Hillsong Church - Robert Fergusson

[Music] [Applause] everybody here in the house of the Lord hey we're not gonna waste a moment we're gonna enter into the presence of God we're gonna give him praise you're gonna give a worship because he is worthy amen amen [Music] all right we're gonna sing this together Church [Music] here is a sound I love to [Music] the room where people [Music] here inside your ear [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] we're people Louie [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] his prayers sing his praise [Music] so sing his praise [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] question of don't hold back give them the praise that you deserve we're grateful Jesus we're grateful to you [Music] ah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] your loves too busy to leave me your loves too good to leave me your loves too good to leave me your love [Music] your love is [Music] she love never fails it never gives up it never runs out on me your love never fails never give it never runs out on me it's your life [Music] it's your love it's your love we sing that again is Sheila in there my runs out on me [Music] that's the truth that God loves each and every one of us in none of us deserve it but God still loves us is that incredible this incredible thing credible God that we worship come on I think he's worthy of our praise is worthy of of all about worship you know some of us need to hear that it's not just his love that doesn't fail but he's also the god of the turnaround he's the God that can do immeasurably more than we could hope or imagine he can do the impossible amen and this next song is written and it's based on a on a story that some of you might know about David and Goliath in the Bible and it's the story of a shepherd boy who defeats a Philistine giant if it's crazy about it as David goes to battle and he takes nothing but a slingshot and the Bible says that he kills Goliath with the sword that Goliath brought to the battle and isn't that just like God to use the thing that the enemy brings against us to turn around and use it for his purposes we know how the story ends but listen to what David said and I think this is this is inspire somebody tonight this is gonna inspire faith in this meeting tonight this is what he said before he knew the outcome he said you come against me with sword and with spear and javelin but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty the god of the armies of Israel who you have defied he says this day the Lord will deliver you and then he says quite a lot of violent stuff and then he says and all those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves but the battle belongs to the Lord amen [Applause] [Music] whoever may be formative um prosper when the darkness falls won't prevail cuz it cannot serve those only how to triumph Oh Mike I will never fail here's my god I'm gonna see you Oh [Music] do you see I'm gonna see you [Music] yes you do [Music] and we said [Music] to see you so I'm not back [Music] cuz I know [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] did you take with Italy did you turn it for girl you turn come on you believe that tonight do you take with [Music] she turns Fergus you turn she turn if you take did you turn Susan [Music] [Music] you too come on lift it boys in space tonight come on [Music] suzay [Music] this is [Applause] [Music] to see the victory Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you take the enemy man for me [Music] let's give him praise in events tonight a little bit he's doing [Music] so I will praise you to clarify clay I will see you [Music] in the frozen [Music] for Zola's life me till I see you we sing I'm afraid [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] to [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] see [Music] well 6 p.m. I don't know about you about that new song you took what the enemy means to evil you turn it around for good something about that resonates in my spirit you see tonight we didn't come to play Church and we didn't even come to church we came to be the church to actually come together and to love each other and support each other and encourage each other to seek God and in my hand I have a whole lot of prayer requests and I have a hunch that these are things that the enemy intended for evil in your life they're things that you feel like you are struggling and wrestling with and they're you need God to intervene on them and actually the people next to you they've put in prayer requests they're believing for breakthrough in their marriages in their health in their finances some people don't have accommodation don't know where they're going to sleep tonight other people they're battling with sickness in our online campus there are people that are praying for rain again for the drought to be broken there are all sorts of needs and I was wondering if maybe we could stretch our hands forward if we could believe with our brothers and our sisters with our friends and our family for change and then we can sing that song again and we can actually declare that what the enemy has brought against us God is turning it around for good so why don't you begin to lift your voices and let's pray father we thank you that you are a God who answers prayer that you are a miracle-working supernatural God Lord we bring our faith tonight and a divine expectation and father we pray that you would me the needs of your people both at UWE turn marriages around Lord where there is sickness that you would bring healing Lord where there is mental challenges God that you bring stability and but that you would turn everything around that you would work all things together for good news [Music] dude jeez dude [Music] all right why don't you thank God for what he is doing the other shadow prayed to God because his well hi welcome to church at the 6:00 p.m. my name is Cass and I'm the creative pastor here at Hillsong Church and I love that we get to be in church together you know last Sunday morning there was a girl sitting two rows back and she actually had been struggling with vertigo and the doctor had had said all sorts of things over her life and we prayed for her in this moment we prayed for it this week as a team and she text me last night she owes Cass God answers prayer she goes I don't have vertigo and the doctors have found a really simple solution and praise God everything has turned around I love the stories of God at work hey he's good all right you can all go back to your seats it's nice to have you down the front and while they go back to your seat come on why don't you say hi to somebody and put 60 seconds on the clock tell them how nice it is to sit next to them how you love being in church together ask them how you can pray for them this week tell them what your favorite ice cream flavor is that's the sound of a happy church everybody's talking alright I don't know what your favorite part of churches but one of my favorite parts of church is when I tell you ought to be quiet Shh I love when we have a chance to be generous in our church and so tonight why don't you put your hands together and welcome our incredible powerhouse pastor but one and only Rob stand by Thank You Cass hey guys doing you guys could take your seats well as casa mention I have the honor and privilege tonight of sharing around night giving there's a number different ways we can give behind me on the screen but for approved couple of moments I wanna encourage us from Matthew chapter 6 verse 33 where it says this seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well I want to ask you a simple question here tonight does anyone here enjoys a thing called vanilla coke now I'm not sure about you but I absolutely love this soft drink if not obsessed with this soft drink and not too long ago I went to the city we're walking down one of the main streets in the city and came across a vanilla coke vending machine so I went across and go out my wallet took out a two-dollar coin place it in the machine and press the vanilla coke button and wait expectantly for the vanilla coke can to appear now moments went by that felt like almost like hours and still the candy not appear so I thought maybe I'll press the button again press it again wait it's still the cameras no to be found at this point I thought maybe it's my coin so took out another two-dollar coin place it in the Machine and press the button again still no vanilla coke can appeared now this point I thought maybe I need to shake the machine at some point but as I walk closer to the machine a climb gentlemen pointed towards the machine to assign which shred out of order the machine was completely out of order have you noticed that with the kingdom of God that there's a sense of water then sometimes we can expect things from God they're quite simply out of order Lowe's verse I wrote earlier from Matthew 6 it says to seek first the kingdom of God to seek him first and then everything else to be given to you as well on encouraging hits tonight that what you're giving into is far greater what I be holding on to tonight we're seeking him first without finances here this evening this is even true in the air of our finances as you seek Him first in this moment everything else will be added to you as well are you ready to give forgot what are you ready in your hands all right let's pray together dear Lord we thank you so much for this moment and Laura thank you Father you can do far more with what is in our hands then we ever could in our own well I pray that you bless your people as they give and everybody said together amen amen amen well as a host pastor containers we have an amazing thing coming up called kilo of Christmas so I've turned your eyes to the screen for an awesome story from that I had had a baby boy two and a half years ago and then might have promised the him that I'd changed my old life when he was born my whole life was a train wreck I was abused as young age and from then I just felt you know hatred towards towards the world I couldn't deal with life so I just turned to drugs and crime and that was my life the years my family with with with my son and my partner was was broken I thought I thought I was never gonna see him ever again I realized you know I needed to get help so I rang one ATTC [Music] it was kind of the Christmas and I was on leave and I had nothing I was broke I was gonna go up a Christmas song and say my son have nothing Hillsong gave me that Christmas hamper and I was blind why just just what was in there 11 gave me toys for him and it's not just me they gave it to like 40 50 guys over here and I want to see my boy and I brought the present someone from the local was to seeing there with my son after the up his presence and to share suffer my heart just to know that he has a loving dad and that I'm here for him in my heart 8 because of how much I let my family down but now it is um it's totally different and I'll say my son nearly every weekend and it's just a miracle I might have cried a little bit this morning when I saw that story of Trent for the first time because you know Christmas is amazing and we get to give gifts to our family and our friends but it's even more incredible and as a church we get to extend generosity to people that we don't even know and so as a church we want to offer you the opportunity to get involved in our kilo of Christmas now they're Pastor Brian put a faith decree across our church that says this I will be generous toward God toward my church and towards people I love and towards the people who need my generosity the most you know a killer of Christmas lets us find a way to be generous toward people who need generosity the most this year so here's a deal all you have to do is get a red bag in the foyer and you can fill it up with as much or as little as you want to you just bring it back and you return it and then later in the year towards Christmas time we will get together pack hampers and deliver them to people like Trent and actually change Christmas for their families so we get to be part of this who you in are you in I feel like we should be in because it is Christmas and it is the most wonderful time of the year and apart from this there are so many incredible things happening at Hillsong Church I'm gonna let you see the screen so that you can see how spectacular and all the beautiful things that are coming up [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] everybody say Wow Wow and say hi we link to all of our campuses right across Australia Western Australia Victoria Queensland and Bali and I don't know about you but if you're a girl were you here on Tuesday night or part of our sisterhood united night I see those hands our Women's Conference could color your world is in March next year and here's the deal there are hardly any seats left so if you want to be in the room for color or you want to invite your mom your sister your girlfriend or your work mate I would strongly suggest that you register in the next week or so to avoid being disappointed we only have seats left in our Hills campus but the exciting thing is this year we are actually launching an online conference so if you know girls who can't get in the room you should tell them to join us at color and you should take one of these these are on your seats tonight they are the most incredible calendars that take us through the whole color season and they're the perfect way to invite people to be part of the experience so why don't you put that in your handbag in your backpack tell your mom tell your sister tell somebody great about this but right now we're linked everywhere because Hillsong college is an incredible gift to our church there we have thousands of students who come from overseas and interstate to study and they study how to preach they also study a whole lot of creative things I study the Bible they take gap years they finish University and come or they come because one day they want to be a ministry and so this time of year is a really good time I should contemplate what your future looks like in 2020 to actually ask the Lord if he would have you study next year at Hillsong College so we want to inspire you just a little bit with some incredible people and some amazing talent so why do you put your hands together for our College go for it [Applause] well intentioned I pursued a passion that was never purposed for me looking for a vocation when what he had for me was a calling I set out to climb the mountaintops of what this world had to offer and I was left with bruised bloody hands and the nagging question is this all life has to give I came to a crossroad of choice between what I wanted and the irresistible beckoning of a savior I heard the voice of God called me out beyond the boundaries of my culture and my country and I could not refuse we cannot refuse it was in the static of surrender and the symphony of sacrifice and losing the whole world I was able to hear his voice see his hand and know that he holds my future scene you move you move the mountains in the I believe I'll see you do it again you made away with a always normally and I believe I'll see you to it again your faithfulness is carried us to the edge of battlegrounds forced to use what was already in our hands to wage war we are quickly reminded that our once futile drinks have now become reality but what if our weapons of warfare would not saw a Spears or guns what if they were songs of praise what if the very sounds of your guitar chords or the shape of your dancing made the very ground you walk upon shake with the fleeing of demons what if the drips of sweat and tears that come from Elisabetta session would at the thirsty ground of a dying earth what if revival came in the form of a pen a melody a person you you move and double you made a way where there was dog [Music] we are the rightful heirs to the kingdom of God no longer do we need to strap in the approval of the world because if this world is his that this world is ours we are the living breathing body of Christ [Music] [Music] you do it again [Music] [Music] you do [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah come on put your hands together for incredible college on a amazing [Applause] [Music] okay while you're standing on your feet and while you have great expectation and faith tonight my favorite if you're allowed to have favorite teaching pastors at Hillsong Church it's going to bring the word so while you have faith in your heart and expectation and you are ready to applaud when it put your hands together and welcome the incredible Robert Ferguson as he brings the Word of God hey Church thanks team did a brilliant job did a brilliant job just hold on stop stop stop stop stop stop uh together what's your name are you first second third first first beginning of something great where are you from New Zealand I don't know what your plans I don't know what your plans were for this semester I don't know why you came here but God had an agenda God had a plan God had a path you to follow and even tonight even tonight there's a new boldness coming into your life and the beginning of a transformation that God has brought you here for he couldn't do what he wanted to do where you were so he brought you here to transform you and tonight it starts with a new Holy Spirit boldness that's going to get you out of some of that retiring nature some of that sense of insecurity is going to be broken in the name of Jesus and you're going to step out do something that you've never done before so where are you going to sit where are you sitting you going behind it for a smoker or something are you gonna somewhere all right somewhere where I can see come with me you don't have to of course but I would if I were you I want you to sit on my seat all right and then I'm going to I'm going to come to you later and gotta lay hands on you and then you're gonna start prophesying have you prophesied before but not in front of a lot of people no that's all right where we won't get you to do that but and just sitting there God's going to change you God's going to change it all right so there you go please don't use my notebook but you can use my Bible all right so you can all sit down so good I don't know this morning you were told to expect stuff so I hope you're expecting stuff tonight I'm not gonna just be the only one involved everybody's going to be involved so we're gonna have a bit of a Holy Spirit night if that's all right with you and we're going to do something slightly different John Wesley said that God does nothing on earth redemptive ly except through prayer in other words God has got a plan and a purpose for what he wants to do on this earth a planning a purpose for your life and in this meeting but he can't do it unless you're involved and you can do whatever he wants to do but in these sovereignties chosen to use normal average ordinary people at you and I so we've got to learn to pray I've got three favorite prayers the first one is father God I praise your name dot dot dot that's the prayer I pray when I've got lots of time on my hand it's the prayer I pray in my journal every morning that's how I start every single time I pray and my journal write it out father God I praise your name it's based based on Matthew chapter 6 and verse 9 when Jesus taught us pray said this is how you should pray our Father hallowed be your name so that's what I do when I've got time but my second favorite prayer is when I don't have time goes something like this Jesus it's based on Romans chapter 10 verse 12 where Paul taught everybody who calls on God's name Romans 10 verse 12 everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved and the verse before but they missed it everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved so I'm walking along some in a hurry I'm walking along to the train or a shot so I'm in the shots and I forget where I am or who I'm with and I just say Jesus and everybody looks at me strangely because there is rescue and salvation and transformation and blessing in that name so you've got to learn to call on the name of Jesus but my third favorite prayer which is the subject of tonight is used when I want to do the impossible it goes something like this god help me it's what I pray every Sunday night or every Sunday morning when I'm preaching it's what I pray before I prophesy over someone I don't know when I can't do what I'm called to do I say God help me the good news is that God the Holy Spirit is here psalm 46 verse 1 says that God is an very present help and in John 14 jesus said I'm going to send you a helper if you love me keep my commands and I'll ask the Father and He will give you another advocate or helper to be with you forever they're a bit slow tonight on there the spirit of truth the world cannot accept them because it neither sees him nor knows him but you know him for he lives with you and he will be with you you cannot do what God wants you to do you can't be what God wants you to be that's why you require that third prayer God wants you to live an impossible life he doesn't want you just come to church and sing a couple of songs and sit here being entertained by some preacher and walk home unchanged he wants you to be involved in an impossible exciting glorious transformative life I've got the privilege of speaking to you wonderful people and everyone on the channel and online and in Sunshine Coast tonight wherever you are I'm believing for a transformation even if you're sitting on your own I'm believe in the Holy Spirit to come into that place where you are and do something transformative in your life I'm fed up with boring meetings I'm fed up with average Church I don't want to live a possible life I want to live an impossible life that's why I need to pray this prayer god help me if you want a title to the message it's called a very present help a very present help are you ready to pray with me I'm getting serious now what are you gonna do this what body what did you say you're gonna do absolutely you missed your chance put it on God's gonna change your life so something you say well that's ridiculous how can someone be changed by putting on a jacket over the last 45 years I've done that maybe five times and every single time God has changed the person who put the jacket on there's a new anointing on your life there's a new season in your future God is going to do something radical in your spirit tonight things that you've been praying for you've been praying in your heart of hearts for a demonstration of the Spirit of God in your life because you don't want just average is that right tonight is your night something's happened and is happening in the name of Jesus all right so we're gonna pray everybody bow your heads pray with me god help us amen a number of years ago my brother needed some guidance he is a minister in New Zealand and he needs some guidance so he went to a church where he knew nobody the preacher an Irishwoman didn't know anybody there she was the visitor but she was a prophet he sat at the back saying to God could he speak to me halfway through the service the Irish woman stopped and said there's a person in this auditorium called Ferguson that'll get your attention he's got something to do with farming my brother used to be a farmer she then described exactly what my brother was wearing at the time which also got his attention she said recently you have been worshipping in a multitude of people two weeks previously he had been in Nigeria worshiping in a Reinhardt Bonnke crusade with 1.6 million people and then she said I have a word for you a de Bourgh year now that means nothing to you but that was the very name of the person who was sitting next to him on the platform in Nigeria two weeks previously she went on talking about Psalm 23 and really didn't give him any guidance at all so he complained to God so what was that about and God spoke to him as clearly as he said he's ever spoken to him he said do you think if I know your name your clothes your address where you were two weeks ago and who was sitting next to you do you think that maybe I've got your future sorted and you said well that's impossible how could that woman know that man how could he pray and receive that accurate word of knowledge how could any of this take place it's impossible that's the point if you live in a life that is possible you're just religious if you're not operating outside your comfort zone operate in the gifts of the Spirit and doing things in life that you naturally cannot do you are purely living a religious mediocre average boring life and that is not the abundant life that God has called you to live my conversion in 1974 my calling to preach the gospel taught me two vital lessons number one that I can't change myself and number two I can't change anyone else I hadn't the capacity to do what God did in 1975 and rip out problems in an instant and I didn't have the ability to do what he called me to do which was to go into all the world and preach the gospel both were impossible it taught me that Christianity is impossible that's why we need to pray this prayer god help us we need the help of the Holy Spirit two roles of the holy spirit is transformation and empowerment John chapter 3 and verse 5 Jesus is speaking to Nicodemus and he says if you want to see the kingdom of God you're gonna have to be born again of the Spirit and he said but that's impossible how can I be born again he said that's the point I'm calling you to live an impossible life many of you think that this is Christianity you think that coming on a Sunday night listening to a few interesting songs and some stranger speaking passionately on the platform is Christianity this has got next to nothing to do with Christianity Christianity is about revealing Christ in all his power and all his glory and all his brilliance and manifest his power and demonstrate his compassion in the world in which you live so but I can't do that I know so that's why you got to pray father when you've got time father I praise your name when you have you got time Jesus and when you're gonna do the impossible god help me that's what you've got to pray he not only wants to transform you but he wants to empower you tonight Acts chapter 1 and verse 8 Jesus said when the Holy Spirit comes on you he will give you power power to be my witnesses if you're living a disempowered life just using your natural abilities maybe your leadership skills that you picked up in some random leadership book you're not living the Christian life that's why we've got to do things like put a jacket on someone and see someone changed in an instant Robin Amanda Stan wall this is a new season for you God's going to give you an anointing tonight it's going to change you it's gonna change the way you speak it's gonna change the way you think it's gonna change everything about the way you minister you're gonna have a new authority you're gonna have a new faith you're gonna lay hands on the sick not only expect to see them recover but see them recover in the name of Jesus God wants to raise your profile he wants to change your season you wants to get you to step up into something new God doesn't leave you where you are he wants you to step up into something new and in order to step up into a new platform and you Authority a new freedom in your spirit you're gonna have to change tonight is that moment you've changed this is the step up and the same for you John this is a new season for you 2020 is going to be a turnaround year in the name of Jesus you do things that you can do but God wants you to do things that you can't it he wants to live a life that is impossible for you he wants you to step out and don't just look on and say well that's nice for them he's gonna do it for all of you in the name of Jesus that's the point you're gonna have to live a transformed life how do you think it's light for me on a Sunday night like this prophesying over people speaking faith into a meeting you honestly think I can do this I can't do any of this that's the fun of it I just said God help me if you don't turn up tonight I've had it but I've learned over 45 years that God isn't ever-present a very present help he's a very present help er he's my advocate he's in me three things in John 15 verse 26 that you need to know about the Holy Spirit three things let's have a look John 15:26 when the Advocate the help of a comforter the counselor comes whom I will send to you from the father the Spirit of Truth who goes out from the father he will testify about me three things that you need to know number one the Holy Spirit is a person now I know you know this but you don't live like it you separate him from his character he's Holy Spirit you separate one gift from another gift he comes with a lot he separate one fruit from another fruit he doesn't have bits of fruit he is a person and he's with you and he comes with all his gifts he comes with all his free you can't I'm good at kindness but not good at self-control you can't say you're full of the holy spirit and then get drunk on a Friday night or sleep around either you're full of the Holy Spirit or you're not you can't divorce him from who he is he's a person and he's here to transform you and he's here to give you a gift and he's here to enable you to express all the fruits of the spirit all of them which gift which gift in the list in 1 Corinthians 12 don't you need personal needs a lot so I've said God I want the whole lot and I want a few that Paul has never heard of and I intend to operate them why because my friend my advocate my helper I need him I need him desperately I intend to deliver completely and utterly impossible life I'm gonna speak life into people I'm gonna change people's lives I'm gonna put jackets on people I'm gonna pray for people and speak to cancers to go in the name of Jesus why because I can't now imagine if every single person here and everybody on the channel and everybody online and everybody in the sunshine cast actually did what I was encouraging her to do the Holy Spirit is a person number two the Holy Spirit works with people he works in partnership in the sovereignty of God the world that the Holy Spirit is chosen to work with people Jesus put it like this in Luke chapter 4 and verse 18 quoting from Isaiah 60:1 the spirit of the sovereign Lord is on me but he isn't just on you he's on you that is he's on you for calling he's on you but he's not just on you he's in you for transformation he's not just in you for internal transformation he's with you as your companion in life there's no reason ever to be lonely again God the Holy Spirit is your companion but it's not only on you he's not only in you he's not only with you he's for you he's gonna back you to the hilt he's for you the Holy Spirit works with people but he's got an agenda he's not here to bless you he's not here for you to do your thing his job is one soul a soul job is to tell people about Jesus number three he has a purpose the Holy Spirit points to Jesus and Jesus points to the father and he's not going to empower you to do your thing he's not going to empower you to be independent he's not going to allow you to bless what is not a divine thing he's going to only enable Jesus to be glorified jesus said when the Holy Spirit comes he will glorify me he will speak about me he will remind you of what I said so you want to live an impossible life don't try and live an impossible life outside of the realm of the kingdom live an impossible life within the realm of the kingdom and then the Holy Spirit is going to be on your case he's gonna be on you for calling he's going to be on you for transformation he's gonna sort in you for transformation he's gonna be with you for partnership is gonna be backing you he's gonna be for you amen God loves to use random ordinary people like Rob on the front row he brought you here where did he where did you come from New York how long have you been here what are you what's your plans next year you're going back to New York there are blessed people because you're going to go back with a new anointing you're going to go back with a new jacket preferably not mine but because i quite like that one but you can have it if you want god uses ordinary people average people all the way through the book of Acts the Bible says that he raised up ordinary people ordinary people like Mary we often think of Mary Wow the most blessed person on the face of the earth she was just an ordinary teenager we think of Elijah the Prophet he was just an ordinary man we think of Peter he was uneducated illiterate without courage yet God changed them what did they do but if you look at the phrase filled with the Holy Spirit you'll see that they did things by the Holy Spirit so let's have a look at five characters and then you and I going to put these five things into practice these are five impossible things that five ordinary people in the New Testament did and then we're going to do those five things is that good Carolee is freaking out she hates it when I preach like this cuz I keep asking her to do things she said I don't that's the point Cara Lee alright so number one elizabeth blessed she blessed Jesus and she blessed Mary look at Luke chapter one look at what it says when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting the baby leaped in her womb and Elizabeth field was filled with the Holy Spirit and verse 42 in a loud voice she exclaimed blessed are you among women and blessed is the child you will bear blessed you've got the capacity to speak words over people's lives tonight and their entire world will change I can't remember the lady's name from New Zealand what's your name she's just texting a friend yeah it's all right it's just what's your name Adina do you believe you're gonna change tonight I'm gonna lay hands on your anger to bless you and people around here you're gonna bless someone when Isaac blessed Jacob he said I'm going to put you in charge of your brother Esau and I'm going to sustain you with new wine and oil for the rest of your life Esau came in and said no no no you got the wrong person and he said sorry can't take it back he's gonna be blessed forever you've got the cut power to bless people you said but I can't do that that's the point nor could Elizabeth but by the Holy Spirit she was able to bless merit what about zechariah zechariah prophesied he prophesied about Jesus and about John Luke chapter 1 again look at this Zechariah filled with the Holy Spirit prophesied says about Jesus his country's people and redeemed them and then verse 76 then if they put that in and you my child will be called a prophet of the Most High and you'll go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him you have you got the ability to speak life and transformation into people's lives I mean it's ridiculous I just picked at Robin Amanda do you believe what I just said do you believe joy that this is a turnaround night do you believe Rob that it's gonna be a new night for you how did that happen I can't change them so what did I what did i do I just did the impossible and I just walked up the on her said God help me I want to do the impossible I want to do something I've never done before I want to speak into people's lives I want to bless people if Elizabeth can do it I can do it is Zechariah I couldn't do it I can do it what about this one Mary number 3 spoke in tongues Mary Mary the mother of Jesus in action - - it says all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues who here speaks in tongues who here doesn't speak in tongues tonight shall I look at the people around you now you know what to do with the people next to you who here prophesized on a regular basis what what sort of Christianity you living 1 Corinthians 14 says every single one of you should prophesy honestly challenge yourself I don't want to live boring mediocre average Christianity are you with me I want to do something I've never done before do you know I speak Chinese I know I bet you didn't know that apparently I do because a few years ago I was just prompted by the Holy Spirit to speak in tongues on the platform and as I started speaking I started speaking Chinese now I've never learned Chinese I don't know anything about Chinese but I just poke it out over the congregation and someone came up to afterwards and said I was really interesting you had an interesting Chinese dialect from the northwest of China can I do that of course I can't do it that's the point I do things every day that I can't do I bless people i prophesy over people I speak in tongues every now and again in Chinese apparently I pray for someone in Poland ones who got filled with the Holy Spirit started speaking to me in English couldn't speak a word of English I started praising God in English and then I said I didn't know you could speak English they said and through the interpreter said what's he talking about he was just she was just praising God in English i cou could i do that cuz i can't do that what did what did pizza do he preached pizza the non courageous pizza the uneducated pizza the ordinary pizza the fearful peter the denier of christ pizza did something he could never do in Acts chapter 4 or 2 or somewhere in acts then Pizza filled with the Holy Spirit said rulers node do you realize what a ridiculous miracle that is Peter do you honestly think I can do this when God said I want you to go into all the world and preach the gospel I said I can't I said he said I know that's why you're gonna do that's why God gets all the praise and all the glory but you've turned Christianity into a value system you've turned Christianity into a set of principles you've learned a few leadership books and think that that's Christianity Christianity is not a set of rules it's not a set of values is run on a set of principles it is a God glorifying Holy Spirit transformation from the inside out and then an empowerment to do the impossible how can you read people's mail how can you I mean I'm not actually read their mail I mean know what's going on in their world tonight so important I've here - what's your name khalessi what do you do what's your role your youth leader so much that's so much I know about what's going on in the church your youth leader and how long have you been doing that six years number seven is the big one seven sevens an important number in God's economy so for the you being like you're like Joshua the six tonnes round the wall of six Tranter derp derp derp derp but a seven is when the breakthrough took place the seventh there's going to be a break through walls that have been in your life are going to be breaking down in the name of Jesus God's gonna require you to do the impossible and then he's going to do something beyond your expectation beyond Torah trims do not limit God to your background do not limit God to your experience do not limit God to what you think your gift is God's got a way way way bigger agenda for you it's bigger than you can imagine and you can imagine a lot what about the number five and finally Paul was told in Acts chapter nine to go to the Damascus ago on the Damascus Road to go to the house of Ananias he fulfilled a divine excitement let's have a look at acts 9x9 and Ananias went to the house and entered it placing his hands on Saul and he said brother Saul the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here has sent me so that you may be see again and won't be filled with the Holy Spirit now let's turn to acts 22 why why what shall I do Lord get up go into Damascus there you be told all that you have been assigned to do every single one of you has an assignment you've got a divine assignment I'm not talking about your job we just heard it by the college I'm not talking about your job intro or a profession I'm talking about your vocation you are called to do something on this earth as a doctor as a plumber as a lawyer as whatever you are you're called to do something and you can't do it outside of the help of the Holy Spirit that's why you need a transformation I mean all right so you got that so this is what we're gonna do firstly we're gonna get people transformed then we're going to get people empowered so there are lots of people here and I'm just being bold here you've been in church for ages some of you have been in church all your life but you've never been born again you come to church that there's a 15 year old there's lots of teenagers here but there's a 15 year old you've been in church all your life and your parents think you're a Christian but you know you're not because you've never been transformed from the inside out but tonight is your night you're going to be born again of the Spirit and there's lots of you some of your visitors some of you and you Sun in the Sunshine Coast and online and the channel you've never listened to this stuff before but tonight where you are this is going to be your transformation night you're going to pray a prayer with us and God is going to change your life but there are people in this auditorium you other people in your work think you're a Christian but you're gonna have the boldness and the courage to put your hand up and say tonight I'm gonna be born again this is new for me I'm going to be transformed I'm gonna live an impossible life you're good but that's not what God's requiring of you he's asking you to be like Jesus which is impossible amen so we're gonna do we're gonna close our eyes I'm going to ask you to be bold enough to put your hand in the air when I count to three and when I count to three you're going to give your life to Jesus you're gonna be transformed you're going to be born again to the Spirit God wants to reveal himself to you he wants to do in you what you cannot do and you've got to make a decision I don't want to just live this Christian life just by going to church want to live radical transformed inside out God glorifying Jesus centered bible-believing impossible Christian life that's what I want I want God to be in charge and I want to be different and I want him to rip things out of me that I can't change take sins out of me take habits out of me take lifestyle choices out of me that I cannot change but with his help I will change so you ready you want to give your life to Jesus I'm gonna count to three when you when I get to three you put your hand up as I sign you want Jesus in your life 1 2 3 hands going up alright everybody stand up everybody stand up and everybody who either did or wants to put the hand up just come and fill up this stage here just come to the front you're saying I want a miracle I want to be transformed come on everybody it doesn't matter if you want to bring someone with you come come and join us thank you you may say but what if my parents see me well come for it anyway come on loads of you fill this place up you're going to be radically born-again tonight in the name of Jesus come on there's lots more you know in your heart of hearts just slip forward with the platform get on you fantastic good on you I love it I love seeing younger people older people mature people people have been a church for years people have been brought up in church come on let's believe for a miracle tonight in the name of Jesus radical transformations people born again of the Spirit of God in the name of Jesus I love this there are others there are others there are there are people out there teenagers you know you know in your heart of hearts have I talked to you at the end of the service you'd say I'm not sure I'm going to heaven I'm not sure I'm going to heaven well you can know because once you've been born again you know the Holy Spirit is going to do something radical you may even be on a volunteer team you might be a Bible College student but you haven't become a Christian my wife led one of the third-year Bible College students to Christ a couple of weeks ago Sergey it doesn't matter where you are you can be in church and not changed are you ready what we're asking is for God the Holy Spirit to help us jesus said you can't enter or see the kingdom of heaven unless you are born again from the inside out I loved it you're here I love it god bless you sir this is a new day this is a new day god bless you mate I love those cause it takes huge courage to do this god bless you what's your name Leon how long have you been in church you've just moved to Australia you've been in Church of six months so this is your moment isn't that good we're gonna pray pray everybody's gonna put your hands for this wonderful people god bless you everybody is gonna pray this prayer that everybody at the front you're gonna pray it with me say with me Oh Lord Jesus Christ tonight is a new night things are gonna happen things are gonna change I'm gonna be a new person Jesus could you show yourself to me come into my life do what I cannot do turn my life around for good from now on you're in church I want to live an impossible life a different life everything changes from tonight thank you Jesus oh man oh man he said well is that it that's that's the beginning of it so it's what's gonna happen they're a team here they're gonna just just stay here they're gonna come and they're gonna give you a Bible but they're gonna pray for you and that prayer is gonna turn things around just be honest with them if you need assurance of your salvation say if you need to be born again say whatever it is that you need come and just be honest with them they're gonna give you a Bible as a gift from our church this is the story of Jesus inside it is your story you'll find your story in his story amen and while they're praying for you have we got a team praying fantastic just stay here we're gonna pray Church what are the five things I said you're gonna do are you gonna bless who would like to bless someone tonight you're gonna bless someone all right how do you bless someone you just start with them either neither like may the god of Hope free you with joy and peace so that you may overflow with hope by the Holy Spirit or may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you start with a maser all right speaker Mazur over somebody who's going to prophesy who can prophesy who can't prophesy excellent you're gonna prophesy now don't don't say please don't say marry this person moved to Africa no just encourage them who's never spoken in tongues pretty hand in the air see the people around you get those people filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues who's never preached please don't do it tonight [Music] but please pray for someone that their destiny will be fulfilled in the name of Jesus all right pray for those people come on Jen Reina someone lay hands on someone Gunn pray prophesy bless do the impossible [Music] the whole point of this is that you can't do it [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] Jesus do the impossible step out of your comfort zone speak live from blessing and freedom and healing lay hands on the sick expect a miracle [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah [Music] you're [Music] his face [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] let us be you know well Church we're actually going to continue worshiping we're going to create space for the Lord to continue to do when he wants to but if you need to go and get your children you can go and get your children next week is the lighting of our Christmas lights outside so it is a great Sunday night to bring people to church it's an incredible opportunity to extend invitation to those in your world that don't know Jesus Robert Ferguson you preached an outstanding message tonight it takes courage and boldness to actually take us to places we don't normally go on Sunday night so thank you for seeking God for us I know you all want to keep praying for each other and all those sort of things so here's the deal next week is Christmas if you need to go get your kids you can there's a new dessert stand out in the foyer that serves some sort of ridiculous pizza dipped in something with something I'm gonna pray for you and pray for you week and then we're gonna continue to worship so shhh you can all get back to it in a second father God bless you people I pray that your spirit would go with us Lord that we would see him as a person empowering our everyday life Lord give us courage and boldness to step into places with you that we haven't yet this week and give us eyes to see those who need to know about Jesus father bless your people and keep them make your face to shine upon them lift up the light of your countenance upon them and give them peace and the church said Amen thanks being in church this week we will see you next Sunday if you want to come down the front been fielding it's going to keep going [Music] [Music] let us speak your friends where else it's me [Music] let's make sixteen [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] you know [Music] [Music] sure [Music] serious the corium you let us experience let us experience the glory little experience [Music] little six me [Music] do you take the enemy man free you turn it for good you turn it for good you take what the enemy memory you turn it for good it's you telephone good did you take what the enemy left for you you turn it for good you tell it for good if you take what the [Music] you turn you take she future eternity [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] user see you [Music] we bless church don't feel you need to go anywhere keep praying and that's what you're doing we love you see you next week [Applause] [Music]

Channel: Hillsong Church

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Rating: 4.9080458 out of 5

Keywords: jesus, hillsong, praise, worship, Robert Fergusson

Id: eXTqhAWsnbY

Length: 95min 46sec (5746 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 24 2019