the 'Why' and the 'Who' we are doing it for (vertically and horizontally). I immediately was inspired to work for God with the right intention, integrity and intensity. I was also reminded to not lose heart my harvest will soon come.
3. I was reminded to led God lead my 'steps' and 'stops'- Pastor Paul Lloyd ministered to me when he shared about hearing the voice of the Lord during a trial and how God's plan was different from his plan but once he yielded to God's way he saw a great victory, I was reminded that my good is nowhere better than God's best.
4. The Value of Team Ministry- I was blessed to hear all week of the conference the great success Victory Outreach Capetown is now experiencing largley due to the effectiveness of the team ministry model and I'm excited to implement the team model here at Victory Outreach North Brooklyn.
5. Pastors need to dream big and help their people dream big as well.- Pastor Al Valdez really inspired me to dream big again and to value the responsibility and privilege to become a catalyst to help the members of V.O. North Brooklyn dream big for their lives.

These were just 5 of many lessons I learned from this awesome convention. Here is the link if you want to see some off the sermons http://www.victoryoutreach.org/media/default.asp

next week I will post 3 more lessons and some pics

God Bless,