‘Call on me.. and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’ For I, the Lord God of Israel, have something more to say…
Jeremiah 33:3 – 4 (NET)
It’s time. Time to step into the path of life. Time to walk through the door Holy Spirit is holding open for us. He’s been asking the hungry ones to step forward, through the gate and into the place of spaciousness and incredible delights in the glory of His Presence and His Kingdom. It’s a place we’ve never seen before. It’s a place for exploring by those who trust Him enough to take the step forward and immerse themselves in His Presence. This is not for us and our families only. This is for the nation and the nations. He is beckoning us forward with the longing of His heart like never before. The temptation is to ask ‘How?’, like the Israelites did, or to think it’s going to cost us something. But the invitation is into something our eyes have never seen and our ears have never heard, but His have. And He is trustworthy and true and is only ever leading us into triumph.
To go somewhere you’ve never been before, you have to do something you’ve never done before. Tent of Training is an invitation to IMMERSE ourselves in His Presence and His Word for 5 days. We’re going back to the beginning and re-writing every foundation from every hint of religion and the culture… and replacing it with the exciting, overwhelming abundance of the Kingdom that can handle where He wants to also take us, so that we can awaken a covenant nation in this land.
Holy Spirit said about this invitation:
COME HUNGRY. COME SELF-SUFFICIENT. COME SELF-RESPONSIBLE.
This is the place where the lovers of His heart become carriers of His heart to the nation.
This is not an outreach, this is a bootcamp. The field is white with harvest, yet the harvesters are few. This is for the immovable, unshakeable and unoffendable believers who want to be equipped to be able ministers of the King and His Kingdom. It’s for those who will not longer tolerate moderate Christianity or only a glimpse of His Kingdom but will not settle for less than the victory on every side and the transformation of the nations that He has prophesied. Why wait for another generation to pass by?
The Lord is looking for the treasure chest openers… the ones who will not only minister to and disciple others, but will have the mind of Christ about this nation and will be those who will disciple others to disciple others. As I write this invitation, I hear the Lord’s voice booming…
It’s time for a mighty multiplication. It’s time for a raging fire of glory to sweep over this nation. Will you be My fire carriers? Will you be built into the house that I’m building? Will you carry My life, My heart, My delivering power to the body… to the world? Will you step beyond what you’ve seen before… what feels comfortable and safe? Will you throw off all reservation and jump! Jump into My arms of adventure and power! Trust Me to catch you and set your feet where I need them to be, not where you think they ought to be!
I am the Lord your God and I have the plan, the plan for your life, the plan for the nation. Come and meet with Me and I will show you great and mighty things you’ve not known before. I the Lord have something more to say to you. I want to be heard! I want you to stay in My presence long enough that I can speak… and be heard. To really speak and really be heard. Would you incline your ear to Me? Would you turn your life to Me fully? Would you lay down your own aspirations and agendas and ways of living and enter My way of living? Would you step into the path of life I’m offering you and indeed which holds My victorious salvation for the world around you?
It’s more than you think. It’s more than you’ve experienced. It’s more than you’ve known. It’s more than you can imagine. You’ve hardly even started. You’ve hardly touched the start of what I want to show you. I can’t even reveal things to you when your heart cannot bear it. Come and let Me build up your heart so you can bear the things I want to say to you. Let Me be heard, let Me be heard! Let Me talk freely and be heard, because your heart can handle what I have to say. This is an expansion time. Expansion, expansion, expansion.
Only the bold will come because nothing will ever be the same for you again. You’re going to butcher the oxen like Elisha if you come. You’re going to burn the old fields and you’ll never be able to go back again… You’ll never be able to un-see it once you see what I have to say.
Where has your hunger gone? How can you not be hungry when there are yet miracles to display, when there are yet strongholds of the enemy’s camp in your lives and in the land? I didn’t give you a partial victory, I gave you victory beyond all comprehension. I gave you life beyond words. I have given you power beyond description. Don’t live less than that, don’t live less than that. Don’t settle. Don’t stay. Don’t stay in your overwhelm, don’t stay in your lifestyles, don’t stay in your agendas, don’t stay in your smallness, don’t stay, don’t stay, come… come… come…! Come forth into the fullness of victory and the fullness of life I long to give you.
Come forth as Joel’s army and let’s run with the horses and take the land. The horse doesn’t stand still when the trumpet sounds… I am sounding the trumpet! There’s no time to wait, there’s no time to delay! This is My forward, advancing force and you’ll either come with the first wave or you’ll sit back and spectate. But the prize goes to the victorious ones who jump in! I am the prize, I am the prize, and my presence is not where you’ve been. I’m not sitting where things have sat for so long, I’m not staying there, nothing can restrain me, nothing can contain me, I’m moving forward, forward, forward… I never sit still, I never go backwards and I never stop!
I am a sharp, threshing machine and that’s who you are in Me. Thresh the mountains, winnow them, and blow them away like the wind! Cut down the enemies of the land and take back what was freely given to you, My people. That’s where I am right now… with My advancing army and if you want to know the greatest manifestations of My glory and My presence, that’s where you’ll be with Me.
Life is not what you thought it was. Life itself is something beyond what you’ve ever considered. My life is expansive, it’s abundant, it’s incredible, it’s limitless. So live, truly live! Truly live! Truly live in My presence. Be with Me, be with Me where I am.
When
Wednesday morning the 5th of March 9am – Sunday mid afternoon the 9th of March.
Where
The 2025 Tent of Training Retreat will be held at the Bunya Mountains Conference Centre. On the attached map, the conference room is noted as ‘Poppies Cafe’:
http://www.bunyamountains.com/accommodation-map/
Accommodation
At this stage, some accommodation is available in the cabins near the conference centre, but will be at cost and these rooms will be allotted to the earliest registrations. Please indicate your desire to stay in this accommodation on the form below, and we will then get back to you as soon as possible to confirm availability.
If the number of registrations exceeds the availability, guests will need to organise their own accommodation in one of the other houses on the mountain. This is the link for accommodation:
The phone number for the accommodation centre is (07) 4668 3126.
Gathering Times
We strongly believe in the leading of the Holy Spirit in all aspects of our lives and ministry, so we won’t lay out the five days as God is still downloading this and we don’t want to set up a structure for it. He is going to lead us daily. Our gathering times will begin from 9am on Wednesday morning the 5th of March – Sunday mid afternoon the 9th of March. We see extensive times in His Presence and worship, getting deeply into His Word, question times, sharing of testimonies, baptisms, being with Holy Spirit in the beauty of the mountains hearing His whispers to our hearts, and relational connection. Everyone who comes will be the prayer team… we are going to take what we learn and practice ministering to one another, so everyone will be ministered to while there. We will go home free and knowing how to set others free.
Meals & Drinks
This is where the self-sufficient part comes in. In order to make this time the most abundant for everyone attending, we are aiming to keep it as simple as possible. Our evening meals will be catered and are part of your costs for the week. Please bring along something for breakfasts (which you will have together in your accommodation), and pack your own snacks for morning or afternoon teas. Lunches you can either bring your own, order from the cafe, or we may put in a group order for something simple and cost-effective like wraps (we’ve been quoted $14.50 per wrap). If you are interested in ordering lunches in advance, please e-mail us on oneness@burnett.net.au by Friday the 28th of February. Please also bring a water bottle (these can be filled up in the cabins, which are on tank water). Hot drinks will be available from the cafe at the conference centre, or you can bring and make your own in the adjacent cabins.
Music
Worship will be a combination of live and recorded music. We have put together a Spotify playlist and would encourage you to enjoy beautiful times with the Lord leading up to Tent of Training. Also noting that we will not have words on a screen, so bring the words already planted in your heart so that you can fully enter into encountering Him:
Registration
To register, please complete the form below and submit. Individual registrations are required for all attendees, so that we can have numbers for evening meal catering, and contact details for each person. We will e-mail again before the weekend, to give further information, including what to bring.
Invitations
Please note that this retreat is an invitation only basis, so we would ask that you please don’t share this link for public viewing or invitation, as it is not suitable for everyone. If you are on this page, you will have been given a personal invitation to attend. Once you have registered, please feel free to share this link directly with someone if Holy Spirit has put them on your heart and you feel they carry the heart of a treasure chest opener who wants to be prepared to minister to others and help see the nation transformed. Thank you.
RSVPs
We would appreciate registrations by Friday the 28th of February please, to give us enough time to organise evening meal catering. Thank you.
Price
Let each one give, thoughtfully and with purpose, just as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver and delights in the one whose heart is in his gift. 2 Corinthians 9:7
Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 8:10
As mature believers in Christ, we channel finances according to Holy Spirit direction, and we are honourable in our hearts to one another. The costs for this retreat will be covered in two ways.
Basic Costs: Firstly, we ask you to cover the basic costs of the retreat (what it actually costs for us to put this on) which are approximately:
- $170 per person to cover venue hire and an evening meal catered for each attendee.
- If you are seeking accommodation at the conference centre cabins, this will be another $50 per night per person.
We ask that these costs are please paid before attending the event (or let us know by e-mail if you need to pay afterwards). If you are unable to cover these costs, please let us know at oneness@burnett.net.au and we will seek a sister willing to cover your costs for attending.
Love Gifts: We also simply ask Holy Spirit what He wants us to bring to the retreat as our love gift to Him and each other, to sow into administrative time, those who bring the messages, and to sow into this message going further afield in the nation. You can either give your love gift by direct deposit (before or after the retreat), or there will also be a box to give your love gifts when you are at the conference centre.
Here are the direct deposit details. Thank you so much.
Direct Deposit:
BSB: 084 004
Account: 9564 36909
Name: AN Shepherd
Oneness 