It’s the last day in Mexico for this week’s POWER team!
First, a quick breakfast at the hotel — for those who didn’t sleep in too late. Then it’s boarding the vans for our trip to Reynosa and the Dome Church: Alianza Cristiana.
It’s also one last opportunity for Craig Gilbert to share his message to the team on what it means to be a man of POWER, and that is appropriating the power that God has given you. “If you don’t,” Craig said, “you’re just an ordinary man.”
Craig told the story of Hezekiah’s response to the Assyrian king’s threat against Jerusalem. Hezekiah was a man of power, but his kingdom was threatened by a vicious army, known to be superior in the region. What did he do? He prayed to God, who sent an angel that destroyed the enemy.
“How many soldiers in Hezekiah’s army had to lift a weapon?” asked Craig, “Not one.”
“There is a great power among us, and we don’t even know what it’s capable of,” said Craig, adding: “We’re still trying to do it our way, when the greatest battles ever fought were won with this power.” And you receive it, he added, by just surrendering to it. “The thing that distinguishes us as Christians is not a cross around our neck, it’s a surrendered life.”
Following the devotion, the POWER team headed over to the church, and took their seats. No more construction projects today — but they were still building relationships.
When it was time to head on stage, both POWER teams, totaling more than 100 men, sang and provided testimony. It was a highlight of the service, attended by more than 1,000 people.
Tomorrow is wrap up day, and return home for most of the Week 1 attendees.