Hillsong Church - I Have a P.G.C.E.

come to church what are you stand with us we're gonna praise God together this morning you ready praise God [Music] if you have [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you guys are very good toughest coming in come on sing I see the world I see the world you way I'm not afraid to follow I see the world you way I'm not a change you say Jesus and I'm walking [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] salvation genius [Music] [Music] this hot tip sing it up the mystery radishes on us as teen cries out to tea oh how desperately he wants thank you Jesus stand next to you like a candle to son [Music] we'll compare to his grave [Music] [Laughter] he's four these [Music] the [Music] salvation is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] spirit breathing holy fire weapon hell speaking truth in our vibe [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] to breathe [Music] watch the cloud he rides sweet blue lift up and down [Music] [Music] clap the phrase money's worth everything with God [Music] [Music] see [Music] it's sin to get a change in the cry see in the pressing you were made he knew in the soil I now surrender you are breaking so I'll do [Music] we're not trust you I don't need to understand [Music] whatever you want me okay you have given me Jesus Pinu vine [Music] in the crisi in the pressing you are making we trust you God in the soul [Music] [Applause] [Music] this [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] if you 1-0 and that is our prayer Jesus that you would bring that you would bring new wine out of us whatever's on your heart Jesus whatever it is that you want to do in our lives whatever it is that you want to do in this nation whatever it is that you want to do in our families whatever it is that you want to do in our marriages at our workplace whatever it is that you would bring the new wine out of us we love you Jesus does anyone love the Lord Jesus Christ come on do you love Jesus welcome to Hillsong Church such a pleasure to have you here today that you would turn up on a Sunday morning are you happy with who you sat next to this morning are you happy with the people behind you this morning did you say hi did you say g'day hey g'day to Wollongong how are you Hillsong Wollongong how are you church of the air in remote parts of Australia you're not alone we know you there we know that you fellows shipping with us and we love you and we know that you fellas shipping with us here today so fantastic what a great church what great people yeah well now that you quiet why don't you spend one minute welcoming more than the person you just said hello to and what then we're going to share with communion together but if you're at Church of the air whoever you're with high-five Wollongong high-five one minute to mingle and say hi fantastic good things are happening who loves a good report okay not in this week but next week everyone say next week so not their suite for next week it's color and all the girls said and all the men said oh I like that that's what we miss a color and all the boys said yeah that's how we miss a color that's why we need Bob Gough and Bob Gough is gonna be with us do you remember Bob from last year okay the one thing I love about Bob is that he causes me to think differently about everything he kind of comes in and he blows all my thinking and thoughts out the window points me to Jesus points me to his love and makes me be a bigger person and we are blessed girls we are blessed because he is one of our guest speakers at color conference of course we've got Charlotte gambrel coming she's incredible she's gonna be there and she's an incredible teacher of the word of God if anyone's gonna help you get something maybe technical from the Word of God it's going to be Charlotte and then of course we've got our senior pastor our host of color we have Bobby you stand be praying for her it's a massive week for her and our creative team and our logistics team basically every team that pulls color together but it's a big week for Bobbie so can I ask you be praying for her because if you know anything about Bobbie you know she doesn't just do a conference color for anyone that wasn't sure is not just a conference she actually seeks the heart of God she seeks God's heart for those couple of days that's the truth and that's why it's a heaven breathed conference that's why the sisterhood is a heaven breathed movement because she seeks God and if you're not coming to color or you're still thinking about it color too is for you everyone say color too is for you Sam a bit of a poet this morning color too is for you or maybe I'm a rapper color too is for you no I shouldn't do that either where's Dave where I should not do that Dave where I should not rap this is a bad thing to do but it's a very good thing to get to color and you can register after the service okay so please join us it's a marvelous marvelous couple of day was where the Lord does extraordinary things and be a part of it which will be great well we're going to bring our tithe an offering to the Lord right now all the different ways that you can give up on the screen behind me right now and our youth pastor Paul Callaway is going to come and share with us Paul you're a good man Thank You Jules how you doing Church are you happy to be here on a Sunday morning amazing well as Julia said all the ways are behind me on the screen but hey if you're new or if you're visiting sit back relax enjoy your morning this is a completely obligation-free but be a part of this moment if you'd like to it can I share a thought with you quickly I want to share a thought from Exodus 36 God is talking to Moses and he is employed Moses to build a sanctuary for his presence and Moses has asked the people of God to bring an offering so they could build the sanctuary and we pick it up in verse 4 and it says this so all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing and said to Moses the people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord has commanded to be done then Moses gave an order and they sent out the word throughout the camp no man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary and so the people were restrained from bringing more because they were already enough to do all the work that God had asked them to do I read this passage of Scripture for the first time a few weeks ago and to be honest I was completely sideswiped by it that the people of God were not only generous enough to fulfill the vision that God had given Moses but they were so generous that Moses had to ask them to stop giving I was thinking about our church I seem how about how about how Pastor Brian often says that we will always be a part of a church that has more vision than resource but I'd love to be a part of a congregation that tries to challenge that that today as we make a choice to put God first without giving to put God first with our tithe that there wouldn't just be enough resource in the house but that there would be more than enough to fulfill everything that God has called our church to that we would reach more people that the gospel would go forward that we'd be able to help more people not because there's enough because there's over and above so as we give can I pray for your church come on let's pray Lord we thank you so much for the privilege that it is God to build your house that you would allow us to be a part of building what is so precious to you Jesus and so God take our gift this morning God as we humbly bring it to you and do so much more with it than we have could and your mighty name everyone said and man hey can we give it up for our amazing hosts as they pass the containers and as you give checkout the screens for church news [Music] [Applause] [Music] Ohia firstly so glad your church and your being here makes a big big difference and that's kinda what I want to talk to you about we thank God for the people who attend our services people come expectant and really hungry for what God wants to do now I want to encourage people to understand that coming early coming on time taking time to have her kids in the program and being in that place early really makes a huge difference to the services in the atmosphere and also stay until the end a lot of people maybe there's a whole lot of pressing needs but if you can stay you make a massive difference so we're trying to build the kind of culture in our church where anything could happen and I encourage you to just stay right through to the last prayer and then you're welcome to head out straight away it makes a big difference and I know you can help us to take the church forward this is the next step up designed to bring the best of content and connections nextstep app provides great story relationship creating connected communities right at your fingertips grab your friends family or connect group and grow together available on iPhone and Android download it now and step into the adventure here we are launching engage this weekend it's a four week experience it's going to help you understand the history and the governance of Hillsong Church more about connect rooms a little bit about your personality your strengths he gives also that you can step into the adventure come out to the next step stand in the foyers after this service sign up and get into it and let's show you why this conference exists so that women remember God created them as a heaven breathe answer do not hate your weakness God will meet you there do not feel disqualified The Sisterhood is in the jet stream much time fixed rates important we will shoulder so to carry the message of Jesus and it is scaring the heebie-jeebies out of the enemy God find people that creep you out and [Music] so what does there is more main well first of all I'd like to translate for people who don't understand Australia because we're in America we have to use all the letters including our so when Brian says there is mole what he's saying is there's more [Music] for me there's more means we're Christians were the only people that have the right to believe there's always more of Jesus to know there's got to be more in me as far as who I could be as a husband and as a dad I think this book is gonna help a lot of people hashtag I believe [Music] Wow Wow that's our new album so the song we were singing new wine that's on the new album who wants to play that in their car in their headphones wherever you go at your workplace you never know Robert Ferguson he is an incredible blessing to our church this is what I say about Robert everyone loves Robert there's not anyone that I know and so if that you're one of those people don't tell me don't pop my bubble because everyone loves Robert because Robert is an incredible man of God he always brings the heart of God and enlivens our heart and our soul for the things of God so why don't we stand to our feet let's welcome the preaching of the word today Robert burgers very gracious Lincoln if only it were true that everyone loved me but some people do that's all right so good to see thanks guys I'm sure you did a brilliant job I wasn't here but I'm sure it was brilliant how're you all doing well I've got the opportunity and the privilege and speaking not just do you want to put people of all you people sat down missed your cue there and you're at the front I mean really should know better than that anyway so it's an honor and a privilege to be here not just to talk to you wonderful people but everyone watching you on the channel and Church of the air around Australia so wonderful to talk to you I'm believing that this message is going to help you wherever you are was going to help you I'm believing that it actually will be a reminder I'm following up some of things that Brian has taught over the years but also some of the things that he's taught in the last few weeks so just putting my spin on it that okay but it's going to be helpful father God thank you for these wonderful people thank you for every single person in this auditorium in the various communities around Australia watching online people watching the channel thank you that you know every story you know every situation you know every circumstance and this message has been designed by you to speak to everyone and I pray that we will listen with that attitude in the precious and the most wonderful name of Jesus and everybody said amen you can all sit down now including this group over here on the 18th of September 2004 I was sitting on the front row of our City campus and a prophet visited our church he'd never met me in before he knew nothing about my background my situation my circumstance he just walked up to me and he started prophesy this is how the prophecy started you are a teacher teacher teacher teacher teacher that's what you are everything about you is a teacher you used to be very boring you just a little boring now sometimes but God made you that way for a purpose I was under the impression that prophets were meant to be encouraging apparently this one hadn't read the memo but on thinking about it it is actually extraordinarily encouraging because everybody says that teachers are boring and this prophet said I'm boring but God was going to use my boringness for his glory he then went on to say that I was going to teach in many countries around the world I was going to teach in Bible College remember this was 24 years ago and he'd never met me he said I was gonna write books and I would be involved in correcting other people's written works which is pretty much what a manner and I do with the Songwriters so here's this guy reading my mail but I want to establish something he didn't tell me what I used to be he didn't talk about what I had done he didn't talk about my drunkenness in my youth or my drug taking he didn't talk about my stealing when I was a child he didn't talk about who I wasn't he didn't say that I wasn't a singer I wasn't a dancer I wasn't an evangelist I wasn't an apostle I wasn't a musician he didn't tell me any of those things he didn't tell me what I didn't have he didn't tell me that I didn't have millions of dollars I didn't have much faith he didn't tell me any of those things he told me what I had most of us do squalor disqualify ourselves from what God wants to do in our lives because we think about what we don't have we think about who we are not and we think about what we did but God when he encourages us as he did through the Prophet said to me this is what you have I want to stand on this platform and say totally candidly I don't have very much I never went to Oxford or Cambridge Yale or Harvard I never went to a flash University I never actually went to Bible College I haven't got a master's in theology I'll tell you what I do have I have a PGCE a post graduate certificate of education it's about the lowest and the most miserable education qualification known to man not only is it miserable I got it from a miserable Polytechnic in a housing estate in a nondescript town in England this is what I have and God said I can use that this message is entitled I have a PGCE when Moses was in the desert he met God God didn't tell him what he had done that he had been a murderer he didn't tell him what he didn't have power he didn't tell him what he wasn't a Prince of Egypt he asked him what he had and he said this Exodus 4:1 Moses answered what if they do not believe me or listen to me and say the Lord did not appear to you then the Lord said to him what is that in your hand a staff he replied now I want you to see this in those days if you're a shepherd everyone had a staff a staff was common it was visible it was practical you used it daily to get from one place to another to heard your sheep I can imagine when God spoke to Moses and said what's that in your hand we need to read between the lines he would have said what do you mean what have I got in my hand I've got a stick you know I've got a stick it's just a stick basically God said this see that stick I'm going to save this nation through this stick I'm going to change history through this I'm gonna save the world because his descendant Jesus Christ did through this stick what is that in your hand let me ask you this morning what is in your hand it's going to be normal it's going to be visible it's going to be practical what is it do you have a story do you have some money do you have a house do you have a car what is it that you have you don't have to be intelligent you don't have to be educated you just have to have something and God can use that to save the world he can use that to change history you can use that to turn your situation around for good all you've got to do is to admit that you have it as for me I've got a PGCE it's not very exciting it's not very impressive but it's all I've got so God sends a prophet and he says I'm gonna use that to get you to places you couldn't believe possible so I'm gonna tell you this morning how God can use your story how we can use your cash and we can use your money how we can use your car how we can use your PGCE how we can use your degree how we can use whatever it is that you have your health your happy marriage your kids what have you got you with me first before I give you the practicalities we need to have an attitudinal shift Moses saw the staff as God stuff entered his chapter for in those 20s so Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt and he took the staff of God in his hand the reason that he saw it as God's staff after God had said what is that in your hand is because he knew that what he was required to do was totally and absolutely impossible so he looked at it said wow this is amazing it's yours that's how Moses viewed the stuff but that's not how God viewed this stuff look at what it says in acts Exodus chapter 7 and verse 8 the Lord said to Moses and Aaron when Pharaoh says to you perform a miracle then say to Aaron take look at this your stuff and throw it down before Pharaoh and it will become a snake God knew that what he had required Moses to do was perfectly possible and so he didn't see it as his staff he saw it as Moses his stuff so how should I react to this PGCE when God speaks min says I'm gonna send you around the world teaching in Bible colleges and in different nations and what is that in your hand I've got a pgc here it is Jesus it's yours he says no it's yours well actually both are true it is God's but it is also mine God and I are in partnership so in Exodus chapter 4 in verse 17 it says this take this stuff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it this stuff this is not God's PGCE it's not my just PGCE it's ours we've got this together your car is not your car it's not God's car it's our car you and God what are you gonna do together with what you have what's God going to do with your education what's God gonna do with your car what's he gonna do with your family your finances we together are working on a miraculous thing he's going to use this be GCE to do miracles so that's an attitudinal shift you've got to actually say this is our car so you get in the car tomorrow morning and you drive to work or wherever you're going and you say so Jesus what are we going to do with our today what are we going to do with it what should I do with this money this money our money what are we going to do well let's have a look at how we normally react when God gives us something and ask what's in our hand let's have a look at how Moses reacted Exodus chapter 4 in verse 1 Moses answered what if they don't believe me and listen to me and say the Lord didn't appear to you then the Lord said to him what is that in your hand a staff he replied the Lord said throw it down on the ground Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake and he ran from it now verse 10 Moses said to the Lord pardon your servant Lord I've never been eloquent neither in the past nor since you've spoken to your servant I'm slow of speech and tongue actually that was a complete lie Acts chapter 7 says that when Moses was young he was a very eloquent young man so here he is lying through his teeth to God because he didn't want to do what God wanted him to do the Lord said to him who gave human beings their mouths who makes them deaf or mute who gives them sight or makes them blind is it not either Lord now go I will help you speak and you will teach what and will teach you what to say but Moses said pardon your servant Lord please send someone else all right here are our normal reactions when God's or a prophet says I'm going to change the world through you number one Moses didn't believe it of course we don't believe it God says what's in your hand you say a PGCE and he says cool I'm going to change the world through that yeah like as if that's gonna happen Moses didn't believe it and he wasn't the only one look at this Gideon didn't believe it either judges pardon 615 pardon me Lord Gideon replied but how I save Israel my clan is the weakest of manasseh and I am the least in my family Moses didn't believe it Gideon didn't believe it I didn't believe it I came from a small inconsequential village in the South of England I was educated in an inconsequential town in the middle of England I am NOT the most important member of my family and actually the least member of my family all my siblings overachieved and i was the youngest so when God says I'm going to use you I didn't believe it hey it doesn't matter too much you don't have to have much faith some of you disqualify yourself because you think I don't have enough faith you only need a mustard seed you only need a tiny tiny bit of faith for God to use you all you gotta do is say could you possibly use this car yes I can are you with me so you're in good company second thing we do and Moses did Moses didn't get it Moses didn't get it he just didn't understand he had no idea and he wasn't the only one Zechariah in Luke chapter 1 verse 18 when God spoke to him and said I'm going to save the world through your son Zacharias the angel how can I be sure of this I'm an old man and my wife is well along in years hey don't disqualify yourself because you're too old don't say I can't do it don't say I don't understand it of course you don't understand it Moses didn't understand it do you think when God said what's that in your hand well it's a stick oh cool I'm gonna change the world do you think he got it Zechariah didn't get it I don't get it I've never got it you don't have to have much idea I saw if God wanted me to be a missionary I thought should trained to be a doctor so I went to medical school or applied to medical school and everyone turned me down and I thought well I can't be a doctor so I can't be a medic missionary but he didn't ask me to be a doctor he said what's in your hand he said you've got a PGCE I can use that I still don't get it to be honest are you with me number three Moses didn't like it Moses didn't like it he ran from it and he wasn't the only one to run Jonah chapter 1 verse 3 but Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish why to flee from the Lord hey Moses didn't like God's call on his life he didn't even like the PGCE he didn't like the stick but God still used him God safety trails through him God saved Nineveh through Jonah and amazingly God has saved people through me how he did it I have no idea all I've got is your PGCE I don't have much courage guys you don't need courage just give it a go I've got a PGCE let's do this together Jesus you me and my PGCE let's go and change the world let's do this God I've got a stick I've got a stick I'm just going to confront the most powerful man in the world and tell him that I want every slave in his kingdom freed by next week sounds like a great idea Moses didn't believe it Moses didn't get it Moses didn't like it number four Moses didn't have it he just didn't have it you said I've never been eloquent and he wasn't the only one Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 6 alas Sovereign Lord I said I don't know how to speak I'm too young don't disqualify yourself because you're too young don't say what you can't do he didn't ask me am i eloquent he said what have you got now how do you read my school report he would have known I wasn't eloquent Jeremiah wasn't eloquent and he became a prophet Moses wasn't eloquent and he became a prophet I'm not eloquent but God has made me a preacher that's the cool thing about this I don't need to be eloquent I don't need to be courageous I don't need to have any idea and I don't need to have much faith all I've got is a PGCE that's it so please don't disqualify yourself from God doing something radical powerful significant in your life he wants to save your family he wants to save your community he wants to save your world and he's chosen you why I have no idea but he set out to do something radical for which he will get all the glory and he asked a simple question what have you got well I don't have much excellent I can use that just tell me what you have here's another one Moses didn't want it well that's great I don't want this please send someone else and he wasn't the only one Peter didn't want it either Luke 2255 and when Sun there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard inand it's a tan Peter sat down with them and a servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight and she looked closely at him and said this man was with him that is Jesus that he denied it woman I don't know him he said where do you picked him to be the leader of the church I mean he was completely hopeless he had just denied Christ three times after serving faithfully with him for three years and yet within days Jesus says feed my sheep feed my lambs and in a couple of weeks time he's in charge of the entire early church he wouldn't have even got to our Bible College he wouldn't have filled in the forms but he could fish that's what he could do he could finish so Jesus said cool I can get you to be a fisherman but you're not just gonna fish fish you're gonna fish people well I can fish I got a PGCE we've got this idea that you've gotta like what we do you've got this idea that you've gotta want it I've got news for you I don't want to do this I know we live in this positive atmosphere everybody's pumping each other up and saying yeah I want this is a want to church well I've got news for you I don't want to go to church every Sunday sometimes I'd rather stay in bed I know you're all looking at me shockingly but you'll like it as well well I've got good news for you don't even have to want to do this let alone like it God is gonna use you all you've got to do is just to be a tad willing just a little willing and then he can use you get in the idea don't disqualify yourself because you've got weaknesses or failures or in abilities we're in every single person that God chose in the old and new Testament were complete and utter failures all God asked them was what do you have what do you have so what do you do with what you have well I'm gonna give you five simple bits of advice is that okay here we go is this helping anybody all right first bit of advice throw it down throw it down Exodus 7:10 so Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded Aaron through his stars get down in front of Pharaoh and his officials and it became Snape I love this he once he discovered that God was going to use it God said throw it down and it became a snake I'm sure after that initial encounter he practiced a bit came up in the morning so wonder if this still works yep this is cool what do I mean by throw it down I mean use it confidently use it confidently don't apologize for it I was used to apologize I'm sorry I've only got a PGCE I've been to Chile I was just about a preach in a Bible College and they said and but what qualifications do you have which college do you to go to the ER to Oxford a Cambridge did you get a Regent do you have a master's degree they did the same when I was in the Philippines what degree do you have I I always used to applaud Ezra and I'm sorry I don't have anything now I don't I say I've got a PGCE from Trent Polytechnic Trent Polytechnic you know when we started an evangelism in 1978 I thought well wouldn't it be great to get lots of school children to come to our evangelistic meetings in our tent that we'd pitched so I thought I know what I'm going to do I'm gonna ring up all the schools in the area and ask them ask me to go there so I rang him up and I said can I come to your school I've got a PGC 14 of them said yes so that week I spoke to about 10,000 young people and over the next six years every time we pitched our evangelistic tent I just rang up schools and I said I have a PGCE and I did concerts can't sing course but I got other people to sing I did English classes I did science classes I did art classes I did religious education I couldn't really care less I've spoken in hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of schools in England I've got thousands of testimonies I spoke to literally tens of thousands simply because I had the guts to ring him up and said hey I've got a PGCE and they let me in so straight down second thing pick it up pick it up he said pick it up Exodus chapter 4 verse 17 but take this stuff in your hand so you can perform signs with it Wow I don't think of this just as a PG C I think of this as a miracle worker with me and G with me and Jesus we can do miracles you know with this I've opened schools in India I've spoken in schools in Pakistan a Muslim country I've spoken in schools in Poland a communist country and in China on over to China a number of years ago I just said can we teach I was in a school situation we teach yeah sure you can teach what have you got I've got it PG see yeah we can do this places filled with people they'd never even heard of Jesus but Here I am using it carefully using my language carefully but at the same time Here I am in China teaching in a school with my PGCE you get any idea throw it down pick it up number three hold it near hold it near what do I mean by that take this staff in your hand in your normal daily use exodus 12 11 this is how you ought to eat it with your cloak tapped into your belt your sandals on your feet talking about the Passover and your staff in your hand eat it in haste it's the Lord's Passover he said everywhere you go whether you go for a walk get in your car take it with you take it with you are you with me I have taught for the last 40 years I've taught somebody something every day of my life why cuz I've got a PGCE I'm the shots that's an opportunity to teach I'm in the supermarket that's an opportunity to teach my PA knows that when I come out of my office it's usually because I've read something interesting and I want to tell them doesn't matter whether she wants to hear it she is going to hear it and I walk out and say would you like to hear something really interesting and she looks up smiles and I tell her cuz I've got a PGCE that's what I do what do you do with your car what do you do with it I was in Germany a number of years ago when I used to hit round Europe and I just said to my friend who was a Christian I said watch this I'm gonna pray that so the next car stops and takes us exactly where we want to go so watch this Jesus stop this car car stopped next car lady lets us in and then says I'm a Christian I've been praying this morning how can I use my car for God and now I just gathered that you are a Christian she drove us 40 kilometres to where we wanted to go and when she dropped us I said where do you live she said about a hundred meters from where I picked you up but she said it was such a miracle that I'd said could you use my car that I used my car I wonder if every single one of us did that how much we would disseminate the truth and the love of the gospel throw it down pick it up hold it near stretch it out stretch it out Exodus 14 verse 16 raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground I love this because I've droids thrown it down a few times picked it up thrown it down picked it up this is cool now he's he's getting bold he's like let's see what will happen if I stretch it out row and a sea opens whoo this is cool see one side cotton Don that all had to do is ring up schools and invite myself I invited myself all around the world I've spoken in kindergarten special needs schools as spoken in primary schools secondary schools I've spoken in polytechnics including the one in which I was trained I've spoken at universities all around the world I have spoken wherever I was required to speak I've spoken in halls in clubs in bingo halls in discos I've spoken in pubs I spoke on the streets I've spoken on stadiums it doesn't really matter to me where I am I spoken in 70 different countries why cuz I've got a PGCE [Applause] stretch it out God can use your car II can use your money he can double it he can magnify it he can multiply it he can do whatever he wants but stretch it out don't hold back are you with me number five and finally use it right use it right don't get familiar with this numbers 20 in verse 7 the Lord said to Moses take the staff and you and your brother Aaron gathered the assembly together speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water and you will bring water out of the rock for the community so then their livestock can drink so Moses took the staff from the Lord's presence just as he had commanded him and he and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them and now we get an idea of his mood listen ya rebels must we bring water out of this rock and then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice even though God had told him to speak to it not strike it and water gushed out and the community drank but the Lord said to Moses because you didn't trust me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites you will not bring this community into the land I give them I've never become familiar with this if God says speak I'm gonna speak if he says don't speak I'm not gonna speak this is ours don't disqualify yourself by what you did what you don't have or who you're not ask yourself who you are and what God has given you what do you have stick normal visible practical use it I don't know about you but I feel like Jacob you know when I first came to Australia with my PGCE and incidentally I preached this in the eight o'clock service walked out and someone walked up to shake that shook my hand and he said I also have a PGCE from Clifton Polytechnic in the middle same-same Polytechnic same certificate in this inconsequential trading estate in Nottingham he was there the year after I left her bazaars that anyway I came to Australia with my PGCE to run a Bible College which I never been to be a principal which I'd never been and they asked me to be the chairman of the Pentecostal and charismatic Bible colleges Association where all the principles of all the Pentecostal colleges gather together here they are they can all speak Greek they've all got theology degrees they've all got masters many of them are doctors and Here I am as their chairman with my PGCE thinking how did this work out and then I remembered this scripture Genesis 32 10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant I only had only my staff when I cross this Jordan but now I have become two camps when I came to this country I only had a PGC and still only got a PGCE and I'm thinking what on earth am i doing on this platform that's what Jacob felt look at how God has blessed me I don't deserve this and then it says this Hebrews 11 21 by faith Jacob when he was dying blessed each of Joseph's sons and he worshiped as he leant on the top of his staff is it any wonder that he worshiped is it any wonder that he leant on that simple practical common thing that he had in his hand then God had used for his glory this morning I want you to lean on what God has given you just lean on it on with one hand lean on it and with the other worship I'd like everybody if you would to stand team come up I want you to just before Sam comes Julia comes whoever's going to come they're going to talk to you about your individual journey your personal faith got loads of time in the meeting and we're going to talk about that so this is not a time to move this is a ton to engage with God this is when God speaks to us but I want you to think about what you have let's find out what you what do you have what do you got your job a car your children a family great team a broken ankle you like if you use if you can use a boring teacher he can use your broken ankle how's your neighborhood your willingness I want you to hold onto it with one hand lean on it and put the other hand in the air and we're gonna worship just for a minute like Jacob did and say how kind you are how kind you are how kind you are that you could use us with our little things and make a difference come on church raise your raise your voice raise your hands raise your heart [Music] come on Singh take my heart and take my heart take my soul take my mind and our way give my thoughts give my all give my life to follow you and take my hands take my breath take my dreams and power [Music] aha take my my my [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] well what a wonderful message why don't we thank Robert we love you Robert [Music] is anyone encouraged give me a little wave if you're encouraged after that message there you go people are encouraged so thank you very much Robert before we leave this morning it would be my great honor to to pray with anyone that may be in this room or in one of the adjoining rooms to this convention center or maybe and Hillsong television at Church of the era in Wollongong today be my honor to pray with anyone who'd love to make their peace with God to surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ I think if one thing came across loud and clear it's God's love for us that he would use us that he would use our inadequacies that he would use us just as we are but it showed us how much God loves us and the Bible says that God loves us so much he loved us so much that he sent His only Son Jesus Jesus was so precious to God it was his son he gave what was most precious to us and Jesus laid down his life for every single one of us that if we would choose him if we would choose Jesus our sins would be forgiven we would make our peace with God we would walk in communion with our incredible creator and so today if you're here and you've never surrendered your life to the Lord Jesus Christ you've never received that forgiveness you've never made your peace with God but today you would love to do that and I want to do something really simple but it's very powerful it's to lead you in a prayer where you give your life to Jesus would you give your life to Jesus today if you hear maybe someone's brought you maybe you even came on your own would you give your life to Jesus don't hold off give your life to Jesus if you'd love to do that I'm gonna lead you in this prayer line by lying everyone's going to pray with you because as a church family this is a special moment for us that you would do this and we're going to celebrate with you so if you would give your life to Jesus today just pray this after me let's bow our heads Church say dear Jesus I give you my life I lay down my life to your feet and I ask you today forgive me of my sin all that has separated me from you from today I will live for you Jesus as my Lord as my Savior and as my friend receive me today into your kingdom in the name of Jesus amen amen come on church let's appreciate people making that decision for the Lord Jesus Christ it is the best decision now you could have made today and listen what we would love to do as a church we've got these Bibles and if you've prayed that prayer especially if you've prayed it for the first time or maybe you've prayed it a long time ago but you're coming back to Jesus this morning we want to give you this Bible as a gift from our church our church are so generous but it's a gift from our church to you it's for free and there's no strings attached only to say that as a church that we would love to help you and you would hope as a church that we would want to do that we would want to help you we want to help you take your next steps so when you receive this gift which you'll pick up in all of the foyers our team will be holding up these Bibles so please just walk up to them with all the confidence in the world they're going to give you this Bible and then on the back of that there's a little card that just declares what you have done I have decided to follow Jesus if you just take that off fill it out it allows us as a church to help you take your next step and everyone's got a next step especially when it comes to their faith and that's why we also have an engage class that's starting immediately after the service so that's for anyone that is new maybe just giving your heart to Jesus or new to Hillsong Church or you just don't feel like you're a part of what's happening here yet we're family and it's really important that you feel like you belong here so if you go to one of our engage experiences straight after the service you just meet in the foyer where it says next steps everyone say next steps you just meet in the foyer it's just a big blue wall it's not confusing you go there and out we'll help you make your way to that next step or engage experience which will be amazing amazing okay turn to the person next to you wherever you are and tell them what's in your hand what's in your head what are you got what do you got in your hand a good voice the ability to play the guitar the bass the drums a stick you got a stick it's going [Music] okay so I'm one of those people Robert Ferguson that actually gets excited about church all the time and so I'm excited about church tonight I'm passionate about gathering together it's a good thing to do and tonight I am biased and I'm proudly biased but my husband Joe LaBelle is going to be bringing the word yeah pretty cool five o'clock six o'clock what is told me is that what is preaching about throughout his preaching he really has on his heart to pray about very specific things in accordance to the word that he's bringing and so he's believing for God to do significant things as we stop and we pray and we believe for God to minister to people that's gonna happen in church tonight it's going to be amazing can I pray for you father I thank you for this incredible opportunity to be with these good people these amazing people each one with a different staff that they hold within their hands and lord I pray that your blessing would chase them down your mercy your grace would follow them as they leave church this morning that they would know of your goodness and kindness I pray your Pierce upon their hearts as they leave today in Jesus name and everybody said god bless your church thanks for being here today we love you - come on let's go out with the son of phrase [Music] [Music] Jim [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you you [Music] [Applause] [Music] we'll see you tonight be blessed

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Length: 77min 52sec (4672 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 03 2018