Hillsong Church - Brian Houston

are you happy to be come on it especially try to cross this traitor in Indonesia so welcome we love you guys you guys ready to praise god tonight wherever you are you guys ready to praise god some night [Music] welcome at you [Music] kula come alive come alive dragons come alive come alive come alive those awake come alive come to all I'm gonna say to you travels to your trouble [Music] [Applause] you come [Music] who the change [Music] [Applause] [Music] you're gonna see trouble [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] camping ah leave those chakras in the grave now just like you you do not have to live in change that there's a cute thing [Music] the past take a listen [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you lift your voice come on with your voice [Applause] [Music] never [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's the seminar series Rhodes as he walks into where people pray when we hit praises he is come on do you believe that tonight [Music] come on we have a God who inhabits the praises of his people and he's here I love to hear it's the sound of save use of ropes as he walks into the room where people where we worship they [Music] full of man [Music] see sing his praise them now sing it space [Music] let's see sing his praise sing his praises [Music] [Music] but she just juice [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] no you see you tonight judge [Music] it says that we need to let our praises rise in this place because what because we have a God who is prison from the dead quality of every single prayer [Applause] Jesus Christ lives on the inside [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] see his path Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh my best idea what in my what you make of me so help me we can is to be is your make my home [Music] [Music] may your third speaker [Music] - the father's will be done me you see [Music] that is close [Music] mr. Dean [Music] is yours [Music] you're [Music] Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Music] some Pig [Music] we say you're welcome in this place tonight we open our hearts you we might hear from you god we stretch out our hands right now let me say whatever it is that we have to surrender to you right now go we lay it at your feet go with Stefan your presence Jesus knowing you meet us here wherever we are go whatever we think we've done God God I know we can enter into your presence go boldly and confidently tonight because grace meets us here Jesus worship You Jesus what gift of love could I offer to work in what way the word could be hell within my [Music] is worthy [Music] what you see [Music] subscribe this treasure bastard job the world [Music] cease flow praise him all creatures here [Music] what sacrifice can be [Music] cries pasty [Music] No this is [Music] all creatures here [Music] is Oh [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] ah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] just praise You God gee [Music] [Applause] [Music] praise you lifted clarify [Music] read them you see you we [Music] in the process [Music] full of still Elysee [Music] meow [Music] to come mr. father [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I want to give the Lord Jesus a big shout come on Aurora either we're so grateful for your presence here tonight you are the almighty one Lord you are first and last Alpha and Omega Lord to the great I am the one who is that was it is it is to come so much father that we can thank you for your solid you're the foundation you're the rock on whom we can build our live slaughtered Jesus name we thank you that even the universe is a place because of your power and you're just small enough and you're intimate enough to care about the deepest needs of our heart lord have you away in the lives of people today I pray this service will just be like fresh air fresh wind father a fresh breath in your spirit on the people who are open to you father we ask it in Jesus name can you say Amen in Victoria in Queensland in Tasmania in Northern Territory in Bali wherever you guys are can you say Amen welcome to church so good to see you hey we've always got lots of prayer requests through me as our fuel age junior high age leaders gonna come and pray over all these prayer requests come on drew just another young fireball another young fireball Amen this pride you almost look like that it almost looks like a no it is an all black hair I can understand why you've weird of backwards today I have to say in fact I say get rid of the thing or go they let us down they let us down man I just feel like come we're gonna do this seriously stop messing around we're gonna pray for these people you know what needs where people take the time to fill out a form it's cuz they're important to them and they're trusting God they believe in God so come on let's all lean in let's put a handle woodsies proquest course we're all you guys are there's prayer requests there as well I'm sure there there's people on the platform holding them up let's pray together awesome go we thank you that you see each and every need Lord you see the sick person Lord you see the person needing promotion God you see that the Son and the daughter that doesn't yet know you and right now god we thank you that even more than we could love them that you love them first so right now Jesus Lord we lift up your name and we thank you that in the name of Jesus law that every prayer is yesterday no situation is too dark or to die of the you Jesus now we speak faith we speak healing and we speak favor we speak salvation of all we thank you right now for turnaround we thank you right now for salvation and go we praise even tonight that we'll see an act of God Jesus know that we'll walk in here one way and leave completely change by your spirit and we give you honor pray [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] now beautiful of these songs I hope they were compiled all the way around all that location so powerful so beautiful so now we're blessed at the sound of our house and the songs that are written and the labor that so many of these songwriters put in and the messages that we preach so that they get their inspiration I love that line I'm not sure exactly how it goes about me being your upper room what a fantastic line that is in other words me being a house for the Holy Spirit incredible all right say hi to three people then you could be seated [Music] [Music] anyone come to church by train this evening it would come by train great I can see hands around the place it's so cool you know it's got a double it's a double whammy blessing number one shush there's a double warming blessing because number one it means it's easy to tell people they can get here if they live anywhere on that line really from the city all the way out this way you know that they can easily get the church and the stations at the end of the garden here just believe and some of our other locations we're going to have a station at the end of the garden too but on top of that it actually takes pressure off that car park so people come by train of means there's more room for more cars which ultimately means more families can be in the house of God which is great welcome so good to have you here you know what L works with creative conference was such a powerful time and we're calling the see our figure our worship has been just a sense of the afterglow but I thought we'd get our worship and creative leader that is of course Cass Langdon with a husband rich and our gonna be good of Cass there may be a couple others and come on up here and they just want to tell you some of the story some of the stories that come out of the worship and creative conference hi how are you we've had the most amazing week at conference it's been incredible and I have read this quote that says something like this it says coincidences are God's Way of remaining anonymous I like it right and I feel like this week we've watched God trade in coincidences there's been so many amazing things that have happened and divine appointments where are you all come forward anyway and so we've got stories and so it's okay this is story time with Cass Chad rich and Gabe I love story time do you want to start Kelly all right I'm gonna start okay so I got this really cool story and says this hey Cass I guess you'll never see this but I wanted to say thank you which is pretty funny because now 3,000 of us are actually listening to it thank you for everything at conference I came into this week truly desperate for God to meet with me I have been struggling with my mental health self-harm eating disorders and just feels so unseen by God and so forgotten by everyone I wrote a list of things that I was hoping God would speak to me about and to be honest I can stand here today and say he spoke to me about every single thing and more how close it it gets really good hold on don't clap too much it says I got a handwritten prayer and that prayer declared healing over my heart and my mind it set the scene for the week and everything that God was about to accomplish then God met me in the Genesis week session every single collab and the main session to be honest though my highlight was when you started to speak about the Emmaus Road I cried the whole time because to be honest with you I decided to get serious with God on the Emmaus Road three years ago then the names went on the screen and unlike Brian my name was smack bang in my line of sight and God kept bringing Genesis 16 through 13 to mind it says you are the God that sees me every word that was spoken was like God reaffirming that I was not invisible you see I was adopted when I was younger and I have struggled my whole life with feeling overlooked and unseen then one of the pastors or college students got a word and prayed that over me in the anointing service and then we sang whole heart and another in the fire my two favorite songs of all time anyway I'm just so undone God met me at worship conference I feel like I'm going home healed and whole with a great process in place for how to take the next step forward my life would never be the same again and I have already bought tickets for next year praise God well this next testimony is one of our team it's one of our creative staff and he's having problems with his jaw and since he was a kid he said surgery he's at he saw physios he's been to specialists and he still has pain almost limiting his sleep every night and so he went to along to the healing service which was with Pastor Chris Mendez and he woke up on Monday sorry on Saturday no pain at all and slept through the night so I think that's something to be really excited about don't you I have a really great story from someone who joined our conference online by the internet if I'm gonna read it for you it's gonna be really good I wanted to take a moment and thank you and the whole team and the whole church for making the online experience amazing for us delegates I was at work listening watching I know I should have been working but you guys made it so easy to feel like I was in the room I was skeptical about joining somewhere online didn't want to watch another YouTube but no I was at conference 2019 I felt like I flew to Sydney and I was right there thank you for the suite and amazing way you interacted with us dropped us personal prayer emails and prayed with us during the sessions this has changed something in me for the future some old things cement it onto my soul are starting to break away and a new fresh foundation is being poured into the base of my spirit to start building on solid ground thank you I am in next year no doubt about it blessings from the US a German living in America something about something isn't that amazing yeah god is good it's so good hey he's so good my voice is nearly gone we had the session called Genesis week and in that session there was someone watching online and they start at the start of the session they prayed because they had abdominal issues and they prayed God could you could you maybe do something new in me could you fix these issues that I'm having and then the whole session is about how in some 51 God says that he can make a fresh start in us and he can reorder the chaos of our lives anyways someone in the room here they walked in and they couldn't forgive God because of that they'd lost their cousin some years ago and so they're angry at God and just couldn't forgive him and yet when David Andrews spoke of losing his little one God just brought such healing to him and he and he said in that email to us through way too many tears God book clarity about where God was when my my cousin passed away and it was right there with him all the time and so the person on line with the abdominal issues they prayed at the start somewhere in in the session God did something because at the end of the session she's like hot on a minute no abdominal pain nothing was awesome so God moved pretty mildly in the conference and in that particular session and so we're really grateful to God for everything that he's done there are so many stories I think we have 400 emails at the moment at WCC stories at Hillsong comm and they're just coming in thick and fast so we are so grateful to God and so amazed at what he has done back to you you're awesome rich hola how are you Church hello to everyone everywhere so good that we linked across the breadth of our church my name is Chris along with my beautiful wife Lucy we get to lead our church in Latin America and that's just one of the greatest honour of our lives and I have the amazing privilege tonight to just remind us about why we give I think we don't need a reminder with everything we just heard because we give to see lives changed for lives to be impacted by God and across our church right now wherever you may find yourself you can begin to prepare by using the envelope that's on your seat or checking out the screens for other ways that we can give tonight and just the thought found in Corinthians 1st Corinthians 15 verse 58 the Bible says bringing is chapter to a close therefore my dear brothers and sisters stand firm let nothing move you always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain to all our volunteers that serve this week your serving was not in vain to our creative team that prepared for hours to set the table so we can come and worship God your your service an effort was not in vain the church doing what we do week in week out when we bring our tithes and we give our offerings it is never in vain because it's attached to Kingdom endeavor we give on purpose for a purpose and because of a purpose and that is to see the kingdom extended the local church healthy and built so that everyday ordinary people can find their place in the house of God and in the kingdom of God nothing about what we do even in the midst sometimes of being tired of being weary even in the midst of sometimes feeling that you're on this merry-go-round maybe week after week event after event let's continue Hillsong Church to give ourselves fully to the work of the Lord because although this week was amazing there are many more people outside the four walls who need to meet with Jesus and that's why this moment is not in vain that's why this moment is so important so with you giving in your hand across our church how about we get ready to sow into the house of God so that more people like you and me can come into a relationship with him why don't we pray together father thank you thank you for the awesome privilege God that it is to build your house to be part of a healthy spiritual family thank you for vision thank you for purpose thank you that you use every day ordinary people just like us we bring our tithes tonight we give our offerings so that we can continue to position the church so that she can move forward and enter into all that you've prepared for the father I pray your blessing your favor your provision your protection over every gift and every giver tonight in Jesus mighty name and across the church everybody said Amen éramos the amazing hosts are gonna serve us and as we give let's check out the screens would we see you in all your beauty all your majesty all your goodness all your grace don't embarrass me you just clean smear this is your Genesis week the future in the hope that the Bible talks about all of that is promise for you wherever you find yourself that's where God wants you that's where God does the miracle i'm listning come with you welcome to the hill son created podcast so thankful that I get to use my creative gifts to work on a grief that'll never get old the brief of seeing people come to mouth Jesus Christ your art is meant to bring hope that heaven is for real that jesus is alive and the holy spirit is still living today the presence of God will be present in your room in your situation in your circumstance what can happen when what you do becomes about others research shows that creativity is one of the effective ways of being able to restore health even though I lost my God in the sky I found well he found me in the trenches I'm still here the difference between where I am now and where I was then it's just time and perspective we've been writing prayers for you and we've been trusting God that right now the right prayer would find its way the right person if you want to open the card and read the prayer that people have prayed over you your imagination is god-given so don't settle stir up that imagination for this day till midnight we're gonna lift up the greatest shadow praise it's not hot and it's not noise but it's a prophetic declaration that a dream [Music] [Music] they did a vision I saw it you uh and then you have even wipe away every tear from their eyes and eliminate death entirely I will continue to be their God and they will continue the children to me [Music] see you next year Hillsong worship creative conference October 21 23 ha I really hope some of you guys can't come it's not just for people who are up here on the platform it's to bring out the creativity in every single one of us and I think to be fantastic of many of you could be there those of you who come from other parts of Australia book early you probably get some cheap fares especially off your fly jet star Tiger anyways it's gonna be worth being there and 70 bucks is a good saving and so if you register right now there's 70 dollars saving and we're just gonna believe the comments we'll keep going forward 3 years only and it's already found incredible niche in our churches year and it really is a powerful conference that's only a little touch of the testimonies that are really available from the conference I I hope we can all get behind it we're gonna stand together we're gonna sing a abbreviated version of a song called see the light but there's one line I want you to remember the one line is no longer I that lives that Jesus lives in me all right so when you get to that line across the country sing it extra loud come on listen sing it together [Music] [Applause] every port is my soul remember to sit [Music] to see the [Music] [Music] let's see [Music] Oh [Music] the [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you can be seated perfect father were grateful for your word Lord brings life to us a brings hope to us Lord guides us and directs us and keeps us on course with your purpose so pray your word today speaks life into people in Jesus name you are your own worst enemy actually not you yourself you see you and yourself are not the same thing I wonder who you thought your worst enemy was maybe that neighbor with the demonized dogs I have one of them maybe it's their going to cut you off on the way to church or the person across the officer gives you the death stare all day long maybe we manufacture enemies that are out there and maybe there are people who oppose you and oppose what you're about but my biggest enemy is not out there my biggest enemy is in here you and yourself are not the same thing there's been times when around a table with friends with family I've made a declaration and at the time I mean I say this is my last ever dessert I want to believe it sort of tongue-in-cheek I want to believe it or even said these are my last ever nachos and then a few last evidence of a few sugar filled things carb filled things I say it I want to believe it but then I can smell heart greasy chips or fries I can smell them alright I can i they're calling me they actually call it I can smell them I can I can smell them I can almost see them oh but I've said I've said not believe it this is my last ever I wanted to believe it I know it's good for me why how do I know that well for a start the doctors told me that very ruthless don't let s get in your legs are it's all about what's around the waist my wardrobe tells me that as I grow this way what I can wear shrinks that way other people have hinted that including the odd son or family member or he just said he can't talk well that's a good point I was actually preaching at you anyway hey but I can smell them hot steaming ah my mouths watering it's oh it's coming from over here what is that look oh my goodness look at that Oh Oh but I said no I said no I said that was my last ever but I was talking about dessert I wasn't talking about fries and I'm only gonna have one and I'm only gonna have a little one [Applause] that one's pretty small too I have that one I believe that when I said I need to dye it I know that's what's good for me not fair vanity reasons because I want to live a long time but she [Applause] it's got a name I'm suffering from cognitive dissonance because everyone knows what that is obviously everyone knows what cognitive it's rude to talk with your mouth full Chee they're noise the times winding down but hey some things are worth it here you go Paul you're a man who needs fattening up a little so what does cognitive dissonance basically there's a disagreement inside of you there's what I believe that this is my desire so I start changing my belief I'll only have one maybe two around my desire cognitive dissonance when a person beliefs and desires conflict they experience discomfort stress tension I feel bad now wake up in the morning why did I do that I said that was my last ever why'd I do that I feel like a failure in other words it has an impact on me it's a psychological theory but the truth is the Bible long before psychology in 1957 came up with cognitive dissonance really describes the same thing that's why I say you and yourself are not the same thing proverbs 2 verse 10 verse 11 I love this province says for wisdom enters your ha godly wisdom what's right it enters your her and their knowledge you know what's right and that's what's pleasant to your soul discretion will protect you and understanding will guard you discretion good common sense good holy spirit sense making good choices making right decisions discretion knowing what's the right way to God it'll preserve you and understanding will guard you but only when this Dementors your heart and what you know is present your sole problem is all of us in different areas we all have a different journey sometimes what's pleasant to our soul it's not according to wisdom is according to desires and so the same principle the same thing is really often spoken about in the Bible and it's a matter of who wins the war what's more pleasant to your soul and so what you know to be right or the thing that keeps on making you feel bad making you feel like you're falling short like you're failing which is the more pleasant to your soul because what is most pleasant to a soul is what is going to win the war what is going to win the battle so is it going to be a police or a desires is it going to be the spirit or is it going to be the flesh is it going to be Christ in you or me ISM me ISM in other words it's all about me Paul he faced this battle and he describes it perfectly long before the text books the Apostle Paul tells us about cognitive dissonance this is how he describes it in Romans 7 verse 14 to verse 20 he said I can anticipate the response that is coming I keep spitting fries all over myself and all over the floor I can anticipate by the way I've got more if anyone wants some later later later we'll put them in the microwave I can anticipate the response that is coming I know that all God commands a spiritual but I'm not but I'm not excuse me isn't this also your experience yes I'm full of my self after all it's been a long time and since prison well I understand I don't understand about my self is that I decide one way here it is I decide one way but I act the other way I decide one way but I act another doing things I absolutely despise so if I can't be trusted to figure out what is best for my self and then do it becomes obvious that God's command is necessary listen to it I need something more for if I know the law but still can't keep it and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions I obviously need help I realize that I don't have what it takes and so I can will it but I can't do it I decide to do good but I don't really do it I decide not to do bad but then I do it anyway some of you can relate most of you in some way can relate to this very very big paradox right here my decisions such as they are don't result in action sometimes something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time gets the better of what gets the better of you I wonder is there slipping into that self-pity is it perhaps some kind of excess that kind of tries to rule your life what is it that it is trying to have you conflicted and feeling bad and feeling like a failure imagine if we could die to self imagine if we could let all that ego all that self go and come in line with a purpose of God for our life and no one really means when we say Christ in me the hope of glory that God's goodness God's grace God's glory could be my portion if I can just allow the dominant force in my life to be Christ in me we know that's the right way but oh how the flesh fights a battle fights a war to try to keep us so that we don't live in the victory that God has for us and that's where say yourself is your own worst enemy I see self is either an ego is a big planet that lives in its own orbit egocentric in the center as he go and everything else revolves around there so I like the thesaurus my favorite prehistoric monster well it's you know end of a big weekend so here's what it says about ego centric remember that's where everything revolves around my ego self-centered vain selfish narcissistic that's a big word self-absorbed egotistical inward-looking self-important self-obsessed self-seeking regarding everything only in relation to one's self regarding everything only in relation to oneself do you hear information and you process it how does this help me how does this advance me how does this affect me why would you do that to me this doesn't even apply to me someone's making big decisions maybe at work and immediately it's about you how does this affect me maybe this will advance me maybe this is not going to be good for me it's just all about me somebody else gets elevated or maybe sadly someone else has demise and you're straightaway well this advanced me will this help me you might say well that's not how I think and I'm sure for many it's not that believe me self tries to rear its ugly head in all of us in one way or another and it's not a battle you win easily believe me that's why the Apostle Paul robe it's seven he's talking about this war between them the spirit and the flesh and all of these things that he's found that law never helped some law is not going to make any difference and yet sometimes that's what we do I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna win this panel I'm gonna win this battle I'm gonna win this battle no more fries that's my last ever dessert that is my last evidence cherry ripe pudding tiramisu bread and butter pudding in a poll without the textbooks he takes it on head-on he really does in Galatians 2 verse 20 a powerful verse Paul doesn't mess around when it comes to his self is that I've been crucified with Christ it's no longer I who lives but Christ who lives in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me it's no longer either lives Paul says but Christ that lives in me now listen to that again it's no longer I that lives so I is dead apparently but Christ that lives in me how could I be dead but be still be alive I am May don't worry about the pronouns because they're interchangeable just think about you who God has saved who God anoints who God and Jews with power and God fills with a Holy Ghost who God gives a purpose and a hope and a calling think about you and then think about self and think about that ty kata me and then think about what it would really mean for you to say I've been crucified with Christ and the life that I now live in the flesh so it's my everyday life and surreal me it's not just when I'm in churches the life I live in the flesh my everyday the life I now live that's what the devil would love to disrupt that new life that self free life that ego free life well if we could just understand the power of winning victory over self maybe our worst enemy then I believe the summits victory that God has for you say eyes alive me where I is dead me is alive in that scripture it's not multiple personalities Paul's not schizophrenic but he decides I am NOT gonna focus on myself the world wants to focus on itself you think about it I just need to get in touch with my inner self I just want to explore my inner self yes [Laughter] [Music] just want to reach my inner consciousness my inner self this is getting awkward yet hey I'll tell you what we need to get in touch with not my inner self Christ in me the hope of glory that's what I need to get in touch with that's not I need to explore the unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ the unsearchable riches of Christ and me the hope of glory I would unfold my legs but I'm stuck here hey listen to me Christ in you Christ in me that's where our hope is that's where I hope of grace that's where I hope at goodness let's go tell you right now I'm not pretending life as a party life is anything but a party at times but the adventurer serving Jesus makes it all worthwhile every battle every challenge every devil buddy that comes against us there's something about the life of Christ but self will try to sink you Christ the vessel in you are that Christ wants to fill and if the devil can sink that boat he's gonna do it and that's how he uses ourselves disrupts your relationships man when my marriage is just about me and I happen to be married for the most self selfless woman in the world little angel it's not gonna help my marriage no gonna help any relationship not gonna help my friends it's good to look at me me me me me when it's all about me and I'm in the worship tape and I should be there but they put me over here I'm only leading the worship to there's many people over here and it's not right because my voice is better than this and that person's voice is nowhere near as good as my voice I got JD up here I can sing 10 times better than him hey why don't we just why don't we just change her why do I only get to sing to this many people instead of all these people because the gift I have of my life is much more for all of you it's much more for going through the camera so you can see me because not just how I say this how I look as well it's the whole thing well that's not you of course and our worship team genuinely don't think like that except JD you may think I'm being difficult on JD but you don't see behind the scenes [Music] [Applause] but it's all about me how does this affect me I remember what's us going through the most painful time of my life and probably a time when I just needed a friend put his arm around me I remember this car walking up to me and win well this depicts us as well you know and it does but it's just that just where does this affect me as a help me has it advanced me why would you do that to me maybe maybe maybe we've got to kill that thing we've got to kill it I am crucified with Christ it's no longer I that lives but Christ that lives in me Christ lives in you you being the best of that God wants to fill with his promises power it is purpose you've been the part of you that Jesus has redeemed well Colossians 3 verse 3 says for you died and though your life is hidden with Christ in God I wonder if we're prepared to crucify the flesh and what they would look like to live sacrificially I wonder if we're prepared to mortify they don't call flight kill a more teen for nothing have mortify crucify the flesh what would that really look like what would change in your relationships in your emotions emotionally relationally spiritually you walk with Jesus how much would change there even physically because the excesses it's not about me so I'm not gonna feed those excesses anymore verbally because my words when I'm filled with self my words mostly center around myself and I just feel like it's a battle if we could win it if we could win it there's so much more that God has for you a sacrificial life is the best life because it means I'm opened up to all that God has called me to be I'm opened up to who he has called me to be I'm not fixated on myself constantly all the time it's just not the way I am it sounds so easy but Paul he showed us how easy it's not clearly talked in Romans 7 about that constant battle he had constant battle between him Christ in him and his self it's a really rent very real thing that imagine if we could have a lion that in air life every part of our life instead of what psychologists called cognitive dissonance there's what I believe but this is what I do there's what I believe that this is what I desire or change what I believe to pursue what I desire instead of that imagine if everything came together Christ in me you see Paul he goes on in Colossians 2 verse 20 he says there's no longer I that lives but Christ that lives in me and then he talks about the life I now live and the life that I now live it's only however many words that is but it's so powerful God's got more for you listen to me God's got more for you God's got more for you the life that I now live the life that self is trying to sabotage the life that I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me that's the life I now live a new life a powerful life is spirit that's the part of you that comes alive when Jesus saves you that's the part of you that the Holy Spirit doesn't you with power does fill with the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost that's the part of you that hears from God here's a still small voice although deep down in your spirit in your belly maybe that's the part of you that is intimate with him that's the part of you that it's not always just a still small spirit sometimes in fact it's a booming voice but my self is made Anthony matin Devin it's the part of you that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin and righteousness what's right and what's wrong it's really the radar where we hear from heaven your spirit herself would love to sabotage your spirit I get a wounded spirit I get a wounded spirit I got a jaded spirit what a tragedy that is when David says uphold me Lord with your free spirit created me a clean heart and renew what a right spirit within me if I can get a wounded spirit then there's more of myself that needs to be crucified and by the way I am preaching to myself because we're all subject it's pretty hard when something hurtful happens to you not for it to wound you you know we're not Teflon truth is things can stick but if I decide that I'm gonna live with the life that I now live I'm bringing my spirit in life then I'm gonna win that battle I'm gonna win that victory I don't have to live with a wounded spirit I can know the power of a free spirit in Jesus name listen to this it's Galatians five verse sixteen to eighteen the message my counsel is this live freely animated and motivated by God's Spirit then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness but there is a route of simple self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness if it's about me if it's about myself then my spirit is clogged because a free spirit is incompatible with selfishness these two ways of life are antithetical so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way according to how you feel only giving day why did you choose to be led by the spirit and so escaped the erratic compulsions of a law dominated existence bring your right spirit within us father rinoa a right spirit so we have a free spirit so we hear from heaven so there's nothing blocking our intimacy with Christ so we know what is right and what is wrong the way to go and the way not to go so we can hear the Holy Spirit's voice so we can be filled with the spirits power God give me that free spirit all of us aligned to the life that I now live the life I live in my every day in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God beautiful powerful spirits soul thinking I'm gonna tell you right now self makes terrible terrible decisions when it comes to the way we think if I let's my thinking be just all about myself I'll be fixated worried you'll either control me or something else will control me my thoughts it's all about self I'll be fixated just fixated it's where I am it's just fix that it will disrupt my sleep try to control me that's what that's what self will do you know F thinking how thinking when it's transformed by by God transformed by the father transformed by the son and transformed by the Holy Ghost I believe I I just think then we can have thoughts that aren't occupied and preoccupied by worry and fear and doubt and all those things because it's no longer I that lives the Christ that lives in me and the life I now live in the flesh it's no longer about self it's not Oh God about ego it's no longer about me and Romans 12 verse 2 don't copy the behavior and customs of the world but let God transform you into what a new person by changing the way you think part of this new life is changing the way you think and of course it goes on there and it says then you will learn to know God's will for you which is good and pleasing and perfect beautiful a renewed mind and it's never done just like our battle over self it's it's an ongoing war you see the Bible talks about the renewing of the mind gonna be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing it's always a daily choice that I'm gonna think higher thoughts are gonna think different thoughts when it comes to my choices I already said self is a terrible decision maker why cuz it's all about myself and so I'm oversensitive and I make decisions out of my over sensitivity or my feelings get hurt and so I make decisions or I'm reactionary self is very reactionary so you did that I'm gonna do this and I'm here I'm gone it's impulsive it's impetuous self is a terrible terrible decision maker terrible choose life that you and your descendants may live and that's the point and when self helps us make our decisions doesn't just affect us that affects generations and I got wounded so I decided that I got hurt so I'm leaving this I I I'm reacting to this I'm reacting to that or you know I'm just filled with self interest so it's really gonna be about what's best for me and it really will mess up the decisions you make and the choices you make though I believe the new life that we have the life I now live that it's a life where if we allow a spirit as soul which of course is our thinking and our choices and our emotions david says he restores my soul he restores my soul are you living in the sense of restoration and peace and newness and freedom I'll tell you right now self is not good for your mental health it is not good for your well-being and maybe you've been somewhere where we sang it as well with my soul it is well with my soul it is well it is well with my soul I believe it can be well with their soul even when were in the grip of depression and we're in the Grippit of fate and really was struggling with their mental health I think we make some good decisions about what we live and what we listen to and what we watch and what we look at we make some good decisions but ultimately we just believe if I can just die to myself and understand the life that I now live in the flesh I live by faith in God there's no easy way sometimes when it comes to the mental battles people hit there's not an easy way there's not a you know now let's see or a simple tonic otherwise we would we would give it to people there's not the self is definitely not gonna help you it's gonna make things worse that's why we need to crucify the flesh be crucified with Christ and the life that we now live we live with Christ in us so powerful spirit soul and body yeah even your body you could the temple of the Holy Spirit and some 1st Corinthians 6 verse 19 yea the temple of the Holy Spirit people get all religious on that certain mark the temple of a Holy Spirit you know that people get very religious on all sorts of stuff rarely I put up an Instagram the other day of a drawing Joel did way back when I think well it was to year 2000 of Carl it's when he's 53 and I gotta say he's looking more like the picture now than he was at 21 embargo kyle is not really about there was a little tiny tattoos on his fingers and someone either so I must have gone like there because I got someone saying do you realize this cursing on his fingers so you know what I did and it said kick ass and I'm disgusted I am disgusted yeah the temple of the Holy Spirit and verse 20 says you're not your own you're bought with the price what does that really look like when we understand that with the temple of the Holy Spirit you say self it's all about vanity you go to the gym for vanity but I believe when it's Christ in you it's all about well well being we want to care for ourselves so well being just different when itself when it comes to our bodies we abuse them with excess can I believe Christ in you you can have the strength for moderation when it's all about self it's about gratification simple quick gratification pop that pill do this thing drink that wine whatever it is it's about gratification have sex here to have sex there have sex everywhere none of its gonna help that wasn't a suggestion but I'll tell you every person who wasn't focused then was asleep are listening now but with your husband with your wife if sex is about gratification it's about me I do my thing it's done if it's about fulfillment it's about her fulfillment my fulfillments different cuz this is not just self and ego everything about life everything about life changes everything about life if I can die to myself if I can understand that Christ that lives in me is a powerful powerful promise and I can know the power of that promise don't let self sabotage your future don't let ego pull you down words that's always the g-force that's always there it's always a downward a downward push when it comes to the impact of self will never take you up and lonely take you down if you exalt your self God will humble you if you humble yourself God will exalt you Lucifer I will ascend I will exalt my throne I will climb the Mount of whatever he says I will be like God the next verse you will be brought down love to seal to the depths of hell this was Satan's end why because self he thought would elevate him but it's forces will only ever take you down once don't let self dominate you Christ in me Christ in me the hope of glory God's goodness God's grace God's promise in my life Christ in me let's really think about that that's coming way Christ in me and is that's just about me and myself or am I gonna die to that and making about Christ in me it's a better way it's a new and living way and we're told to walk in it and if we can just live and walk in that new way I believe we can live in the promise of an Almighty God that we can see marriages healed that we can see unity where there's only disunity that we can see breakthrough where there's only been bondage where we can win battles will have only been losing that we can see the goodness and the glory of God working in our life why because I am crucified with Christ it's no longer either lives but Christ that lives in me it's a war it's a battle it's an arm wrestle Paul he talked about that arm wrestle he's like this is what I believe this is what I will to do but what I will to do I do not do we all know what that's like we all understand it but you can't win cuz that's not just about you and your power and the law and keeping rules it's not about that it's about faith in God and we if we will align our lives with Christ and say God I want to know what it is to have fellowship with a crucified Christ which means that I will be sacrificial I'll lay sometimes myself down and there's a palette to it and it will bring victory and healing literally healed marriages literally bring unity where this disunity will cause the kind of accord that God blesses Christ in you the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loves me and gave himself for me if you believe it say Amen amen gonna stand together shall we we had a few more minutes in this service this nighttime people like Sunday night services people hang around we're not gonna take too long no we're not at all but I want us to sing again just start there it's no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me but you sing it but don't just sing it to God send it to yourself in other words sing it to your self take charge over self tonight in Jesus name come on everyone let's sing this together [Music] lift your voice and Jesus now Jesus Nick [Music] now Jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] there was think about whatever it is that it's trying to hurt your feelings trying to wound your spirit think about what it is that would effective choices have you making choices that will alienate you maybe from right-wing tall but have you to be think about what it is maybe some some hurt some some power just some mindset that's trying to dominate you and thank you and we're gonna sing there a little more than we're gonna sing it to ourselves alright that you're singing it to yourself you're saying to yourself it's no longer you that live self its Christ that lives in me you're not alive ego is dead self is dead the flesh it's subject to the Spirit of God come on let's see it a little morning Jesus [Music] No [Music] [Music] [Music] you know the greatest thing you can do let's pray the kind of prayers and advice Jesus to live in you otherwise self doesn't even have anything controlling her no wonder people live in bondage and struggle and sometimes their bondage is their self-sufficiency I'd okay I'm all right I don't need God God's for weak people have you even made a conscious choice to surrender ownership of your life to the Lord Jesus Christ have you ever encountered him in a personal way he loves you he is for you he's on your side you can know him Bible says if you ask Jesus into your life he will come in and you'll live in you the scripture says if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you'll be saved saved from ego and self and sin and righteousness and saved to the promise of God in your life now and for eternity I'm gonna believe tonight people will make a choice for Jesus if they don't I believe many people across the land will make a choice for Jesus and maybe at some point you prayed a prayer asking Jesus into your life but somewhere along the way you lost your way and it's not as though God moved he said I'll never leave you nor forsake you he's the constant the Bible doesn't say he unsaved anybody he saves you he saved you but our choices can have us living far from God's will dislocated alienated from the sender of God's will in our life and what a perfect time this is - coming back to Jesus and the center to the side god I want you to take my life live in me Christ in me Oscar barber says he will come in tonight I believe I'm about to pray a prayer for people believing that you're gonna make a choice for Jesus Christ I believe it will be a rebel a revolutionary life-changing choice we have every eye closed everywhere no movement every person and prayer and everyone and all locations and even online who says Brian when you pray for people to make that conscious choice for Jesus would you include me in the prayer then when in just a moment I count the three on three I'm gonna ask you to raise your hand I got faith to believe there's gonna be a whole lot of hands many hands he said Brian when you pray for people to encounter God in a personal way by encounter him in a personal way I actually mean there's a moment there's a time when you know that you know that Jesus came into your life and I believe tonight is the time for that God encounter with people Jesus coming into your life if that's you we don't count the three raise your hand join others who raised their hand on three cuz I want to pray for you if he said Brian when you pray for Peter to be saved to be born again to make the peace with God to get right with him to turn from their backsliding going in the wrong direction Brian when you pray that prayer with you include me I'd love to include you son three you raise your hand I believe tonight is the night of salvation tonight is a night of new beginnings tonight is the night when God is going to change lives that the things that have tried to rule you destroy your spirit totally dominate your soul even bring destruction to your physical body what those things I believe tonight Jesus can touch and change people we have every right clothes everywhere every location you think about you and where you're at and every single person everywhere who says Brian please when you when you pray for people to come to Jesus to pray a prayer of salvation to know his forgiveness will you include me on three I want you to raise your hand or you want to make your piece get right with him on three you raise your hand so you're ready for that you're ready on three to raise your hands it's gonna be a whole lot of hands here we go on three you raise your hand then I'll pray one two three lift them up and lift them high right now how powerful is that I can see here hands going straight in the air who else raise them high raise them high be bold about it say I want this to be a life-changing night I want this to be a night that turns my life around for ever in Jesus name is there anyone else in Victoria of Queensland or Northern Territory where ever you guys are Tasmania of course wherever anyone else Valley Indonesia raise your hand raise your hand come on give them a big big congratulations see I believe I believe this is the moment when that becomes your truth no longer either lives but Jesus lives in me Jesus is about to move into people's lives gonna move in and live in you what a powerful thing that is and break some of the hold of devastating things in your life so there's a great night we're gonna keep singing but I can ask every person who raised your hand especially here every place we meet is different some places it's impossible to come forward to be honest there's not a lot of room here but I would love every person to raise your hand as we keep singing look there's big space over here come and stand over here or on the same over that so they stand there I just want to pray for you I want to pray for that's all and so I'm not gonna hurt you in any way just pray for you if maybe you brought someone with you to church you bring them you bring them you stand with them and stand with them maybe this summer Neffe stand with them the way unit believe tonight the guns gonna does gonna touch lives here come on all the way down there show the Windigo someone show the way to gosh hey man that one that one let's say sure the way you guys are the way to go then keep coming keep coming many come on keep coming all the way go on the way all the way over there all the way that's it all the way that's it keep coming keep coming amen Jesus is gonna save Jesus penetrates people tonight it's a night of salvation now Jesus but you see they don't wanna break your crown me [Music] No [Music] all right you guys have an aside look at y'all how fantastic it you know what it's pretty hard on our people over there and people over here Chris Mendes come on we've got you working today grab a microphone oh I'll pray the prayer of these guys here then you're gonna pray for those guys over there okay and so I'll go first with you guys but everyone we're gonna pray this together and so I believe tonight God's touching lives and changing lives and I think it's powerful so everyone out loud out loud everywhere wherever you guys are hopefully there's people for other people who have raised their hands so everyone's gonna pray this but I believe tonight is gonna be a lot transforming night for so many of you people in Jesus I've had a transforming night you already know you can't win the battle by yourself so look to Christ everyone pray this prayer dear Jesus this is the moment I surrender ownership of my life to you because of You Jesus this is my notice salvation my sin is forgiven I'm a child of God a new creation a follower of Jesus Christ thank you for your forgiveness of mercy I ever believe Jesus is alive in me amen I am another side we're doing that he meant over here amen I love that Pastor Brian asked to do this for you guys on this side because this moment is personal and I love that with him on that side and he's back towards you he wants to make sure you understand that God's easy one loves you and although this may be repetitive you need to understand God is a God whose personal so come on on this side Church why don't we join them Saint Lord I open up my heart Lord I open up I give you my life I ask that you'd forgive me of all my sin wipe away my past and give me a brand new start I receive you today as my Lord and Savior and ask that you'd guide me in living a life that pleases you thank you for salvation in Jesus name Jesus amen [Applause] [Music] it's powerful you know God is our healer there's a sickness in your body father now may healing rest on people may healing bring victory for people your healing thank you Father thank you Jesus we look to you as our healer right now right now whatever is going on at work you're gonna face it tomorrow I'm gonna believe God's gonna give you grace for tomorrow supernatural grace favor in other words grace for tomorrow in Jesus name whatever's going on I got a God who is in control and that's why it's powerful when I stop making it about myself and make it all about him amen the victory here's one for me in Jesus name Amen I will praise them I will praise them I'm gonna I'll pray a prayer then those who have to pick up your children and so on you can but you're welcome to stay we're gonna sing first and last hold for an Omega the great I am who was and is and is to come that's where are the lyrics run out right there come on come on everybody father I just thank you in Jesus name for your blessing today I thank you Lord we don't just live in the afterglow of what's gone but we can live father according to what you're doing today you're moving forward lord I thank you for your grace it's in I said thank you Lord you've already won our battles for us moving on this week that we can see your face grace the Lord your grace will be all over the circumstances of our lives we thank you in Jesus name for all that your word has declared and promised over us in Jesus name Amen [Music] big who was [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] that voice is cool [Music] [Music] come on an appraisal is crazy let's finish the night [Music] [Music] [Music] and we love you for being just nice so we'll see you next so you can't have a great week be blessed get some rest [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] 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Channel: Hillsong Church

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Keywords: jesus, hillsong, praise, worship, Brian Houston

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Length: 113min 6sec (6786 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 27 2019