Hillsong Church - The World Needs A Saviour

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in Darwin and in Wollongong and Brisbane West and we started handing out the bread and the cup I was reading verse of the day this morning and the Bible said do not copy the behaviors or the customs of the world around you but think upon Jesus upon his kingdom balance and when we receive communion together what we're doing is we're we're really saying God we want to become like you we don't want to just copy the customs and the behaviors of everybody around us Christians should look different when we look like Jesus and so just hold that bread in that cup wherever you hold a way to weave serves everybody then I'll come back up and we'll pray together but hold the bread and the cup as we serve you and it's worse you've got one more time with this song there is power that you should upon the cross now the sting of sin and grave it's finished come all the victories yours every breath the time Oh [Music] you are [Music] [Music] it is not my my it is not but only by your spirit our fight is not with flesh and we overcome but your spirit it is can we sing it out [Music] we [Music] [Music] [Music] when your reservation [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I'm hoping by now you're holding a piece of bread and a cup in your hand even those church of the air with us hopefully you got a moment to run to your kitchen and get something it could be strange if you're new to church to think that we're celebrating the fact that people killed Jesus by crucifying him on a cross maybe a better way of saying it is because he was God he didn't have to stay on the cross what we're celebrating is that Jesus willingly laid down his life for us that's what we're grateful for it's only in the death of Jesus and the resurrection of Jesus that we have both forgiveness and the power to live a life like him so this bread it resembles his body that was broken this cup of juice it's just a resemblance to acknowledge that his blood was spilt for us and that through the shedding of his blood forgiveness of sins the breaking of his body the wholeness of mankind we eat and we drink together remembering what Jesus has done for us so let's do that together today let's drink together we love you Jesus so grateful for your life grateful for your death in your resurrection we have forgiveness because of you we have your power your grace to sustain us to live a life follow you always we honor you today Jesus [Music] why don't you pass your cups down to the end of the row we'll have a lord [Music] let's talk about me to pray [Music] all these different prayer requests I have a lot here lots of different things we can pray about we're going to need to pray about the everyone in Florida right now the hurricane hurricane Irma is wreaking havoc already on a lot of the islands there but it's on its way to Florida we've got different people in the church of the air that have already sent in prayer requests this morning as well there's just violence in communities that people are in that we need to try and just see God turn some things around someone's in a major trauma but they need healing from lots of different things I want to I want to still also pray for Australia today we're part of the Australian Christian churches and they're doing a National Day of Prayer right now today and tomorrow and it's it's a big week for Australia it really is it's a historical week and let's take a moment pray for our government that no matter what happens that just that God's God's heart for people or people comes through this is not a fight about people we don't fight against flesh and blood against people but against devilish principalities and mindsets and different things and the working of the atmosphere so father we bring every need to you every person God we ask that you would move mightily by a spirit upon every knee those in Church of the air those in all of our campuses further those that are in Florida right now we ask you would still this storm you've done it before God and we asked you do it again right now may it dissipate may change direction well it may not create havoc that is trying to do what we asked for safety wisdom upon people orders they make choices right now law we pray for our government here in Australia we pray for all Australians more to their hearts back to you to the hunt to their minds back to you may this be a nation I may continue to be a nation that loves you a lot as you alanders fill with righteousness now you exult this nation god nobody has to give great wisdom to our government but navigate these waters thank you for all these things everybody said come on a man [Music] well welcome to church it's nice to see it was nice to see pastor Bobby here this morning [Music] pastor Bryan is flying in this morning I'm not even sure if he's landed yet pastor Bryan's flying in this morning he's speaking tonight but pastor Bobby is speaking this morning so wonderful to have our senior pastor's home it's great hey while I am connected to everyone to a few of the campuses can I just remind us that this Tuesday night is heart and soul night which is really the big leadership gathering of our church so anybody anyone who is volunteering serving no matter what area of church life from inside the building to right outside into the community everyone who's serving somewhere that's the night where we all gather 7:00 o'clock this Tuesday and if you are not yet serving in ministry but you're thinking I want to take that next step and start serving god with my gifts on my time I'm a talent then this Tuesday is an open invitation to you we'd love to see here just come along and hang out and see what goes on is the whole heart and soul of Hillsong Church gathers together across the country it'd be great we're gonna put 60 seconds on the clock you got a minute to mingle say hi to somebody okay you see if we can find a seat I just saw a praise report in for the wheelers Nick enjoy wheeler 30 years wedding anniversary where are you someone point to them happy anniversary that's fantastic 30 years of marriage I saw another one in there for the young and free schools toward the high schools for [Applause] we've been doing the high schools to her in lots of different schools you have there's like 16 different high schools out and telling people about God about Jesus out in the schools that's how I became a Christian in high school people coming into high school so it's a great thing that a great thing now listen men any men any men in Darwin any are they doing that in Darwin [Music] what about Brisbane West Wollongong listen men's event is coming up it's only two weeks away No so it's not this week coming it's the one after I'm gonna in different cities check your men's flyer so that you can see what's going on in what city just in case you are interstate traveling which means you can still get to one of our locations for the men's event okay right across the country it's gonna be a whole lot of fun new graph feel ready we're gonna receive our giving this morning the delightful beautiful attractive oh there you go gorgeous sometimes I'm your delightful wife sometimes I'm your lovely wife I am definitely your wife that is true that's right yeah that's a given that's right nearly 25 years [Music] Nili and i think he's gonna surprise me with something wonderful for our wedding I think he I am I have it's my turn I don't go away it's my turn we we take it we can take it in turns every year and I scored the twenty five she did last year what I did last year as well you did you've probably done the last few years and I don't mind at all I like being the recipient of his generosity it's very nice well we are going to bring our tithes and our offerings this morning Church so I know under your seat is this home and others envelope and I'm just wondering today if everyone could just take a hold of that I realize that many of us bring our tithe via online giving we've got the app we've got online giving be pay and then we've got the envelope but I think it's very significant that regardless of how the money gets exchanged that we have a moment where we bring our tires to the Lord to build his church and if we turn our Bibles to Malachi chapter 3 verse 10 it says this bring bring the whole tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house test me and this says the Lord Almighty and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it or some versions say that you will not have room enough to contain the blessing of God what a privilege that we have to bring our tithe to the Lord you know truly it's part of our discipleship journey of becoming more like Christ it's an act of obedience it's something that God has asked of us that we would resource his church you know ultimately this is not Brian and bobbies church this is not Joel and Julia's church and put your name there this is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ Hillsong Church is God's church and this is the place that we just happen to call home I love the early church the early church when it came to the tithe they would plead for the opportunity and if anyone forgot they would remind them and I reckon we're that kind of church where the kind of church that if someone buy some ridiculous chance forgot to give this opportunity there there would be a murmur across our church so what's going on here they've forgotten something there's a very important thing that we've forgotten today does anyone realize that we have forgot the tithes today and that would be the murmur across our church because we understand the power of it and the obedience of it and that fact that we get to partner with Jesus because of it so why don't you take your offering today we haven't forgotten no murmuring across the crowd necessary and we're going to pray for you in Jesus name father I just thank you what a great idea this is your idea and Lord we want to be obedient today we want to put you first we want to resource your church it's your church Jesus and we honor you in this way in Jesus name Amen amen thanks church you're amazing you're generous why don't we just pass the containers and what wonderful heavenly hosts we have look at them they are amazing yes they are they're worth a round of applause yes they are in fact everybody who serves behind the scenes and and here I reckon we should give them a round of applause as well because we don't have Church without our incredible church being active on a Sunday so thank you so much everybody you're amazing and we are about to watch the best news of the week Church news take a look at the screens [Music] are you new to faith or new to church on or under your feet is our what's next cut with information to help you find out more you can also visit our website to learn more and how to get involved discover more about Jesus and stay up to date with what's happening in the life of your song Church [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] when I landed I believe God's called you to be more than a conquerer not decide this thing is bigger than me there's nothing I can do about it but let's nothing stronger or greater than the grace of our Almighty God man this decide we are excessively Victoria if anyone believes it's a [Applause] the church that I see as a global church a large christ-centered Bible based church that reaches and influences the world changing mindsets and empowering people to lead and impact at every sphere of life yes the church that I see is committed to bring in the love and hope of Christ to impossible situations who's headed Jesus whose hope is the Holy Spirit and whose focus is the Great Commission okay well let me welcome the whole church today if you're new to our church Hillsong Church is quite global okay so our senior pastors Brian and Bobby Houston look after our church right around the world then every location different countries we have different campuses so they've been up in the northern hemisphere and looking after our churches up there and it's great that we can share them with our other churches around the world yeah but they're back after several weeks of being in the northern hemisphere which is very exciting for us in Australia and so in Australia we have many different campuses as well so big greeting to everyone in Bali your new building is going to be ready in a couple of weeks in Darwin Palmerston and Malak up in noosa in Queensland and then also in Brisbane in the city at central macro van out in Brisbane West on the Gold Coast we've got Coomer there and surfers and Burleigh in Newcastle down here in Sydney we're at Bondi Beach were in the city at Waterloo in Alexandria we are at the Inner City we are macquarie were at Chatswood we are at greater West we have not forgotten here at the hills campus we are in Villawood detention center Church of the air were in Wollongong we are in Melbourne at the city campus there at the East Campus West and greater West and in Hobart and for the first time today campus number 30 Hillsong Perth a huge welcome to the family [Music] as always good to mention the last best which is the Northern Beaches which is where I grew up so it's great great big welcome to you guys it's hard remembering all these campuses around the country so we're blessed today we really are tonight Pastor Brian is going to be preaching across our church he's just flying in this morning but but today this morning right now we have pastor Bobby and we are so thrilled that you're home Bobby so on an every campus wherever we are one that we all stand of our feet and let's get pastor Bobby a huge welcome home today [Music] locations fantastic so wonderful to see you how are ya okay so we have been away as you know what's that a little bit of vacation in there as well which is always good to have a little bit of a mid-year break amen so we feel strong and we feel refreshed and we are ready to go in Jesus name Amen and Brian has just flown in this morning and so uh he's uh he might just turn up like it does and scare me on the platform you know sometimes you just sneaks up and you don't even know he's there hey man you know I love about church I love that church in simplicity is about fellowship encouragement exhortation hallelujah and possibilities that's what is happening today across the breadth of church and all our locations up and down the country and around the world actually all of those things and so you know I am confident that whatever you have come to today whatever drew you to the house of God your devotion or whether a friend is Pro you or whatever you've just wandered in that's somewhere in the mix you are gonna feel the encouragement of God if you need encouragement you are gonna find encouragement and choose this name and you know what and because we are a church that loves the idea of possibilities correct do we not love possibilities hey I love your pants amazing who knows what God is going to do and I am I am my prayer is that whatever I bring today what I bring today will resonate in your heart and we're gonna walk out going yeah in Jesus name we can do this amen so turn around give someone a high five a kiss on the cheek pinch on the bum no don't do that and when you put your hands together for our incredible worship team always her amazing mm okay as always my voice is clouded over I don't know what it is about this platform but my voice clouds over would everybody like to clear their throat with me hallelujah again no it's not it's not clearing hallelujah it's like Parliament really isn't it clear throat clear throat like Parliament mmm-hmm god is good let me reach you as I begin this morning from Isaiah 49 and it's actually a passage of Scripture that I shared actually a couple of years ago at a heart and so night something that I felt God really really quickened to me and a personal note and a personal note for our church I shared it with you and I know many of you if you record it resonated with you within you so Isaiah 49 the context is the sermon of the Lord has talking about our Savior King coming let's just listen to me you islands hallelujah listen to me hear this you distant nations before I was born the Lord had called me from my mother's womb he has spoken my name he made my mouth like a sharpened a sword and in the shadow of his hand he hid me he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver he said to me verse Franny said to me you are my servant Israel in whom I will display my splendor you are my servant Israel and whom I will display my splendor keeping know the context is talking about the Savior King so to call him Israel is a little bit unusual but I looked at some of the commentaries on that and even though it's talking about the Savior King it actually says you know what the context of that is broader so in other words you and I Christ and us the hope of glory are well able to have the Spirit of God the Almighty God turned to us and say my servant in whom I will display my splendor and that's what I shared with you two years ago I felt God whisper in my ear as I was reading those verses Israel my servant you are Israel Meister when I felt the Spirit of God say you are Hillsong Hillsong you are my servant not in an elite or exclusive manner but Hillsong you are my servant in whom I will display my splendor Isaiah 52 a few pages on there's a wake away cos I clothe yourself with strength we are Zion we are the Church of the Living God a week a week put on your strength put on your garments of splendor everybody say splendor father again I pray that you will have your way today and your word is alive and what I pray wholly spread that you will come alongside and breathe on these words and breathe on this encouragement and help us to be stronger in Jesus name Amen amen okay as many of you know Brian and I we have seven grandchildren that's so many right seven grandchildren does anyone in the room have more than seven grandchildren okay legends well maybe we could squeeze another two out maybe if we pray hard enough but you know not me I know that's personally but you know our children so we have seven grandchildren five of them are growing up with American accents which I find quite disturbing the Americans don't find that disturbing then I was wrong without it's like you know five of them are grown up with American accents and of course two of them have good old Ozzie accents but everyone said amen to that so our elders our eldest grandchild is Savannah winter she is turning nine she is selfless she is pastoral she told me last week quite categorically as a nine year old Grammy when I grew up I want to be a pastor there was something within this child that is willing to bear the transgressions of others truly I know so her mother tells the story I've shared this with the girls but in another tells a story of how a couple of years ago they were on holiday and the younger one Lexi was plane up so you know they were in public you know I want to make a scene but you want to get their attention and so she says you know what let's see if you don't behave I'm gonna flick you I'm gonna flick you to get your attention okay not advocating child abuse here but just the odd discipline or flick that brings behavior into tow so all the parents understand right so she goes I'm gonna flick you and Savannah goes no ma'am don't flick her and I still got to know I'm gonna flick her I am gonna flick it because she isn't misbehaving and I need to get her attention and Savannah it's like no man please don't flick her yes I am gonna flick her and then Savannah goes no ma'am no no don't flick her flick me then we have Lexy Milan the one I'm talking about she has just turned seven she is comedy in motion the stories are endless last week I was telling that eight o'clock last week we had were with the children and so we're having a conversation about names I said so what's my name and they're like your name's granny and I may know but really know my real name and they're like no wait wait we know your name is Bobby Houston and I good job but I actually have in her name and they looked at me with wide-eyed wonder and I said my name my real name is actually Roberta - which legs he looked at me and went for a burger I like it so no not Roberta Roberta although idea do you believe Ronald McDonald would be happy about that okay and then we have the third her name is Bailey love she is turning five cute as a button she has a very unfair bias at the moment towards Papa but that's another story I'm not wounded but it's true okay and then we have the baby okay the miracle baby okay we have Blaise Benjamin of Houston here's all of eight months of age okay Blaise Benjamin Houston with a name right there surely he should be the President of the United States right and we have no clue what he is going to become I mean we have Zion Alexander Charles Houston The New Yorker he also has just turned four years of age he's the deep thinker he's the deep thinker he is the little voice that you hear on the end of the Wonder album pontificating about Martin Luther King and freedom okay that's beds of Zion the last hard core real conversation I had with him was that color I was in New York I went out he's on the driveway I go how are you made sigh he proceeded to tell me her of his deep concern because there was apparently a volcano in Iceland and he was very concerned that the lava was going to reach New York and I might looking at him thinking who are you you're three what who are you what is wrong with this picture and then we have Willow main well I'm a okay we're in through the Australian continent now a little of the island princess willow may also just turned seven caring thoughtful absorbs everything prays at the drop of her hair she's absolutely delightful and then last but not least we have Jack other togs has anyone met Jack Arthur talks okay he has also just turned four he has curls to die for he has a wicked sense of humor like his father Peter talks rather independent and possibly in need of salvation so if you if you would like to empathize with us as parents as Grandparents he needs prayer I can tell our one goal our one thing at Hillsong conference was our hope that Jack actually might get saved but anyway that aside so that is Jack and I'm recently his mother tells his mother Laura tells how she fell Oh everyone she hit her head she hit her head quite badly and so Jack comes up to her and he's like mummy mummy are you hurt shall I get Batman to help exactly so we have seven amazing grandchildren amazing seven to delight and hopefully not despair over to keep us busy and poor and consumed as they grow up and as they navigate life and as they find themselves we have seven little people in our immediate care in that context whereas God everyone said God God on the other hand has apparently 7.2 billion in his immediate care 7.2 billion to delight and despair over 7.2 billion to keep him busy as they also navigate life and seek to find themselves and unlike Jack Hogg's childlike a take on life that men cannot help he cannot help so on the screen behind we have a beautiful image of the earth as Earth as planet Earth this big blue ball amazing and if we were to look at her with her 7.2 billion and habitants a teaming across the surface if we were to look at her right now with her various weather patterns and devastations consider what we prayed about this morning or those hurricanes and the annihilation keeping in mind not even everybody's talking about it much but at the same time as everything that was happening in the United States we have India Bangladesh and Pakistan suffering intense floods with a estimated they say to an estimated 41 million displaced 41 million so we look at the planet again with all her where the patterns and devastation that we look at this planet with her wars and threats of war keeping in mind people we really should be praying about northern Korea at the moment if we look at this world with her politics racial tensions hallelujah if we look at this world with this where I believe in so many cases if you watch the news and you pay attention hatred and lawlessness sits not far under the surface like a short fuse about to explode if we look at this world with her increasing secular leaned away from God that I believe is producing fruit that is concurrent with Romans 1:20 to where it actually says professing themselves or claiming to be wise they actually became fools if you look at this world if you listen to the rhetoric if you listen to the trends if you look at this well we're sitting here in our beautiful safe environment here on the hills campus located all up and down the country we're in this beautiful safe place but right now there is madness on that planet and so if we were to look at this world then I think that you would agree with me that this world needs a savior and it needs a savior quick fast and needs a savior who came and lay down his life so that none should perish and all should come to saving life he a savior who made himself poor you know we talked about as parents or grandparents our children and grandchildren keeping us poor but you know what Jesus Christ became poor the Son of God the righteous king of heaven became poor and made himself of nothing so that he could enter our mess enable us to actually experience his fullness and His goodness as Savior his kindness and his rule and his kingship is spoken of in Isaiah chapter 9 and I want to read it to you Isaiah chapter 9 verses 6 you know their verses that we often go to at Christmastime but they're way more than our Christmas verses it is a proclamation a prophecy from the from the ancient times into the planet into the world into the souls of mankind and here the Word of God says for a child is born to us a son is given to us the government were risked on his shoulders and he shall be called wonderful counselor mighty God lasting father and Prince of Peace four things alone that this world desperately needs they need to know that there is a wonderful Savior that there is a wonderful counselor that there is a mighty God able to step into any situation that we could present everlasting father Prince of Peace it goes on verse seven it says his government and its peace will never end his government and its peace his government not Trump's government not Turnbull's government his government and the peace that it brings you know I was reminded this morning of something that we used to quote all the time about twenty years ago actually a quote that said you know what God did not anoint government to heal the world he anointed the Church of Jesus Christ it goes on and it says and he will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity and then I love it says the passionate commitment of the Lord of heavens armies will make this happen the passionate commitment yeah I am here today to exhort us and to stir up within us our passionate commitment yet again because we have a God in heaven who says do you know what the passionate commitment of the Lord of heavens armies will make this happen and you and I had drawn into that bear with me one moment Genesis 28 another passage of Scripture signature to the house actually wrote a book 20 years ago could heaven is in this house of these verses and as many of you know it tells of Jacob Jacob traversing life and he finds himself in a wilderness and he has an encounter with God if you recall he has a dream and his eyes open and he discovers that God is awesome in this place he discovers God is awesome and not only good as God awesome but where he dwells is awesome let me read Genesis 28 to you so Jacob left her Beersheba and went toward her an and it came to a certain place and stayed there that night because the Sun has set taking one of the stones of the place he put it under his head and laid down in that place to sleep and he dreamed and behold behold there was a letter behold oh my gosh behold there was a letter sit up on the earth and the top of it reached to heaven and behold behold people when God says behold we should be pay attention and behold the angels of God were ascending and descending on it and behold the Lord God stood above it and said I am the Lord the God of Abraham your father and the god of Isaac and the land on which you lie I will give to you into your offspring and in verse 14 it reminds me of Isaiah 54 which is a signature promise to this house and you if you are part of this house it says your offspring shall be like of the dust of the earth and you shall spread abroad to the west and east and north and south and in you and your offspring in you so I'm talking to you in you Vicki and nicker up in you and in your offspring and where am i up to AHA your offspring and yeah hallelujah I shall all the families of the earth be blessed verse 15 behold I am with you and I will keep you wherever you go and we'll bring you back to this land for I will not leave you I will not leave you until it won't say until I have done what I have promised I will not leave you until I've done what I've promised then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it only the Lord was in this place and I did not know it and he was afraid and said how awesome is this place this is none other than the house of God and this is the gateway to heaven remarkable you know I volunteered myself to preach this morning I did ITEX Brian he was in New York I said babe you're coming back I think I haven't preached in church for a long time I said I'd like to preach he goes oh my goodness you haven't done that in 34 years I mean I speak into the life of this church in that we passed to this church my imprint is in a lot of places I speak in this church at conference time at sisterhood every week I speaking of this church every day on social media but you know I wanted to preach this money and now I'm like what will I speak about Lord hallelujah but you know what I feel to remind us I feel to remind us again church that we actually hold the keys of the kingdom you've come here as an individual you think you know you know and what's my life know as a follower of Christ as a collective body people we hold actually the keys of the kingdom and not only the keys of the kingdom we hold the knowledge of a gateway that leads to the author of life who is awesome he is awesome he is wonderful counselor his mighty God his Prince of Peace his everlasting father but not only there not only is he awesome but where he dwells is awesome that is the declaration and the truth of Scripture so when we're in this room together or these rooms together god is awesome in this place this place is awesome because you're in it because God is in it it is amazing in fact Isaiah 66 says God declares heaven as my throne there's my footstool so what kind of house are you gonna build for me which is so weird because heaven is his throne earth s foot story I guess so what kind of house are you gonna build for me and where will my dwelling place be because the father knows Jesus knows that you know what if we get a revelation of that that any 12 and us this house and he dwells in this house been it is truly amazing and like Jacob people will come and go god is awesome in this place and I never even knew it so our endless endless mandate church is to exemplify that it's to example that so that people can walk in and truly experience something when they look at your face right now there's a lot of serious faces looking at me everybody's smile we can do this smile okay when people and county you and your face they should encounter something different that's not saying we should be surfacing and fluffy and smile when we're miserable you know but seriously there should be something upon our lives this is oh my gosh god is awesome in this place right so I'm asking myself how how how can we put his splendor Wow on greater display when we are all ready for the vast majority in here a people who'd give everything like how can we do that like how can we put his display on greater show how can we do that because there's a church each week as a church Hillsong Church we gather and we scatter hopefully to our places where we're going to shine a light as a church we allow our testimony to become songs that are sung all around the world we allow our collective testimony and our faith to become these beautiful songs of worship that go out across the world and bless people as a church we compassionately respond when need is presented whether that is local or global and I would have to say to make a boys tune you then you know what the generosity of this house of this people of Hillsong it is spoken off and it is felt all around the world your generosity you know as a church we create endless pathways of connection and fellowship and outreach as many as we can so how can we how can we how can we add bring his splendor and like how can it become greater in our lives and I think it's a valid question and that the question I want to present as your pasta as one who loves you and honors you and respects you on us and all of you how can we do this but how can your splendor become even greater upon us when Lord truly so many of us were giving everything that we have everything that we know and so I asked myself this question yesterday and the first three responses I'm going to share with you this morning I'm sure a million responses could answer this question but I'm going to give you three that came to mind yesterday so the first one talking to myself it's like Bobby number one Bobby grow the display grow the display of his splendor on your life so this is not just about me this is about all of us right I'm making it personal though just grow the display of the spend on your life by stewarding the revelation you have in your own heart steward the revelation that you have in your own heart the revelations that you have of God in your own heart because can I remind us Jacob had a revelation he had a moment of truth it was revealed to how many went God is awful in this place and it was never the same your own revelations what are they your own insights your own perceptions your own understanding of God what are they I want to challenge you to think about them to remember them to meditate on them because when we meditate on things we they grow in our hearts and if it's a revelation and we meditate on it there are layers and and layers to come because that is the nature of Revelation it is the revealed truth of God so when we meditate on what God has done for us it becomes bigger and larger and grander and more awesome ride some meditate on them and then rehearse them rehearse them in your heart think this is what God has done for me and what is his words say about it and Who am I and why what is this rehearse them and then I believe pray pray for opportunities to share them going forward as a church we're not here just to pat ourselves on the back and like have a little Hillsong Club we're here to make a difference in the land and in the lands so for example example wonderful counselor wonderful cancer has he ever been wonderful counselor in your experience hands up with you if he has been wonderful counselor to use somewhere in your experience right say something you know what comes to mind in that when has God been wonderful counselor to me okay the first thing that came to mind is the first encounter I already had with a spirit of God and it's conics of grief and it's like my I was 14 and my dad died I get saved at 15 and you know what I was like I remember this moment of three weeks and about three weeks into my faith I suddenly realized that my father was truly lost and I didn't know if he was he was lost for all of eternity either and the son believed a paralyzing grief came over me I've shared this story before because it's my story right we share our stories over and over and over and I just remember being paralyzed on the floor weeping my heart out inconsolable and I felt the Holy Spirit I didn't even know who was I thought the Holy Spirit presents come into the room alongside he said to me Bobby the one who recently the one who recently lifted your sin and your shame he also took your sorrow and your grief so let him lift it off you right now okay I know that but you know what I need to remember that I need to meditate that I need to rehearse that and I should pray that the Spirit of God will cause grief stricken people to come along my pathway so that I can stop them and say to you know what there is a wonderful counselor and he can help wounded soul that man can't help you but Jesus can wounded nations of the earth storm tossed and forsaken bad man can't help you but Jesus Christ can so we need to stir up these fundamental things in our lives I believe it we're going to see our church go forward and the strength and the power that God wants what about another example of vindication for for example vindication you know when unfair untrue unrighteous words have been spoken against us you know the Holy Spirit has clearly and precisely counseled and said said shut your mouth be still be quiet say nothing I will vindicate and he has now you know what I need to remember that again like I'm sin I need to remember it meditate it more rehearse it in my heart so that the Spirit of God again can lead wrongly wrong to souls across my path so that I can actually say do you know what there was one who was mighty and wonderful who can help you and can give you strategy through this time and Jesus name you know even as I was sharing this I didn't ask yesterday at the hairdresser's actually I'm always at the hairdresser's but then one you know because I always tried to not being prepared living prepared for a miracle encounter and I'm not the best seller I'm a novice but nevertheless I put books I've written books I put books in my car in case I meet someone and I want to give it to them so my hairdresser comes up to me as I'm literally writing these words and he says Bob do you have a book in your car listen oh should I do so do you think I could have it I'm not totally I'll get it now and he says yeah because I want to give it to a woman a friend and frenum see notes of birthday and you know she's lost a husband tonight Wow totally this is what it's about we think how can the splendor of God advance across the earth to smell things like their ham having an expectation and a preparation second thing I would say to myself I do need to hurry up at six minutes hallelujah as I said Bobby you grow the display of a suspender in your life by staying at your post by staying at your post God is building a house Jacob said this is none other than the house of God you said about the house of God Ephesians 2:19 says you you're no longer a wandering exercise in other words you're not homeless you're no longer wandering exercise this kingdom of faith that's glorious tangible kingdom of faith is now your home country you're no longer strangers or outsiders you belong here with as much right to the name Christian as anyone God has built in a home he's used in us all here's the Apostles and the prophets for the foundations now he's using you fitting you in brick by brick a stone by stone with Jesus Christ as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together we see it taking shape day after day a holy temple built by God all of us built into it a temple in which he is quite at home which I simply want to remind us that to know your place to know your place and to remain at your post is critical and not only for you for you as an individual but it is critical for all the wee bricks alongside who actually will not know and find the attraction or their connection without you and position they won't so I have an image of a brick all right and I have a brick here so it's a brick wall and God's talking about us being a house a building put together brick by brick how here's a brick okay do you know what I want to say do not despise the day have been a wee brick do you not just speiser value the fact that you are a brick being built into the house of God and how critical you are when you're not when you're there when you're missing it's like it makes everything vulnerable it makes it difficult for God to cement and and and attach those who wants to build alongside of you and for those underneath you or but above you it's so critical in Jesus name and the truth is were all bricks we're all bricks none of us have a full house and sometimes you know in our delusions of grandeur when it comes to platform when it comes to promotion when it comes to being acknowledged or accolade or whatever we know we desire to be the whole house nobody is the whole house Bryan and I are not the whole house we're just bricks like you and the only star in the house is Jesus Christ the cornerstone amen so let's remember that I'm gonna get a team to come and join me beautiful I mean the first thing I want to say is simply grow the display of a splinter in your life or on your life by making your own heart a House of Prayer but making your own house a heart of prayer because imagine Church just imagine this with me if every one of us this week if every one of us this week became a powerhouse of prayer right we could turn this nation upside down we could turn this nation and the nation's off they were not upside down but upside right in Jesus name and I'm not talking about just a little fluffy prayer like oh oh lord bless the government this way make them help them to make the right decision no I'm talking about going to bat I'm talking about becoming a powerhouse of prayer in Jesus name and you know what we are already a house of worship we are a house of worship and can I remind us that the greatest weapon of our warfare is actually worship and so let's never become familiar with the worship in this house when we come and when we worship let our heart take flight and Jesus name but let's realize that our declarations into the atmosphere the beautiful songs that we are privileged to sing these are songs of declaration and power into the atmosphere that can actually change the world there's a list never but become familiar but rather let's just turn this into something that fuels the heart of God made our word should be something that fuels the heart of God and fuels his advancement across the earth and Jesus name so this week everyone said this week what should we do this week people who shall we pray for this week who shall we pray for what shall we worship over what shall we sing over what shall we declare over when was the last time you opened the Word of God the Psalms for example and you stood in your window and you're read the Psalms into the atmosphere or you read the Psalms over your family you read the word I remember when we were facing all that nonsense and attack a few years ago I remember standing in a hotel I opened my Bible I looked out across the skyline of Sydney and I read the Word of God to Sydney I declared the Word of God to Sydney so who are we gonna worship over this week what ambush can we facilitate in the heavenlies because I'm telling you can we can by the grace of God keys of the kingdom hallelujah we can ambush the enemy at his own game what beautiful soul are we gonna focus on who needs to know that there was an amazing God in heaven Isaiah 56 as I finish it says the context of salvation of others actually and it says in these these these others these foreigners these people outside of the house these that I will bring to my holy mountain and I will give them joy in my house of prayer and their offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable in my altar for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations that's us people I'm reminded of Habakkuk 1 says look out look around be astounded be astonished be amazed Spirit of God says I'm about to put a work into effect that you would not believe if it was told you there's ask people we can make that happen this week we can have a passive week a good week but a passive week but we could have a kick-butt with every single one of us in Jesus name hallelujah so I wrote here the world needs a savior not their man but a savior and I'm silly enough to believe that prayer and heightened revelations within our heart they're gonna make a heightened way for that Savior King we're gonna display his splendor it's gonna be felt in Jesus name so I'm giving you some homework right now right now I want every single one of us to visualize someone or something that you can further leave pray for this week visualize someone or something don't be fake I'm even like visualize of its government and consider someone in government like visualize them visualize them and in this way is passionately commit but the father is passionately committed to make this heaven is passionately commit the villain count a wonderful counselor mighty God everlasting father Prince of Peace in Jesus name Amen and as a footnote if you can't think of anyone think of the 800,000 who commit suicide annually or the 3200 I'm told by Julia Bell who commits suicide in Australia annually think about them and I really believe that we can have an amazing week I believe that we could come back here in seven days time and something has changed something has changed and the heavenlies something has changed and the tangible would be amazing do you believe that amen all right I'm gonna hand the service back to Joel but if you're in this place this morning and your heart needs to know wonderful counselor I want to pray for you there's something going down in your life and you need the counsel of God you need the goodness of God you need the father to draw near everyone close your eyes I just want you to raise your hand and let me know and I'm gonna pray for you if you need to experience and know wonderful counselor this week come on be honest Spirit of God is here he loves you the Spirit of God is watching you right now if you need him lift your hand hallelujah so father in Jesus name we love you we come at these folk to you Lord Holy Spirit you came alongside me once come alongside them in Jesus name amen amen beautiful Julie will you come and give people an opportunity to make it peace with God amen beautiful [Applause] so great Bobby [Music] so beautiful stay with us a moment we got we got plenty of time we're gonna sing a song other it would be great for us to to worship God and allow Him to flood our hearts this morning but I do want to pray one last prayer for people as we are still connected right across the country everywhere everywhere we are right now I want to take a moment and I want to pray a prayer for every person here to connect with God to ask Jesus to come into your life ask God to forgive you of your sins I think all of us understand the issue of sin I think we all understand that we have lived a life separate from God walked away from a holy God sinners when we do the things we know that we should not have done or when we don't do the things that we know we should have done and our heart convicts us the problem with sin is it creates separation from God in the only way we can get connected back to God well it's not by just trying to live a better life it's not just trying to make up for the things that we've done wrong it's not even just by going to church it's not by reading the Bible the whole way through there are noble things but that's not what makes us right with God once we are separate from God once we are under the judgment of God's holy law the only way to be made right with God is to surrender your life to the one who saved us the whole reason Jesus died on the cross is because there is nothing temporary that can fix the sin problem there is nothing in this world in the Old Testament you've read through and they did sacrifices of sheep and goats because they were trying to appease a guilty conscience and everything was pointing towards one day where God would do something that would last forever which is why he's also called the Lamb of God the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world do you know why God died on a cross because he loves people so much the sins that we commit carry with it an eternal punishment of death so nothing temporary can fix that problem the only thing that can fix it would be of something that was eternal was to die well God can't die he's an eternal spirit but if God became a man then the eternal God in human form could actually lay his life down and die for the sin punishment of the whole world when we say yes to Jesus we're saying yes to his great love for us so we're gonna pray a prayer our whole church is going to pray this out loud for you and if you want to give your life to Jesus when we pray this would you pray with us would you consider giving your life back to God today asking God to forgive you everywhere from Bali Darwin all up and down the eastern seaboard right down the Hobart across the Perth Church of the air Hillsong channel wherever you are I'm gonna count to three in a moment and when I get to three I want every person who wants to pray this prayer to simply just raise your hand younger people and older people I've seen whole families pray this prayer and then we're going to all pray this out loud and you can pray with us again give your life to Jesus can we close our eyes and bow our heads in prayer and please as soon as I get to three without any hesitation every person who wants to pray this prayer on three can we lift our hands at the same time if that's you if you want to give your life to Jesus can you lift your hand on three and join other people who are about to lift their hand and we'll pray this together you're ready on three one two three just lift it wherever you are just lift your hand right across every campus just lift your hand let's pray this prayer out loud Church seen this after me see Jesus come on right across the church Jesus I believe that you are the son of God I believe that you died on the cross for me I believe that you rose from the dead so that I can have your power to live a life for you so come into my life Jesus forgive me of all my sins give me a brand new start and help me live for you all the days of my life amen it's wonderful congratulations to all those people so many of you today listen we're gonna sing a song we're just gonna worship God and let him fill our hearts with his love but just but just just one second if you did raise your hand hopefully one of our team would have seen you and they're gonna try and bring you a Bible it looks like this there's a card on the back of you just take it out and something warm is popping up behind me isn't it if you are welcome home sir if you you can fill this card in I just it helps us help you take that next step okay we want to do now listen there's a whole lot of people here that prayed that prayer even if you didn't put your hand up but you prayed that prayer on your way out in a few minutes time when you do go out through all of the doors and every campus you'll see team holding this Bible up because they're trying to get your attention so just stop by on your way out and so I prayed that prayer at the end can I get one of those free Bibles and we'll get one too your wife just preached unbelievable yes she did I watched from back there because I didn't want to interrupt and distract but you were awesome haven't seen her for a fair few days of being I came aright this morning from the east coast from Montauk which is like the Byron Bay of these coasts of USA where we were at the staff retreat of Hillsong New York City and then caught a plane look ahead to traveling in New York caught the plane here got very upset because the lady weighed my carry-on and I still feel I still feel the stirring if you work for Qantas I don't like you to die today and and I'm excited to be home I'm really really excited to be home tonight yeah I'm - it's gonna be great so a big hi to all the other campuses with pomp I'm sure you've already mentioned it about Perth starting today its historic it's a new beginning and over in the USA in Orange County in California we're also starting a brand new campus today so - on the 10th September so it's good it's all good I am so happy to be home so we better sing that song you talked about will you do whatever you want no no we're gonna sing a song okay this answer I am looking forward to tonight we're gonna have a great night pretty pumped about the rest of this year actually springtime what a beautiful time of the year and then into summertime and just a perfect season for church life and so let's be ready for all that's ahead come on let's worship Jesus together amen so grace so good to see everybody so good to see everyone please [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] come on let's finish off with a very simple Jesus Christ father we thank you for the word tonight I thank you that you're blessed and you keep you people that your face shines upon them smiles your grace your goodness your favor your everlasting peace are our portion I believe these days ahead a days of blessing and breakthrough a new beginning of things left behind we're believing for transformation and change you change us from glory to glory and we're grateful for it blood enable us strengthen us fall that's ahead we pray and we thank you we give you glory in Jesus name Amen I mean people ask I'm annoyed come on para

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