Dear Friends,

By the Lord’s blessing, the P4C audios are coming to you for download much sooner this year then they did last. We are excited to make available these audio downloads [free of charge] for those who could not attend this year or if you did attend to continually reap the incredibly, rich Biblical teaching that was given at this year’s Passion4Christ Summit. God truly did a work among us. The worship of God was heavenly. The fellowship of his people sweet. The word of God truly life changing. We hope you continue to enjoy and be encouraged by these messages for years to come. Oh, and did we mention that if you fall into the category of a P4C attendee, we would like to see you there next year [October 26-30,2012]?

In Christ,

Daniel Cavanaugh

“The Scared Rhythm” – Charles Cavanaugh [Wednesday Evening]

“Created with Purpose” – David Cavanaugh [Wednesday Evening]

“God’s Plan for Ministry” – Dewey Novotny [Thursday Evening]

“The Will of God” – Daniel Cavanaugh [Thursday Evening]

“Life in the Spirit” – David Cavanaugh [Friday Morning]

“Doctrine Denied” – Charles Cavanaugh [Friday Evening]

“Commit to Faithful Men” – Dewey Novotny [Saturday Night]

“Built for Fellowship” – David Cavanaugh [Sunday Morning]

“Sacred Beginning of Worship” – Charles Cavanaugh [Sunday Morning]

Dear Friends,

What incredible times of worship in song we had together at this year’s Passion4Christ Summit. Thanks so much to Josh Rodriguez, Chelsea Barrios, and Rachel Jorgensen for their incredibly gifted and spirit filled leading of our worship in song. The Lord truly worked through this worship team. He led through them to help us express the glory of Christ. What a joy it was at times to just stop and listen to the group sing. It was truly amazing, glorious, and Christ exalting. It simply does not get any better than that. Just think of what it is going to be like in heaven.

Many have asked if we could make available a list of the worship music that was sung at this year’s Summit. In so doing, we thought we would make it available to all our readers. You will find listed below each song [some with their composer/writer]. Hope you enjoy and share with others that you may build one another up in “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” [Eph. 5:19]

In Christ,

Daniel Cavanaugh

Worship Music List:

Dear friends,

We have good news for you: we have decided to extend Passion4Christ registration for one more week. Although we have received a sizable amount of registrations, there is still a little room, and we would like to extend it to you. Maybe you are still down to the wire on whether you can come or not. So, we are extending it till Wednesday of next week, October 13. So, you have one more week left to decided if the Lord would like you to attend this year’s Passion4Christ Summit or to invite a friend to come along as well. We would love to see you there. We are pumped for what the Lord has in store for us this year as we dig deep into his word.  In communicating with the speakers for this year’s Summit, I am excited to hear what the Lord has to say to us through them as they have been studying His word. So, we hope you can make it. We would love to see you there!

In Christ,

Daniel Cavanaugh

Vision4Living Ministries

Passion4Christ Summit is just around the corner, with less than three weeks left for registration. There are many things to be done between now and then. Many people are stilling praying about coming. The speakers are spending time in the word to prepare the word to be heard. God is moving, and we know that He desires to work in those whom He has chosen to be there this year. He desires a generation that will heed His word and live the gospel; not just talk about it; but believe it, sleep it, breath it. He desires a generation that will pursue Him with an undying passion; one that is fueled by the truth of God in His word. We desire that this year’s Passion4Christ Summit will spur a group of young Christians to do just that. Please join us! We are beseeching the throne of grace as we ask that His will be done, which is to see a generation that is passionate for His Gospel/Christ more than ever. It is our responsibility to beseech the throne of grace for God’s will to be done, and it is God’s responsibility to accomplish His will.

Storm the throne of Grace for:

• Speakers to communicate the word of God with clarity, led by His Spirit
• God to prepare the heart of each one who will be attending to grow in grace and understanding of the gospel truth in their everyday lives.
• The Lord to provide for those who are praying and desirous to come.
• The Lord to guide and give wisdom to the Vision4Living staff as they prepare the massive amount of details for the Summit.
• Us to simply walk in obedience [rest in] as we play out the script that God has written for this P4C Summit.
• The Lord to raise up a group of leaders through the P4C who will continuing carry on the gospel mantel to the next generation.

Storming with you,

Daniel Cavanaugh

Director of Operations

For more info on the Passion4Christ Summit visit http://vision4living.org/events/passion4christ-summit/

Dear Friends,

You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. We have just posted the FAQ’s for the Passion4Christ Summit. With any event like this comes questions that need to be answered as you make your plans. Hopefully these will be helpful to you as you make plans to come or seek to give others information. However, we also realize that we cannot possibly answer all the questions that the human mind could come up with for an event like this. Don’t worry we’ve got you covered. If your mind should think of anything that is not on the FAQ’s feel free to email us at summit@vision4living.org, and we will answer those to the best of our ability. Thanks for your interest and don’t forget to have a great day!

In Christ,

Daniel Cavanaugh

Passion4Christ Summit FAQ’s

Dear Friends,

I recently had the opportunity to attend the NEXT Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.  I can’t remember the last time I heard so much valuable, solid, biblically based teaching in one spot (except at P4C and I am usually not sitting in on the sessions for that). I was so deeply challenged and can’t stop thinking about the things that I heard there – which is a good thing.

The focus for this year’s conference was “Foundation: The Importance of Sound Doctrine”. With a lineup of great men of God like Joshua Harris, Mark Dever, Kevin DeYoung, JC Mahaney, DA Carson, and Jeff Purswell (more info click on links) - home runs were being hit out of the park every session. I found myself at the end of each message saying, “Can it get any better”, and it would. I was convicted of the lack of sound doctrine in my own life.  I have for a while considered myself to be a person who was founded on sound doctrine (not that I could never learn anything else), but at NEXT I was hit afresh with how much I still have to learn about who God is through His word. I was dually hit with the truth that sound doctrine is important and to say that it is not is to proclaim that you care nothing about learning of our great Savior. For that is what doctrine is: it is the study of God and his character; His nature; the very essence of who He is. Not just some facts about God but rather truths that produce and motivate a life that desires to live for the glory of God alone.  Too long have we left off the glorious study of a glorious God and allowed our own imagination to conjure the image that we now possess of Him. We have rejected doctrine [truth] because of some misplaced idea of the division that it causes, and we are now reaping the results in our church and unfortunately in the next generation.

The question that remains is: are we advocates of sound doctrine; not the doctrine that only speaks of facts about Him but rather the doctrine that produces a heart that is in awe of Christ and the work that He has done; an awe of how powerful God is in his creation; a love, found in His love, that causes us to love others around us; an understanding of His sovereignty; and we could go on. As Joshua Harris so simply put, “We are all theologians”. Whether you are a Christian or not you have a view of God, and it affects how you live your life. It may be shallow, deep or somewhere in between but you are a theologian.

So are you studying true doctrine – the truth of God’s word- and is it producing a deep and passionate love for Him and his lovely bride the Church? If not, and you are one to say that we don’t need doctrine, then I ask you to come to grips with the words of the Apostle Paul to Timothy when he said, “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee (1Tim. 4:16).” Remember: it does matter what you believe. It grounds you. And when the winds of trials come and blow fiercely upon your life, the only thing that will stand will be what your life has been built upon (Luke 6:46-49).

Daniel Cavanaugh

I would encourage you to download the messages from this year’s NEXT Conference. Below, you will find the link to each one of the messages given. I guarantee they will challenge you as you never have been challenged before…

Joshua Harris – What Are You Built On?

Mark Dever – The Doctrine of Christ’s Work Accomplished and Applied

Kevin DeYoung – Scripture

CJ Mahaney – Sanctification

DA Carson – God

Kevin DeYoung – The Church

Jeff Purswell – The End Times

Dear Friends,

Just wanted to make you aware that Passion4Christ Summit registration is now open. We are so excited about this years Summit as it brings with it new speakers, content, and activities. If you are a single who is 20 and up, we hope to see you there. If you are not, please help us to spread the word to the singles in your church. We have also just had the brochure printed for this year P4C. If you would like some to hand out in your church or if you just know someone whom you feel would benefit from P4C, fill free to email us at summit@vision4living.org with you name, address, and amount you would like. We will be sure to put those in the mail to you asap. Thank you for your support and help us spread the news about 2010 P4C!

Daniel Cavanaugh

Director of Operations

When we last looked at Joseph’s life, we learned that leadership is not about position. Leading wherever you are requires a God given vision and the willingness to face the frustration of that vision by God’s grace. But God will bring in His own time:

III. The Vindication of Leadership

According to Leon Wood, “One of the hardest lessons for Christians to learn in any day is to wait on God for the time God sees right to bring aspects of His work to reality.” It is said, “Good things come to those who wait.” But sometimes we wait, and wait, and do the right thing, and nothing seems to happen. In Genesis 39, we find a faithful Joseph learning much as a servant. He was a faithful man, but his faithfulness is met with false accusation and demotion. Not many things can blunt the edge of Godly influence more than false accusation; especially the sexual kind. That is exactly what Joseph faced, and he had no opportunity for appeal or explanation: just prison and the opportunity for more valuable lessons in leadership. Here is the place the wise leader in training learns to rest in the providence of God. The role of Providence is indispensable to the training of a spiritual leader. According to Romans 8:28, God is orchestrating all things for our good. Joseph had to learn this, and so do we. But the only way to learn this is by experience. We have to go through it. There are no short cuts in God’s providential dealings with us. Joseph’s time in prison was not wasted. His diligence and faithfulness along with God’s blessing on his work positioned him for the next step in God’s unfolding plan. His experience in prison gave him opportunity to minister to others (Genesis 40); even if their forgetfulness and ungratefulness left him ostensibly unrewarded again.

But Joseph was about to see the hand of Providence bring his vision to fruition and the vindication of his obedience. We do not get to see all the ways God uses us in our own lifetimes. But we do often get to see it in some measure. David did not build the temple in Jerusalem, but he was able to lay the groundwork for its construction. He did so by seeing the materials gathered for it and by instilling the vision in his son Solomon. Paul saw the beginnings of Gentile conversion, but it was only the beginning. Jesus “endured the cross, despising the shame and has sat down at the right of the throne of God” (Heb. 12:2). He is still waiting to see “God…bring aspects of his work to reality”. And He will see it.

In Joseph’s case, the Lord allowed him to see his “dream” come true. He had learned the lessons of precocious youth and premature communication of a God-given vision. He had learned to lead faithfully by the power of influence and God’s favor, without regard to position. Now, in God’s timing, Joseph saw God bring the full “aspects of His work to reality” (See earlier quote from Leon Wood). From Genesis 40-48 we see the vindication of Joseph’s God-given vision and the reward of his faithfulness.

While we must not presume that God will do for us exactly what He did for Joseph, we can be convinced that He will unfold His will for us in His timing and vindicate our obedience in ways that please and glorify Him. What more could we want or ask? And we must learn as Joseph did that leadership is not primarily a matter of position but influence. And our influence grows, not by our presumptuous pursuit of personal glory but by our own growth in Godly virtue and pursuit of selfless service. God can and will bless these no matter what your station in life. You can lead no matter who you are if you commit yourself to such a life. You must be willing to humbly pursue your vision while waiting on God’s timing and serving those He brings into your life. You must have a firm confidence in the Providence of God and how He will use people and circumstances to mold you and prepare the way in ways you cannot know. You must refuse to be frustrated in the day of small things realizing that “with God, timing is more important than time”(Ron Dunn). You must trust God to vindicate your faith and vision in the way that pleases and honors Him. Not all of us will be asked to lead. But all of us can lead by the power of our influence wherever God may place us.

Charles Cavanaugh

Vision4Living Ministries

Check out the pictures we have posted on Facebook of last weekends Family Leadership Conference we held in Hickory Corners, MI. The Lord blessed and gave a very receptive group. We had awesome fellowship in the Lord. May the fruit from the conference be lasting and bring glory to our amazing Christ!

Daniel Cavanaugh

Vision4Living Ministries