Hillsong Church - It's Beginning to Rain

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Majesty praise forever 2:30 [Music] Chito time sound [Music] you saw two this was our salvation Jesus for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] that she rose up and held his breath till that stall move for good for the lamb had conquered it and and just a bit [Music] [Music] and the church [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh so worthy Jesus though there's no one above you no one beside [Music] No praise the Lord our God o praise His name for evermore we will see your Lord Oh [Music] fish's blood has left me for even pure like the widest of slow powerful to make sin and say read this covenant is making me whole closing so I [Music] my the because of Jesus ha [Music] sure teach me to [Music] [Laughter] to Patrol you so ha [Music] jeez [Music] [Music] because of G aha [Music] [Music] this is holy this is holy [Music] you are holy you are holy [Music] this is holy this is holy [Music] you are home [Music] away [Music] Oh [Music] let your precious [Music] yes I would boy [Music] [Music] [Applause] I'll let this be our prayer [Music] that's your plan [Music] Preston Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ah so great [Music] [Music] [Applause] figured out that for we're soon it's your breath God's breath in our lungs so we pour out our praise we pour out his praise what a beautiful thing to be able to sin get on school you guys start heading towards your seats finding out where you're going tonight and hopefully mostly you're sitting close nice and close but we're just going to keep on singing I want you to think about what we're singing now all the other campuses you've joined with us but we've got good worship leaders here they're gonna be pretty awesome everywhere and so come on you worship leaders on the platform wherever you are you join with us let's keep singing everyone come on now [Music] yes [Music] so we more [Music] [Music] so now where everyone gathered around Australia let's hold up those prayer requests we're gonna believe together can you imagine a whole nation praying together and believing for these needs they're all important to God wherever you are you may see some of them on the screen behind you but we're gonna pray together in Jesus name and father I thank you that you are a God who cares about the very detail of our life lord in jesus name we believe for answered prayer we thank you that throughout that name of jesus we can expect mega miracles we can expect breakthrough we can expect new beginnings we can expect healing for a kidney we can expect marriage restoration we can expect you to have your way in every people's lives we pray for salvation for our friends for our family for their colleagues we believe but reconciliation and relationships we believe that cancers can be healed we believe that sickness is subject to your name we believe rather that you are a God who works the miracles and we're thankful for the testimonies we keep hearing we thank you in Jesus name Amen one last little time come on sing it your bread so [Applause] [Music] while the church so good to see you all God and church you know I would start a brand new winter services people get used to that pretty quick remember to get here 5:30 what your winter it's already dark I just walked across the car park from our 4:30 service and it's already pretty dark outside that's a good time to be inside long weekend how good is that the snow season just opened they say it's very good snow and it's such a beautiful day here in Sydney at least I hear it's freezing a moment but that's the way it goes I can see sanger on the screen sent me a little hints and put singer up there for five seconds there's one two three four five always good to see you Sanger thanks so much thanks so much all right let's be seated shall we I'm ready to preach oh well be ready yes fantastic Alex I Assefa this guy here just walking off right now face first grade rugby for Randwick he's also on our staff and team so we're pretty blessed amen well it's beginning to rain I'm believing for rain I could smell the rain I can hear the rain haha I believe you're gonna feel the rain I spoke at a kingdom builders retreat just a couple of weekends ago people came from around the country to the Hunter Valley and there was such a great lean and that retreat it was incredible and the Lord put a word on my heart for the businesspeople for the kingdom builders for so many people who in that group of people sacrifice and really leave with their generosity I felt to prophesy rain into their lives into their businesses into their endeavors and I just really feel I want to prophesy rain into your life as well see if people go through dry seasons I believe there's people in church today maybe things pass things are dry I guess without hope for the house next weekend I'm thinking specifically fiscally financially that for whatever reason maybe maybe you had an unexpected loss maybe you became redundant maybe a business person lost contracts I just had a great story from a Northern Beaches campus this afternoon that when at the kingdom Buddhist retreat I called people forward who were dry and we were believing for rain that one business guy came forward and since then has landed two massive supernatural contracts to praise God it's raining in his life their lives and I believe it's going to rain in your life as well there's a whole lot of things a bill you didn't expect life taking a turn you didn't expect but I know all around the room and all around the country there are people and that includes barley there are people who you desperately need rain in your life rain representing harvest and fruitfulness it's a funny thing isn't it rain when there's a bride on a wedding day praying it won't rain there's farmers here in Australia so desperate for rain I want it to rain I want it to rain even here in sitting in the big cities of Australia it's just not Sunday's not Sunday mornings you know what Australians are like they're wimpy no you guys you're in church I'm not talking to you I'm talking so a little bit of rain imagine if they're like that in London nobody ever go to church Hey but summer holidays I'm always hoping and praying it won't rain on summer holidays for many years Bobby Doerr in January have gone for a couple of weeks to noosa on the Sunshine Coast the only thing they don't tell you about the Sunshine Coast is there's often no sunshine you know it's true up there it's subtropical and so and every invariably every couple of years here need more rain than you'd ever want but when I'm hoping on Sundays at work rain there's a shrub or a tree that's withering because it's desperate for rain when I'm hoping there won't rain on my selfish summer holiday there's a dry riverbed somewhere desperate for water desperate for rain you know rain in the Bible it really only came when Adam and Eve were created there was no real need for rain before that there were no hubs in the field the Bible says there was no fruit and the truth is that Eden itself was it was fed by a river so the water came from a river that reached the Garden of Eden drenched off in four different directions but then God says this he says in Genesis chapter 2 and in verse 5 it said before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had growing for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth and there was no man to till the ground so what a saying is because there was no man there was no need for rain and why did God bring rain so that he could work shake it till the ground so that they could literally bring fruitfulness and they could see a harvest who believed that rain God created it not just for the ground not just for you know the the the climb of himself he brought rain for you and I believe today still that God wants to bring rain in your life the real first mention of rain in the Bible is in Noah's time when because of the sinfulness of humanity it rained to devastation 40 days and 40 nights devastating rain and so it seems that first it was like judgment at the time of Pharaoh and his stubbornness and his rebellion and the fact that he he he just kept on rebelling against God's Word Moses were to let the people of God go from Egypt them take them toward a promised land and so one of the planes that came was it rained hail and so it rained on Noah's time destruction at rain hail in Pharaoh's time and Sodom and Gomorrah - evil cities what happens at rain de Bible says fire and brimstone so rain it wasn't exactly a promise in those days but in Deuteronomy chapter 11 rain became a covenant blessing rain became a sign of fruitfulness that became a sign of harvest it became a sign of blessing and I believe that same covenant blessing for you tonight wherever you are and whatever your situation and so listen to Deuteronomy chapter 11 verse 11 to 14 but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drink water from the rain of heaven a land for which the Lord your God cares the eyes of the Lord your God are always honored from the beginning of the year remember this God's eyes are on us promised from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year so no matter what the season no matter whether it's dry or whether it's wet God's eyes are on his promise and in your life whatever's going on right now God's eyes are on his promise for you and for your life and for your resource and your finance as well so let's take a hold of this covenant promise verse 13 it says and it shall be if you earnestly obey my Commandments which I command you today to love the Lord your God and serve them with all your heart and I believe I'm speaking to many people who love the Lord their God and are committed to serving him with all your heart and with all your soul then I will give you what the rain for your land in a season the early rain and the latter rain that you may gather in your grain your new wine and new oil in other words you grained you why new oil blessing is on its way praise God for it well listen there was early rain and there was later rain the early rain and the Middle East it comes at the end of October and the early rain is a seed time it's at sowing time and the early rain it germinates the seeds and then the latter rain it comes late March for the six months later it comes late March maybe early April and it's all about watering the ground or getting ready for harvest and what does the scripture say it says the latter rain shall be greater than the former maybe you started a business maybe he started an endeavor maybe it looks so promise you saw some early rain he saw some early rain slowly the rain dried up and it feels so dry and it seems like there is no answer and you can't find your way to what God has for you but the latter rain is even greater than the former rain and I'm believing for you I'm believing for latter rain I'm believing it's like the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is described in the book of Joel and in Acts chapter 2 the Holy Spirit is the latter rain the latter rain is the greater rain and that one's all about the first ones about germinating the seeds starting something new you cut a new entrepreneurial idea and on the early rain the seed has germinated who believe me no matter what's going on right now I have an expectation when you love God and you're committed to his word and you're committed to living his way I'm believing in Jesus name that rain is on its way I can smell the rain I can hear the rain so let's believe that for our own lives and let's believe that for Australia as well what do you do when times are dry and you don't seem to be getting that that rain there harvest time well you know I think there's natural wisdom one of the lessons we can learn from Joseph is the importance of thinking ahead so when times were plentiful times of Plenty he had the great wisdom and the word of the Lord in his heart to prepare for more difficult times so maybe that's not how it is right now but it's a great way to live your life in the future but then on top of that I think in Luke chapter 15 those three lost things first Jesus spoke about a lost sheep then he speaks about a lost son the prodigal son and then what talks about a lost coin there's a woman who had ten valuable coins ten ten valuable coins well here's the thing what she do literally the Bible says she swept house she got rid of all the clutter and she found the lost coin sometimes when it's dry we're we're believing desperately for something to come from the outside but maybe the wisdom of God is just clean house get rid of some of the clutter as you get rid of some of the clutter perhaps you're gonna find the lost coin you're gonna find the blessing within and so what do you do when it's dried you're desperate for rain I think number one number one you shouldn't miss just immerse yourself in good Bible teaching and good Bible preaching and it exaltation and encouragement faithful preaching faithful teaching you know we've got so many ways to listen to the Word of God we can sometimes just treat it like sermons and if we don't have that attitude if we understand there's rain in the teaching of God's Word then maybe we'll be more hungry to allow the Word of God to touch us not just listen to words but let literally the teachings speak power into your life this is what Moses said listen to it time of Moses tell me Joshua to dharana me 32 verse 1 says give me your Oh heavens and I will speak in here o earth the words of my mouth listen let my teaching drop as the rain my speech distill as the Jews as raindrops on the tender herb and as showers on the grass for I proclaim the name of the Lord ascribe greatness to our God I love their my teaching drop as the rain my speech distill as the Jew you know something God locates you through the preaching and the teaching of his word you ever notice that it's when things are dry things are tough this seems to be no way here in a dry Valley it's at those times God's Word speaks to you the most you can listen to a message and it was like it was perfectly designed for you oftentimes when people come to church for the first time and someone brought them they think that whoever brought them their friend told the preacher all about them because they think us through the conviction of the Holy Spirit they think they're preaching right at them but that's the power of teaching God locate you in a good preaching he locates you and there's so many ways we can sit under preaching and teaching and you say well why can't I just study the Bible for myself and go to the word for myself you absolutely can and you should but you see that always comes from wherever we're at in life but when someone's teaching and preaching the word they're objective because seriously it's not as though they are speaking directly under circus circumstance but they are speaking directly into your circumstance through the power of the Holy Spirit don't understand ur estimate the power of the word don't underestimate the power of preaching and teaching do you know that most people out there do not get the chance that you have we get our thinking corrected brought back in line with the Word of God every time we sit under Holy Spirit anointed teaching and every time we sit and the Holy spirt my people don't have that no wonder people are negative no wonder people's perspective is skewered no wonder people they they lose their their true north in life because they don't have the Word of God speaking into their life speaking over their lives keeping on bringing correction and on course with the Word of God hey if things are dry don't just go to church listen to sermons certainly don't be looking at Instagram and at least if you are don't be like me remember to turn the sound off and to turn it down on mute so at least we won't know but seriously the Word of God is powerful and it'll speak directly into your circumstance number two what would I encourage you to do when it's dry you desperately need fruitfulness you desperately need the harvest but it's a difficult dry time immerse yourself in the presence of God you see there's also promise of rain when it comes to the presence of God listen to Psalm 68 verse 6 and 9 God sets the solitary and Families in other words it's not his world for you to do it alone he set you in community set you in family he brings out those who are bound into prosperity a Bible word but the rebellious dwell in a dry land listen O God when you went out before your people when you march through the wilderness Selah stop a minute think about that Selah the earth shook the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God what dropped rain at the presence of God Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God the God of Israel you are God sent a plentiful rain whereby you confirmed your inheritance when it was weary its weary it's dry and you know something there is no counterfeit to the presence of God God's not hiding from you he's not as far from you as you think when times are dry you think where is God now he can't even start getting disappointed or disillusioned with God but he is in fact a very present help and trouble and it rains at the presence of God that's what's so wonderful about worship that's why Bobby and I are so blessed to Pastor a church that is emphasized worship and to see how that worship has impacted people around the world because we hear stories they pour into the church to our songwriters they pour into our creative team they pour into and I and to church at large emails of people get him greatly impacted hearing from heaven as they are bringing worship the presence of God into their life you know something don't underestimate the presence of God and don't underestimate the power of worship and don't just sing songs don't just sing tunes melodies and don't even just sing lyrics words say the words prophesy the words and ear dry space they are theological they're powerful and I believe that you can worship in a way they are prophesying to your own spirit and so let's be people who understand reigns at the presence of God we hear stories I remember one story of a well-known preacher and pastor around the world who was not even in Hill songs world but what happened he was Lucinda the worship in his driving his car and he couldn't contain it he had to pull his car to the side of the road as God touched him and for moments for a significant amount of time he just wept he just wept as he wept because God spoke into his dry space in the presence of God david says sam 63 early will I seek thee he says my my soul thirsts for you my flesh longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water I believe God can ward in your life and a dry time he can literally literally bring fruitfulness and harvest because it rains at God's presence hey when we come to church whatever you do I'm not preaching at people right now I'm just preaching at people but listen to me you know value the worship do whatever you can to not miss it from the start to the finish let it wash over you and especially if times are dry because of rains and God's presence and the rain represents harvest the early rain where seeds have germinated and the letter rain where the harvest is ready so number three number three believe God will sustain you when there is no rain when the rain has not yet come I love the fact that it doesn't just say that God is present you know two and four and as open as fulfilling his promise to Israel in the early rain and the latter rain in other words and in in the season but all the year every time of the year says from the beginning of the year to the end of the year and if you just look at Scripture that's what God did he just he just he kept people when it seemed to be no way in the desert in the dryness it's harsh out there I've seen the wilderness no wonder they complained I mean really it's it's harsh and and yet God kept them he kept them he kept on bringing supply her Bible says he brought flour he says it says they ate angels food it says that he dropped manna from heaven he even dropped meat from heaven the mind boggles when you think of God dropping meat from heaven but listen to it first Kings 17 verse 4 for thus says the Lord the God of Israel the bit of flour shall not be used up in other words it's just gonna keep coming nor shall the jar of oil run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth in other words until the rain comes you are still in a place where God can join you those little Myrick miracles where it seems like time is up like there is no way and yet God finds a way he brings away and that's what I pray for you you see it's a little like the woman she put out the barrels of oil but they wouldn't matter how many she put out God just kept filling them he just kept filling them he kept filling them and she was in a desperate impoverished place but in that dry time she saw the blessing of God and I pray for you as well you know listen to this in Psalm 78 verse 24 and 25 it says God rain down manna on them to eat and gave them of the bread of heaven listen man eight angels food I love that I guarantee angels filled us from heaven as supernatural I believe it had been the most beautiful better than the best Italian better than the best Thai better than the best Lebanese better than the best Indian food even better than French food because it's angels food what do you think hey I think angels food would be delicious this certainly wouldn't be any cucumber in it and all these new fancy when see things like quinoa it's not quinoa that's not angels for kale what's wrong with good old-fashioned lettuce who needs kale quinoa [Applause] they ain't looks really the bread of heaven however Li for you whatever's going on in your life and no matter how difficult it seems I believe you're gonna eat manna from heaven I believe for God to keep you in the dry time when I went to Bible College there's a guy at college called raha and became a close friend of mine he was Sri Lankan and he went back to Sri Lanka many years later and was martyred when there was war times and in Sri Lanka he was going up into a dangerous area and literally got you know sabotaged and literally the van nails and they just shot bullets after bullets after bullets into it he was killed but Rohan a Bible College he had the shaving cream well the shaving cream but wouldn't run out we had an ablution block it was a live in college so an ablution block that's the toilets and the end of the shell was in the bathroom ablution block chronica sounds all done that yeah it does but anyway that's what it was Sara honey put his shaving cream above the basins in the ablution block it just went right out we were there for two or three years it just wouldn't run out not only in the end was he using it every and the college was using them and it just kept going and going and going and going and going it's like the ever-ready man it just wouldn't run out incredible incredible it's a miracle but I believe that for you and I believe it for your life there was a time when I first started raising finance for our very first Hillsong building which is right next door to this building right here a few weeks ago in church we showed a video of us turning the soil in 1996 to build that building so for seven years people just gave sacrificially and they literally giving him faith so we didn't have any land we didn't have any building it was desperate people just kept on sacrificing and giving in faith and around that time there really was a sacrificial spirit and people made a commitment for a prolonged period of time and so Bobby and I felt at that time to literally take no no salary from the church well it's kidding it was scary it was scary because yeah you don't know which way God is gonna provide you don't know where it's gonna come from your God he was so faithful he's so faithful even to the point where there were business people in that church who decided together that they're gonna put an extension on our little house that we had been in Kings Langley and so electricians carpenters builders they all got together and literally built an extension I didn't ask them to do that in fact I wouldn't ask people in our church to do that there's none of my nature to ask but it was just like blessing and whatever your dry season especially if you've stepped out there in faith let's believe that God is going to sustain you in that tracy's that you're gonna see the promise of God and the blessing of God in your life amen number four this one's challenging if there's no rain in your life if times are dry and maybe someones opposed you maybe even ripped you off maybe for business people you had a partner that has somehow undermined you and that's a very reason why you're facing dry times or in you wherever your and whatever your part of the vineyard and maybe there's people who have made life difficult for him and they in some ways contributed to the dryness oh that's where we've got to be challenged by the words of Jesus on the Sermon on the Mount Jesus speaks about it listen to Matthew chapter 5 verses 43 to 47 where Jesus said but I'm reading the message version of it you're familiar with the old written law love your friend and a son written companion hate your enemy well I'm challenging that I'm telling you to love your enemies let them bring out the best in you not the worst when someone gives you a hard time respond with the energies of Prayer for then you are working out of your true selves your God created selves this is what God does here is what God does we need to listen this is what God does he gives the best Sun to warm and the rain to nourish to everyone regardless the good and bad the nice and nasty you know the best thing you can do if you want rain and a dry parent and maybe there's been people who have been opposing it and have contributed to the pain that you're in and maybe someone divorced you and it's really left you in a dry time in a hard place the best thing you can do is pray for their prosperity they works directly against human nature Israel they were forced they didn't want to they were forced to leave Jerusalem to move away from the house of God to go to a pagan country forced to learn their language forced to learn the culture they didn't want to be there and you know what they were challenged to do they were challenged to pray not just for the prosperity of Israel they were challenged to pray for the prosperity of Babylon that's pretty amazing and ultimately God created a miracle that enabled them if they were willing to enable to he he created a way for them back to the promised and financed in a miraculous and supernatural way pray for people pray for those for you and pray for those who against you and the message that says the nice and the nasty you pray for their prosperity if it's preying on everybody around America it's raining on everybody around and about you imagine here that richly the rain is falling is falling on everyone around you it would be a phenomenal unlikely if it was falling on every single person around you friends and enemies alike but it wasn't falling on you by bringing and believing for blessing and what the Bible describes as prosperity on somebody else's life even those who oppose you you're actually encouraging the rain to fall in your life so let's take that word good and let's take a work it frees up your spirit it frees up your spirit because you're saying I'm not gonna be ruled I'm gonna be ruled by somebody else's actions I'm not gonna be ruled by somebody else's purposes you know what it frees your spirit I think sometimes we need to pray unselfish prayers we desperately are in need but just stop praying for others I believe God to bring blessing to their life and I believe it's a great key to seeing rain on the past places the dry places in your life as well number five stay in the house of God don't draw back when sometimes you feel like at the least it's actually got the most power you see Psalm 84 and the Psalms generally it says more than once David he cried that he might dwell in the house of the Lord forever David when he was in a place where he couldn't get to the house of God he longed for the house of God you know I think we can just think I was going to church of course the pasta would say that course I'd say that but listen in Psalm 84 he hears the promise to those in dwell in God's house blessed are those who dwell in your house they will still be praising you and another Selah stop a moment meditate on that blessed is the person whose strength is in you whose heart is set on pilgrimage as they pass through valley of baka they make it a spring the rain also covers it with pools they go from strength to strength each one appears before God in Zion there's the promise for those who dwell in the house of God when they pass through the valley of weeping that's what it is the valley of baka a dry Valley a and welcoming valley but when they pass into it the Bible says that they make it a spring that God literally creates pools of water I believe this is a place to be watered I mentioned already the presence of God the worship I mentioned already the power of teaching the power of preaching he gave Robert Ferguson up a year and he's preaching the Word of God and he selling quickly teaches the Word of God and revelation is coming and God uses it to water you so many of the guests that come and so many other people well you know something I'd look it's the house of God I think about the family that it creates it's the the wisdom to the solitary to those who are alone that God sets the solitary in community he says the solitary and family I think about the input into your children you know dry your dry your past but there's gonna be faithful people who are going to invest into your children there's gonna be faithful youth leaders who are gonna speak life into your youth and have the right peers hopefully and help them to get through the most difficult time in their lives hey I love the fact that when you're part of the house of God you do get to worship you do get to hear the teaching and preaching but you you know your life are gross and it's treacherous and there's value in it but mostly it's what God tells us to do and so you're dry don't forget for those int well in God's house they will pass through the valley of weeping they're going to go on moving through it and God is going to turn dry times into pools of of water how incredible God can bring a spring a water spring God can bring pools of living water it's not there's another one of God for you to live where there is no rain that's what prophecy and rain there's nothing will of God for you there to stay in this prolonged desert place yes rain has a season but God's blessing is on you even when there is no rain you have power over the rain can I say that again you wherever you are whatever location you're in you have power over the rain I think I spoke about it this morning I felt challenged when we were at our kingdom Buddhist retreat I felt challenged to encourage all of our kingdom builders group of people to really take charge and take responsibility to break this drought in Australia and then well how can you break a drought well change 5:17 Elijah was a man just like you just like me we know as a super prophet and of course he was a mighty man of God he was a prophet and he was a great man of God but he was just an ordinary guy he's a man just like you and I James 5:17 Elijah was a man with the nature just like else and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months but then he prayed again and the heavens gave rain and the earth produced its fruit hey you have authority over the rain and I make a prayer night coming up we're gonna we're gonna believe that God is going to break this drought and I've got faith to believe for God to answer our prayer and it won't be prolonged let's believe it's gonna come soon in Jesus name but in your own life you have authority over the rain come on step out in faith and begin to command the rain in your life and it's heaviness expectation that truly the rain is coming the rain isn't coming you have an appointment with rain don't miss your appointment you actually have an appointment with rain listen to Jeremiah 5 verse 24 it says there that they do not say in their heart let us now fear the Lord our God who gives rain both the former and the latter in its season listen he reserves for us the appointed weeks of harvest you have an appointment with that letter rain that brings the harvest you have that approaching appointment you've got the power over the rain you have an appointment with rain I can see a rainbow I can see a rainbow I can see a rainbow over you know where there's a rainbow rain is around it's a covenant promise from God that rainbow this one's genus of 913 look at it here it says I set my rainbow in the cloud and it shall be for the sign of the Covenant between me and the earth come on team come on up here I can see a rainbow can you see it can you see it I can smell rain I can hear the rain I want to encourage you it's not smelly in the rain in faith start here in the rain yes for Australia hurts desperate for for you things are dry if things are past smell rain here the rain our city campus you know it's it's an old building in Waterloo and the roofs not great as a matter of fact they got destroyed by hail twenty years ago and we got insurance money but we used it to basically do up the inside of the building and some of the guys that church just fix the roof but it's still twenty years on now and every now and then when it's really raining on it can you hear the rain you can actually feel the rain and so in your life I'm believing that you're gonna feel the rain God gave a promise that rainbow was a promise the promise was yes I will never destroy the earth with rain again because rain is going to be a blessing to you it's God's covenant promise so wherever you add we're gonna stand right now across Australia our worship team is gonna lead us in this beautiful song called rain and I want you to begin to believe God that rain is coming in your life in the name of Jesus come on everybody [Music] stay with us luncheon for a moment [Music] [Applause] what happen in this service yet [Music] [Music] Yorgi [Music] said [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] if bulls like right beautiful hey listen Church I know there's many people and you're desperate for rain the rain representing the promise of God and your life and the blessing of God and if you're going through a dry time the dry season I would encourage you from wherever you are all around the building and wherever you guys are and whatever campus I don't know encourage you if you're believing for rain I want to be able to pray for you I want to be able to believe God way I want to encourage you right now to start coming Phillie all to fill up front here come if that's your experience you're in a dry patch we're gonna pray for rain I want you to smell the rain I want you to hear the rain I can see a rainbow I can see a rainbow come all the way we'll play the plant keep coming from wherever wherever you guys are if you're an ability where that's impossible that's fine that's fine we'll find another way to pray for you come on this keep singing in Jesus name [Music] keep coming a fool help people to come out from the arse just gently help people to come forth who's helping baby that's it that's it whatever for people in here such a big crowd of people oh there's a good response for you guys aren't toilets and our pastors pastors I want to give you some instruction we're gonna pray for all these people gonna lay hands on the Burlison don't take out for a long time with one person what I want you to do because literature connection that's all on our hands this is a connection it's a connection point so just pray for someone move on to someone else pray for them and listen pastors make sure that we spread right around the crowd sir maybe some of your over here or here you need to go over the sins start there we're gonna work the way through wherever you guys are as well let's get keep people there you start laying hands on people will keep singing we'll keep worshiping but we're gonna believe God I listen if you're here smell the rain spiritually speaking here the rain here the rain on your room near the rain on your life of prophesied rain in Jesus name Oh promised I harvest Oh homicide fruitfulness in the name of Jesus Lord we thank you in Jesus name thank you by the rain supernatural rain seasons night sustained you kill this guy [Music] [Music] [Music] Thank You Jean [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] do people believe it do you believe I really believe in Jesus name Hiram's I'm seen through the eye of faith I've seen a rainbow seen a rainbow over your lives amen and where there's a rainbow there's rain and it's a covenant promise from God and I believe for that covenant promise from God to touch your lives amen they're gonna give you a great testimony it's gonna give you a great story to tell we're believing it in Jesus name Amen if you believe it say Amen everyone here so keep on keep on yeah it sounds weird but keep on smelling the rain smell the rain of your own life the rain is blessing maybe you saw some early rain done the latter rain that's that's what God's bringing your way in Jesus name keep on believing God for thanks for coming forward and wherever you guys are whatever location hopefully some are menaced of it lay hands on you but even if they didn't it's really not the most important thing is the fact he took a step of faith but being here and God rewards faith so I'm believing God is going to reward your faith in Jesus name Amen so you're welcome to go back and find your place there this is single one more time never forget we got a whole lot more to do here [Music] fire and thunder [Music] the okay [Music] you're welcome to be seated for us bless you not sure where there's a sneeze or a demon coming out there I'm gone for a sneeze a gun for a sneeze it is when to get a flu shot get a flu shot yeah when I sneeze once I can never just sneeze once it'll always be about 15 times they'll always be in an appropriate place you know somewhere where you should know a little though actually love sneezing it's er it's awesome in there so I love a sneeze a good sneeze whoever is receiving I don't know where all you guys are up to in the service but it'd be good if we just stay together if we can and just keep leaning in whoever's our Kylie Kylie come on there's Kylie Minogue now you better you're back hey listen Carly by the way my husband Sam they passed us at Maryland's Tolley I said Carly what's wrong with you I'll see you not Kylie Minogue Oh after Kylie silence man she's awesome Carly the good thing about my pastoring is I know my flock well a good shepherd know their sheep yeah in their true Andrea and so you know what Carly and I know you names Carly you understand yeah Carly's gonna lead a friend at giving oh they'll be fantastic if we prepare and get ready to give and to sow into the house of God and if you guys were ever you are have already done that in your service well just pray just pray for us that'd be great thanks so much we'll be back with you in just a minute come on Carly fantastic amen why don't you begin to get ready Church and I wonder if you would grab that envelope that's on your seat or maybe behind it says home and others both on the envelope and on the screen behind me it gives you ways that you can be a part of this moment and involved but I thought being Pentecost Sunday I would read from acts 2 and verse 44 it says this says all the believers were together and had everything in common all the believers were together and had everything in common I find this extremely funny because if you look around this room especially in Sydney Australia we are so multicultural we're diverse we are completely different we don't have probably much in common maybe you and I grew up differently we have different backgrounds different paychecks different opinions different family different styles of maybe what we enjoy but the one thing is that when we all gather together we actually have everything common under the one name Jesus and I love this word common it also means fellowship this word Koinonia and it means that every time you and I gather together in the house on a Sunday it means we have everything in common like Jesus every time we worship we have everything in common like Jesus every time we take communion together we have everything in common like Jesus and every time we bring our tithe our generosity our giving we have everything in common not just with one another but we are more in common with Jesus because we are bringing that gift and so I wonder if you would take your gift in your hand even as it goes online this week and I'd love to pray for you as you give and you so and so into this kingdom father thank you for every household every individual every family pray that you would bless their gift that you would honor this moment and do more than what we ever could with our finance and father we thank you that we would continue to gather in common and be more like you in Jesus name Amen amen thank you our hosts are gonna serve us yeah come on thank you by the way [Applause] [Music] you know what we just started out online captain not only on Sunday mornings but on Sunday night as well and we see as part of our family wherever you are all around the world we see as part of our family and so I hope if you're saying this is Hillsong is your church I hope you too will participate in giving and tithing and see yourself is also part of our family our online chemist pastor who there's usually two different campuses right here so come on up here Nathan Nathan McLean and this is the guy and you can make contact with us you can send a prayer request you can get a sense of community and how do people online how do they actually give there's a link on the screen right now some of our chat hosts would be lean you know how you do it and they can stop regular giving or one-off even half of the house next week as well our online campus are really excited to be a part of that as well so just chat to the team and we'd love to help you fantastic fantastic you know what this guy along with Brad Korena creative pastor in Queensland the two of them ran a hundred kilometer a hundred kilometer run that's pretty outrageous right there if I ran a hundred kilometres I'd be skinny as yours you fantastic [Music] next week such an important week for our church we're in our heart of the house offering this week and in fact on every seat wherever you are there's a hub for the house giving envelope on the seat and my prayer is that every person every young person every family every individual that will really pray about our part and what next weeks are once a year we're believing for a miracle offering we call it our half of the house giving and it's just giving I couldn't explain to you adequately how pivotal and important it is in terms of the vision that God's given us and some of the things we're believing to be able to do and to be able to do across campuses around Australia even in Bali we're looking for a second place for a campus and Bali in the city of Denpasar because we're totally overcrowded there's overflow crowds every single week in Bali so we're wanting to expand in so many places plus there's so much to be done within some of our facilities and some of our campuses they just make them better for everybody so I'm praying of course it on top of that we have so many things that we're wanting to do with the ministries that we cooperate with around the world half of the house is for a twenty one friend people from human trafficking it's for pre-emptive love Syria Iraq helping people who have been devastated by war it's in Mumbai in India vision rescue literally taking kids off the street and educating them and creating an environment where they are healthy and well fed and obviously where their lives are set up to win you know seen kids off the street who start dreaming about university start dreaming about making a big difference is amazing this Hillsong Africa Foundation which we work in cooperation with Hillsong Africa our church in South Africa which is all about helping impoverished situations and poor people there in Africa the so much so what part could you play over the years people have given social sacrificially do you know a couple hero Hills couple of weeks a couple years ago they sold a business and so three million dollars into this half of the house give him what a what a gift and no matter what your circumstance that sacrificial giving has been a number of times people have given a million dollars every single year that people who give hundreds of thousands of dollars and you're thinking well that's all awesome but that's not where we're at but there are people that is where your ad you know if you were really really if God spoke to you you know that is we ain't but other people say well that's not where I'm at and that's the whole point you be sacrificial from where you are at so focus there it's not equal giving us equal sacrifice so we look at what we can do maybe we sweep and clean house and we found find a lost coin and though we can give from that you do what you can do and put the faith stretch on it and maybe we decide something we were gonna do this year we're gonna put off till next year that's what sacrifice looks like and that's giving next week believe me it's gonna be an awesome service if you're not in a position to give anything make sure you come because like a second vision Sunday I've already seen the video is so inspiring so inspiring so I just really pray that we'll all come together as a family and make next weekend to highlight weekend in our church just pray that what you should do what you can do and let's believe that if everyone plays their part we're gonna be able to announce a miracle now if you're visiting as I said this is not every week this is a once a year thing that we're talking about right now and every little building we're standing in this building here what a provision it is so now 16 years old 2002 17 years old but man I still love it today because of so much that's happened inside this building people are saved and here people you know literally on this property people are being buried till not buried by the had their funeral that has no one buried on the property I promise no it's not it's definitely done [Music] funerals weddings lots of weddings that's church life and I love it so this will be a part of that you know conference is right around the corner you know it's only four weeks away you know we're believing for a record number of people from their own church to come but did you know we have next Tuesday night two nights away Omega prayer night virtually every campus in the church we're having a bigger print on and I really pray people decide to come out and pray we will pray for rain for Australia and we're believing to see the prayer answer but we're also gonna pray for you and your life and your needs will pray for who some conference well pray for whatever God puts in our heart to pray about it'll be a prophetic night you will be praying but I believe there's gonna be a sense of prophecy there's gonna be a word from heaven and it's just a pattern if you've got a preconceived idea of prayer meetings come and have it destroyed cuz this prayer meeting is there you wouldn't wanna miss it type privat so it's really help and thank God for best and Zoey now let's take a moment in a worship a game you guys you can sing whatever you want you can do that of something different all right but we're gonna worship and in a moment people are gonna make a decision for Jesus Christ the greatest decision you could ever make in your entire life come on let's worship together [Music] there is no other name but the name that is Jesus beautiful he was a still is and will be through it all so come on man all the things I've seen no never we sing never they don't want a name [Music] between should I okay [Music] right now people are gonna make a decision for the Lord Jesus Christ I wanna talk to you wherever you're at whichever state you're in whatever campus or location you're in I want to speak to you and I want to ask you a question a simple question we asked every single week have you ever made a conscious choice for Jesus not asking if you know about God I'm asking if you have made a conscious choice for Jesus Christ have you ever encountered God in a personal way you see he loves you he is for you he's on your side the Bible says of you ask Jesus to come into your life he will come in and he will live in you it's a promise he won't just come and leave he will live in you change your future give you a sense of destiny and purpose give you a sense of eternity which is wonderful in a moment I'm gonna pray a prayer or you know ask Jesus Christ to come and fill people's hearts and fill people's lives I believe as many people in this room and many people around that tonight is your night tonight the June 2019 and for some people it's the appointed day the appointed time of salvation I believe God is going to visit people right now if you've never made that choice for Jesus in just a minute I'm going to count to three and I'm free you're gonna ask people to say Brian include me in that prayer I mean I should have raised your hand in the maybe at some point you prayed a prayer a prayer of repentance and asking for forgiveness and inviting Jesus into your life you prayed that prayer you're serving God somewhere along the way you lost your way and it's not as though God God changed you know God's the constant he said I'll never leave you nor forsake you he doesn't unsaved people to bother never ever says that God unsaved anyone who he saves you to say saves you and he saved he's there he's there but you can walk away from your relationship with God he's still there he's longing for you to come home but you walk away you're alienate you live alienated or separated from the center of God's will so effectively you backslide your life's going in the wrong direction spiritually what a perfect day to make a choice to come back to Jesus to come back to living with God at the center can we across across allocations can everyone everywhere can we be a prayer eyes closed thinking about where our own lives are at spiritually and if he said Brian when you pray for people to make a choice for Jesus to make that conscious decision for him to encounter God and a personal life would you include me in that prayer I would love to pray for you and I'm gonna prep prayer right now and I pray you'll let me include you in that prayer I believe there's many people gonna respond so that you when I count to three you raise your hand there's gonna be a whole lot of people many people to raise their hand tonight is your night tonight is their night he's a Brahman you pray for people to be saved to be born again including me I'd love to pray for you if you say Brian pray for me that I can turn for my backsliding and I can make my peace with God and come back to living from that place of relationship with Jesus for how much include me in that prayer I would love to and I want to I know there's gonna be a whole lot of people like I say so when I count to three you raise your hand and so right now while people are comprend you'd be thinking about your own life maybe a friend brought you here maybe you came in your own strength but you really believe today for God to come into your life to forgive you and to give you a brand-new future a brand-new start this is your moment this is your moment at your appointed time so I'm gonna count to three and every single person who says Brian please include me in that prayer on three I'm gonna ask you to raise your hand in the air no matter where you're at and God's gonna see your hand and there's gonna be a new day for you see it ready for that ready to raise your hand on three here we go one two three lift them up and lift them high I see hands here go straight up in the air wherever you guys are around the edges up there at the top here on the floor on the sides wherever you are you say Brian include me in that prayer you raise your hand raise it high good I believe today God is going to touch you I believe today God is going to visit you I believe this is your moment I believe this is a time in Jesus name in Jesus name you know what I want you to do you raise your hand wherever you're at I'm gonna ask us we just worship a little more I'm gonna just come stand here so I can lead you in this prayer of salvation just come from wherever you are come from wherever I you raised your hand you come stand heat overly this is your moment this little people are already starting to come filled already stunned to come from wherever you are maybe it's a good time to talk to your friend who you brought and say that you'll bring them there you'll bring them you'll stand with them come stand with your friends in Jesus name salvation moment right now come on keep coming keep coming wherever you are as apprentice was that's it keep coming bring friend people are still coming building what a beautiful thicknesses I absolutely love it makes my Sunday when people make a choice for Jesus Christ not for me but for you because of what God's got for you what he's got ahead of you now I just really pray right now there's a significant not only significant literally the most significant moment in your entire life when you make a choice god I'm gonna trust you with my life I'm gonna believe you to come into my life and I believe my life's gonna be radically different it's gonna change in Jesus name Amen just come on let's give him one more big congratulations [Music] and we're gonna pray this prayer together across the entire church pray out lay out pray these words and of course you pray this to God and I believe God's gonna fill your heart fill your life tonight everybody let's pray these words dear Jesus this is the moment I surrender ownership of my life to the Lord Jesus Christ because of You Jesus from this moment I'm a child of God a new creation a follower of Jesus Christ thank you for your love and forgiveness thank you lord I can trust you with my very life this is my time I am a believer jesus is alive and means amen amen amen Thomas Pentek wherever you guys are rejoice rejoice this is what it's all about right here this is what it's all about we want to give you as a good from Hillsong Church a Bible and so these guys here that people with Bible said it's gonna pass through pass along a Bible they take the Bible but more than that make sure you get in your lives and receive it and on top of that why don't you decide that you're gonna if you're local wherever you are you're local and you don't have a church once inside you're gonna come along and be part of what is a great Christian family in Jesus name so that's good I'll tell you what we're gonna do Church times gone but we don't have to go tomorrow's a holiday and so it is going to keep praise I'm going to keep worshiping for a while if you have to get a gift to kids that's fine but I want to pray a prayer first prayer of benediction and we're gonna believe God for you so father I thank you in Jesus name that you bless your people and you keep them and your cause your face to shine upon them I thank you you're a god a blessing I thank you you're a garden grace I thank you your eyes are always on us every part of the year I thank you Jesus right now but whatever is ahead of sweet do we know that you're there before us we know that you'll answer pray we know in victory we believe it's a week of new beginning and we give me the price we in the name of Jesus a man kaliesha you sorry to keep what should be forbidden here the marchers [Music] [Music] oh Jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] for church why do we seek some praise if you want to come to the front you're more than welcome is no purple praise worship aunty come on every voice see [Music] if I sing when my chair come on [Music] don't okay a song that you see [Music] Russy [Music] they say a job we will see you at Megatron I be blessed [Applause]

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Published: Wed Jun 12 2019