Hillsong Church - What to Do in a Valley

good evening everybody welcome to chance on line when you stand with us we praise and worship God tonight let's do it [Music] like this [Music] so patience you bikini I really turn up a little bit louder I still stood believe it [Music] should be [Music] [Music] [Music] gotcha [Music] [Applause] [Music] the time the chaise [Music] [Applause] your chest so father [Applause] [Music] [Music] are we gonna sing this one together [Music] through the panel [Music] for all to see [Music] every day [Music] well are you ready to sing a new song to the Lord tonight is anybody ready to sing a new song to the Lord tonight we'll come let's do it together and so like this ready [Music] to us [Music] she too she been now Jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] we say [Applause] [Music] [Music] No [Music] all of this for your okay [Music] this one super simple come on across this place [Music] we never get on [Music] [Music] jeez [Music] see the game [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] time [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] would you lift your hand and sing Oh [Music] [Music] in your prayer all the noise tires Lord speak to me you have all my attention [Music] and miss what [Music] ah the far more [Music] there's no hesitation mention [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] what just me [Music] yes really [Music] Jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Jesus had [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] tonight [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] it's coming [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] it's in these moments it's in these moments where you just you're full of faith you're in church you're worshiping with everything you got and you just really have a sense that he is the Almighty God he is the Alpha he is the Omega he is the beginning he is the end and I can do all things through him who gives me strength can I say amen tonight we're having church tonight amen well let's all let's all pray together as a family I've got a bunch of prayer needs here of different individuals different families people believing for provision for salvation for friends to come home for family members call why don't you stretch out your hands come on let's really engage our hearts and add faith father God we thank you for your name that is above every other name and we thank you Lord that you are the Alpha you are the Omega you are the beginning of the end you are the god of the generations and we just pray for every single individual right now and you'll have your good pleasing and perfect will in their life low guard bring people home bring salvation Lord God heal the sick mend the broken heart and we declare it all in your name and the church said together and the trash shouted out come on let's move [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] amen we've got a bunch of praise reports here people thinking God praise God always for Hillsong Church my family people thank you God for church someone else here thanking God they got a car to answered prayer they can go over their career I can be a wave if you need a car it's gonna be a way of new car upgrade fully Sikh Honda Civic maybe not I thought this was amazing I've been praying for an issue I've had with work for four months but out of out of praying and appeasing God a miracle happened and everything has totally worked out in my favor praise God someone else said thanking God their son was was lost and their son was away from home but positive answers to prayer he's coming home thank you Jesus anyone pumped to be in the house tonight well we're going to continue to sing we're gonna continue to praise him gonna get all you guys to head back to your seats come on why don't we stretch out our hands father God we just thank you lord we praise You God come on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] yeah [Music] amen amen you excited you came to church tonight church tonight we got Jabin Chavez in the house give it up for Jay man come on looking forward to that tonight's the kind of night where anything could happen at a probably will amen who's excited for Hillsong conference in nine days time come on young and free you in the house you ready to go you know pastor Brian and Bobby's heart for Hillsong conference is the will of champion the cause of local churches everywhere and championing the cause of our own church and let's not let's not be roomies let's not let's not get familiar let's not let's not let this opportunity pass by what we have the opportunity to be a part of in nine days is you know the church globally coming together and I was lifting up the name of Jesus together and our pastor brought pastor Bobby's been deliberate about some things that we need to be praying for let's be praying for God anointed messages amen let's be praying for the delegates lives that come in to that atmosphere and be changed and transformed forever can anyone say Amen with a young and free a young people our Hillsong kids you know let's remember that the one moment with God can change the life forever and our we're going to be believing for people to find healing and hope in Jesus amen it's going to be good it's going to be good well why don't you touch three people as you grab your seat say g'day say g'day yeah I'll think of a better way to say that next time [Music] what a friendly Church what a friendly bunch welcome to Hillsong Church before we get into before we get past the Nathanael would to lead us around our tithes and offerings we have a brief little message from our pastor Pastor Brian check it out the screens oh hi and a big welcome to church I know you're having an awesome date and it's just going to get better so thank you so much to everyone for your phenomenal support and the half of the house offering I sure where it's all going to land right now but I do know people are doing their very best and that's certainly or we could ask for I believe all that God wants so so xxx today and we're not going to take a second offering for half of the house but we will make it clear how you can put either your tithe and offering or your half of the house offering in the same offering container we love you so much looking forward to a great report as we look at this heart for the house and when thank God for the miracle of it we love you looking forward to seeing you soon at Hillsong conference and the weekend before there we go do you love your pastors I [Applause] [Music] said do you love your pastors Osuna as Pastor Brian said we won't be receiving a second offering in this service for half of the house but I'm sure there are many many people that have come prepared tonight to give today's the 30th of June it's the end of the heart for the house season tonight at 12 o'clock we'll be there cut off for half of the house and all the giving so in this tithes and offerings as we receive every single week it's gonna be an opportunity via the car that is on or under your seat if you have your heart for the house giving and you want to contribute and so that in tonight you can do that in this container as we receive our weekly tithes and offering so is that clear so Matthew chapter 6 Matthew chapter 6 I think it's gonna go up on the screen Jesus is speaking about our everyday needs it's speaking about the things that you and I need on a day-to-day basis things around the world where we would love to be a greater blessing to make sure that they have these things but Jesus says this he says therefore do not worry saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or what shall we wear for after all these things the Gentiles those who don't understand God that's what they go after for your heavenly Father knows your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things but seek first the kingdom of God and all his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you I've got four kids growing up these days but when they were much much younger I remember one time where I bought one of my son's huge cupcake it was huge it was a it was just a huge cupcake and I remember he was sitting on the backseat and I'm driving and I said and I asked him if I could have a bite and he says mine and I'm thinking to myself at that time I bought that cupcake if it wasn't for what I did you wouldn't have that cupcake and I remember at that moment as this happened I fell like the Holy Spirit's say that's what we do with him but all that he pours into our life life itself and all the blessings at all but provisions that sometimes we underestimate or easily overlook and then God says hey can I have a bite the last thing we want to be is a church and I don't believe we are that church I think we are the church that is constantly saying you know what you can have the first bite and the first bite is the tithe that's the first fruit it's the offering but the other thing is that with my kids years ago that they would come after being given something and they would come and you give it to them and the first thing they would do is come and offer it to you and at that point as a dad as these kids are offering what was given to them everything inside my heart as a father want him to go to the shops and buy everything in the aisle and give it to that child because there's just something about a generous spirit there's just something about honoring knowing where it came from that blesses the father's heart and we bring our tithes and our offerings this evening let's make sure that we say you know what thank you for everything that you poured into my life and here is the first here is my offering I thank you for it in Jesus name so as you got your giving in your hand I'm gonna pray for you kind of a bite can overbite Father thank you Father for generous people for those that honor you and put you first and father I pray in Jesus name law that our spirit our heart as your children would always be knowing that you know what we need and I pray father in Jesus name that you would help us to constantly be honoring you and offering to you Lord that which you pour into our life we thank you for it in Jesus name Amen you pass the containers down the road as we're doing that why don't we turn to the screen and check out all this coming up in church life I believe you'll be blessed just being in the presence of Jesus you will understand the method of time that you'll draw be patient with yourself you are growing and in your season you'll bring forth food any time the Word of God comes to you watch this understanding comes with it understanding is present right here right now it is moving in the solar corn when you open your Bible and you read it understanding is there God wants you to get it Oh funny man Jan and Hillsong kids presents songs of some silliness where write a song each song is equal parts silliness and scripture songs of some silliness coming soon [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] families parents high-school students anyone who is breathing or listening right now young and free conference is just a few weeks away we don't want you to miss it we have the most incredible times of worship and the word will be in Cana guide and it's unlike anything else it's so special absolutely we're gonna be having our tribal party in the Coliseum as you can see behind me we've got some incredible speakers coming Carl Lentz is coming to be with us also one of my good friends Nathan finocchio and I don't know if you want to let the church know about this but Hillsong UNITED is coming to be a part in one of our sessions so don't miss out it's gonna be the best school holidays you've ever had register right now we'll see you there [Music] hi parents kids own it's just around the corner it's a one time of year when we gather children from every location unify with kids from across the globe and they catch a glimpse of the bigness and wonder of what they're apart of every single year young people encountered Jesus for themselves in a way that sets them up for life so I would encourage you as parents to position your families at Hillsong conference 2019 [Music] [Music] [Music] a big welcome to our entire church that are joining us right now what is it everyone everywhere give each other a huge welcome to what in the last number of weeks we've been seeing promos for all our momentum month speakers and if it's been one speaker that I've been really looking forward to hearing it is Damon Chavez and tonight we get that opportunity to hear him he has been over this weekend he has been in Queensland on Friday night he was at the city campus last night he was down in Melbourne this morning and there tonight tonight we get the opportunity to hear from Jamie's service would you descend your feet before you give him a huge Hillsong welcome to the platform one thing is Jamin suivez japanese wife Shannon in the last 18 months they're disappointed and planted a church in Las Vegas called City Lights Church and it's a big big deal and tonight all I know is he going to be hugely blessed by the Ministry of German servers and I just hope but each and every one that's in every location and every campus leaning in get as much as you can but let's really give for the very first time a huge hill so welcome to Jabin summers [Applause] everybody thank you Wow how's everyone doing you happy you like her you're standing next to okay okay okay before you seated say hello to three or four people tell them you look better every week for real for real you look better you look better every week and you could be seated wow what an honor and privilege it is to be here tonight I'm excited God has a word for us tonight and and I'm pumped my wife of 13 years Shannon is with me and we've just had an incredible weekend and we need your prayers though we're heartbroken we left our two-year-old at home in Vegas and we're heartbroken because she does not care at all about us she's having the best time in Vegas with our with her grandparents at our house and so she doesn't want to FaceTime us or talk to us or anything so pray and we'll start counseling in the morning and feeling good gonna get a breakthrough but we really are honored to be here and obviously I know it's momentum month you got a lot of guest speakers and everyone gets up here and talks about how incredible your pastors are and we actually couldn't say enough about pastor Brian and Bobbie every everybody in ministry literally around the world has been directly impacted by them and we stand on their shoulders and this is a huge honor for me such as an honor to preach tonight though that is a massive honor but it's just an honor to be a part of their world and be impacted by them and history will go down and tell the story of Hillsong until the story of Pastor Brian and Bobbie and I'm just blessed I'm 35 I know I look 14 I'm 35 and I actually started leading worship when I was 13 and so Hillsong has literally been the soundtrack of my faith my whole life and and I just can't I can't thank Pastor Brian and Bobby enough and I just want to encourage you continue to pray for them and and and cover them encourage them this is a massive week ahead and I believe there's gonna be a lot of miracles in the next few days for you as a church and I'm excited about it but we show our appreciation our love for Pastor Brian and Bobby you know the whole team thank you guys for having us appreciate it I want to go straight to the scripture this is Ezekiel chapter 37 I'm going to read 10 verses so please be patient with me I'm gonna read out of the message translation so you may just want to follow on the screen I am an American preacher and that means I'm insecure like I ain't even gonna try to spiritualize it be like let's build an atmosphere fake no like I need amens because I'm an American so so as I'm preaching you could say man you can you kidding you can get verbally involved I will get louder as the sermon gets and it'll get really awkward if I'm the only one yelling and so but let's let's let's get a foundational scripture in our heart and then we'll pray this is Ezekiel 37 verse 1 God grabbed to me God's Spirit took me up and set me down in the middle of an open plain covered in bones and he led me around it among them a lot of bones there were bones all over the plain dry bones bleached by the Sun and he said to me son of man can these bones live and I said master God only you know that and he said to me prophesy over these bones speak to the bones dry bones listen to the message of God God the master told the dry bones watch this I'm bringing the breath of life to you and you'll come to life I'll attach sinews to you put meat on your bones cover you with skin and breathe life into you you will come alive and realize that I am God so I prophesy just as I'd been commanded in other words Ezekiel saying so I said what God said and as I prophesied there was a sound oh the rustling the bones moved and came together bone to bone and I kept watching sinews formed and then muscles on the bones and then skin stretched over them but they had no breath in them so he said prophesy to the breath prophesy son of Intel the breath God the master says come from the four winds come and breathe breathe on these slain bodies breathe life so I commanded excuse me so I prophesy just as he commanded me and the breath entered them and they came alive and they stood up on their feet a huge army can you say Amen to God's Word I want to preach from the subject tonight what to do in a valley what to do in a valley father in the name of Jesus speak now I thank you for your word I thank you your word is powerful thank you that your word never returns unto you void but it always accomplishes everything you set it out to do so accomplish your word in this place I pray for a tailor-made work the perfect word for every person in the room go beyond what I can do and speak individually to your people one phrase one sentence one verse one idea one thought that could change our lives forever that we would leave this room in just a few moments saying I heard from God and I'll never be the same again in Jesus name that's my prayer and if that's your prayer everyone say Amen and amen what to do in a valley well I wish I could tell you receive Jesus Christ as the Lord pray this prayer have enough faith and you'll never go through a valley I wish I could tell you that but life is not Valley free life comes with loot valleys but I've learned to be encouraged by the valleys because I've learned that there is no fruit on the mountaintop there is only fruit in the valley and I believe God wants to do something incredible through all of us so he first must do something very deep in us and God develops us in the valley he he changes us in the desert he speaks to us in the wilderness he does a deep work in us before he does a great work through us or at least we should pray he does and this is what God wants to do and so I've learned to embrace the valley I've learned to celebrate those moments in my life where it's a little bit uncomfortable because it puts me on my knees it puts me on my face it reminds me I need God and every time I come out of the valley because you don't live in the valley forever you're not gonna die in the valley and when you come out you're gonna come out bigger when you come out you're gonna come out stronger and better you're gonna come out thinking more clearer you're gonna come out bigger and better and I'm telling you when you're in the valley you hate it when you come out of it you thank God for it because God does his greatest work in the valley what do I do in the valley number one you could write this down if you're taking notes if you don't take notes go ahead and write this down as well know that God is with you in the valley the valley has a way of screaming at us that we're all alone it can make us feel like goddess forsaken us circumstances will lie to you and say that God has left you but friend you are not alone in the valley God is with you in the valley he said it like this God grabbed me verse one in the valley can I just tell you that when you run from God he will chase you down when you hide from God he will find you and when you let go of God God will not let go of you I love it the King James says the hand of the Lord was upon me but I kind of like the grit of the message Bible God grabbed me God didn't let me go and I just want to tell you I know it may not feel like it right now but the hand of the Lord is upon you God's got his hand upon your life God has not letting go of you in Valley you are not alone in the valley goddess doing something in you in the valley and I will take a Valley with Jesus over a mountaintop without God because I would rather have him than anything oh man I'm sorry I'm already yelling we've known each other for two minutes and I'm already help me Lord I may be in a valley of dry bones right now I may feel like I'm surrounded by death it may look like a graveyard but God is with me in the valley and I refuse to let the circumstance discourage me I refuse to let resistance break me down I've learned to actually be encouraged by resistance every time I seem to come up against resistance there's always an incredible breakthrough on the other side and if you're hitting resistance if it feels like all of hell is against you what that is is it's the gates of hell and you're coming up against the gates of hell but here's the good news about the gates of hell jesus said the gates of Hell will not prevail against the church and you are the church and so every time you feel resistance don't pull back lean in don't run from the house get more involved in the house don't don't be discouraged be encouraged don't run from community run to community because because on the other side of the resistance is a great breakthrough I've learned to celebrate the uncomfortable seasons of my life because I know God is doing something amazing in me is in the valley that God changes me and I love this in Nehemiah 13 - it says our God turned the curse into a blessing God can turn anything around in your life God can turn any attack around in your life God can flip any plane of the enemy on its head and turn it around for your good I don't know what you're going through but I just want to tell somebody God's with you I know you feel all alone you're in a room with thousands of people you feel all alone you're at your campus right now and you feel all alone you are not alone God is with you the hand of God is upon you God is holding on to you and he is not letting you go God is with me in the valley number to look for the possibility hey Ezekiel verse 3 can these bones live can you see this the way I see this friend God was not asking the question because he didn't know the answer he knew the answer he needed Ezekiel to level up to where God was he said he said Ezekiel can you see this how I see this I know to you it's dry bones but to me it's possibility I know to you it's very dry bones but to me it's a miracle in the making can you see can you see this differently than the way you've been seeing it our friend it takes no faith to just say what you see but it takes faith to say what God said is thank you can these bones live can you can you choose to see that I'm working in your life even in the valley can you can you choose to be positive in a negative situation and friend we have this natural tendency to just go negative don't we maybe just in America okay okay y'all gonna leave me hangin y'all gonna leave me one little bad thing after your house Just My Luck no we don't we don't believe in that oh man it's kind of stuff always happens to me no it doesn't it happens to you like it happens to all of us driving down the road your tire blows out ha man the enemy's after my tires man I'll tell you I don't know you just should have changed them two months ago and you were you were cheap and didn't want to do it it it's normal we we have this negative bit to somehow create a narrative in our own life that it's worse for us than anyone else oh but can these bones live did something good happen Ezekiel can you choose to see this the way I see it can you choose to celebrate the good can you can you juice the cellar that my hand is moving in your life I'm telling you it is so easy to dwell on the negative but friend even if you've got 10 bad things happening if you even got one little good thing happening celebrate it clap over it shout over it sing about it talk about it post about it Facebook about a Instagram about it celebrate it because because that positivity will attract the miraculous in your life it is it is so easy to just rehearse the mundane and the negative but man it is supernatural when you can talk by faith and walk by faith and celebrate by faith looking for the possibility can a miracle happen can can a relationship be restored can your marriage get better can your body be healed don't just stare at the problem don't be afraid of the fight don't be intimidated by the issue look for the possibility choose to see the hand of God moving choose to see the good and choose to celebrate even in adversity God must be preparing something amazing so even in my fights I start celebrating oh man it's been a tough day whoa God must have something good for me Oh 20-19 has been hey oh my god it's gonna get so good I just know God it's for I'm just learned how to turn it I've just learned how to smile in a fight I've been walking with Jesus just 21 years but in 21 years eventually you just have to get comfortable in the valley celebrate the valley moments because a lot of life is there and I think we want to we want to be convinced that that is never gonna happen if I just have enough faith I'll never have to go there but I think real faith is learning how to embrace it look for the possibility even in the valley number three take a step into the unknown he says can these bones live in verse three Ezekiel says Lord you know that was Ezekiel's really proper way of saying I don't know huh maybe yeah huh I don't know I love that Ezekiel did not respond just absolutely Lord praise God hallelujah glory to God he didn't he didn't respond as a southern preacher you know just praise God absolutely Lord out stand on your word hallelujah praise the Lord no he went Lord God will take a yes with a question mark yeah I think I thought and it's like the less faith you have the higher your voice gets can these buzz it absolutely glory to God can these bones live yeah can your marriage get better can I help your finances like like can these bones live you know like down here you kind of got faith yeah yeah I think so but as your hand gets higher you have less faith yeah yeah yeah I think so more can these positive I don't know I buy my wig looks now I hope it's okay okay cost me a lot of money okay so you'll never know and so uh I love this because cuz God doesn't need perfect faith God doesn't need big faith God will take a little bit of faith God will take broken faith and God can do a lot with a little a lot of you have refused to do anything for God cuz you're waiting to give God a lot of something like like I can't I can't give five dollars in the heart for the house that's not enough absolutely it is God will take a little and God can do a lot with a little because the little becomes much in the hand of the master God says just give me a couple of pieces of bread and a couple of fish I could do something I can do a lot with the little I could do a lot with broken faith I can do a lot with a yes even with a question mark I can okay and then see we think that faith we've mistaken faith with that absolutely I mean that's good and it happens sometimes but a lot of faith is mystery a lot of faith is I think I heard God I'm gonna take a step it's it's Peter on the boat saying if it's you bid me come like I think it's you I'm pretty sure it's you if you'd called upon my name maybe I'll take a step and then even when you step on the water a lot of times you end up sinking anyway but that's really the life of faith it's it's mystery it's risk it's it's believing God it's being a little bit sure and a little bit unsure but you believe God anyway and every time you take a step of faith you get a little bit stronger become a little more sure you become a little more convinced of the promise this is how it works it did God call you to start that business yeah jayven did God call you to Las Vegas to plane to church some Sundays yeah other Sundays someone was like haha yeah you know that's kinda how it is did God call you to come to Hillsong College on day one now I'm questioning it because because here's why Steven Furtick said that he believes that every time you hear from god you're you're only about 70 percent sure here's why I'm not minimizing the voice of the Holy Spirit what I'm saying is no matter how clear it is in the moment you still don't wake up the next day and have to deal with your flesh and your flesh hates faith your flesh wants comfort your flesh wants it easy your flesh ain't sacrifice your flesh hates walking by faith and so no matter how clears I mean tonight you could go home and the angel of the Lord show up in your bedroom and talk to you and the next morning you'll still be like what's that the pizza or like eventually you just got to take a step of faith we we've created this definition for peace as this little feeling in our stomach like I just don't really have a peace about it as and you know your Pentecostal when you rub your stomach you know and I was just praying and just said oh I have a piece faith is a pit in your stomach like I planted a church 16 months ago I've had a pit in my stomach for 16 months some of y'all judging me judge all you want I've had a pit much I'm in Las Vegas y'all try to preach the gospel if I was big I'm constantly with it I love it that picked my son it keeps me on my face keeps me on my knees keeps me humble keeps me in the word keeps me a little freaked out and it's okay to be a little freaked out like I'm like I was I was freaking out having a preacher tonight my hands were shaking outside Jesus help me Lord I like that we've said pieces to settle filling in our center pieces of person his name is Jesus and a lot of times peace it's gonna lead you into some crazy situations like like before I planted the church I lived in in Newport Beach California like like if you don't know what that looks like it looks like Eden before the fall life was good my pastor Jentezen Franklin that was our home cert like life was good I'd wake up every morning to an alarm clock alarm would go off oh it's gonna be another great day in the OC let's go get some coffee like it was good now I wake up the same way every day without I don't need an alarm clock anymore I wake up like this out of a dead sleep sweat coming up Shannon freaks up what's wrong now just waking up just my alarm this got a lot on my plate and I pay for a building gotta pay for staff just you know normal stuff you know we'll wake up in the morning it should be like yes so last night you were screaming in your sleep again everything okay yeah yeah just thinking of just thinking about this thinking about life sleeping you can't judge all you want the friend that's faith faith is taking a step believing God taking a risk trying something and we're so afraid of failure all we're so afraid of failure failure it's not final failures are not fatal Pastor Brian says you you win or you learn like you just you take a step of faith and and it might work and it might not but you go with God and you go with with as clear as you know it from the Holy Spirit like like for some of you some of you guys you're like of age or like 18 and you're single like homie you need to just ask the girl on a date like not some of you guys are like well well I went on her Instagram I liked the photo from 57 weeks ago I tried bra please don't and you don't you don't need to pray and fast about asking to grow on it you're not asking for her hand in marriage you're just trying to go to Nando's just like go up to her and say I think you're great would you like to go on a date with me say but what if she says no then you walk up to her best friend and you ask her to go on a date there's a very offended Saint on the front row wants you to pray this way right to set your hands and ladies ladies when he asks you out don't say no all the time it got quiet in here all all the girls like I don't like this guy where's this guy from already now that was bad sure I got women in my church they're like 70 years old like I'm waiting on my Boaz I'm waiting on my girl Boaz is dead like say yes well I'm not really attracted to him free dinner my help am i healthy this girl wants a date right here go ask her out and you know what might happen you might be a dinner and go he loves Jesus he loves his boma he paid for my meal I can buy him better clothes I can fix his teeth I can get on my haircut uh I feel good about this you gotta take your step you don't need to pray and fast to go on a date with somebody you got all these single people it's like man just go at least try Zeke you said Lord you know I love this in 1st Samuel 14:6 I got to keep moving I offended some ladies let's keep moving first samuel 14:6 jonathan goes through his buddy and he goes hey let's go pick a fight with the enemy and i love what he says next he didn't say i've been in a 21-day fast and the Spirit of God spoke to me and told me we have the victory it's a done deal he didn't say that he said maybe God will work for us and on a maybe Jonathan friend is like let's go on a maybe you have to get comfortable with maybes you have to learn how to move on a maybe I think I heard God I think I got a word I think I think the Lord spoke to me I feel pretty good about it i i've got advice from my pastors and it seems like the right deal maybe and you've got to learn how to get comfortable with the maybe you've got it learn how to get comfortable being uncomfortable you got you have to learn how to move on a maybe when it's not perfectly set out i love someone 19 that word is a lamp unto my feet it's not a spotlight into my future it doesn't give me every detail of what's to come it's just kind of its title right here and i got a maybe right here and i'm gonna take a step right here and I'm just gonna go after God step by step take a step of faith move on and maybe God will take a yes with a question mark number four prophesy to your situation prophesy to your situation God said in verse four talk to the bones not not just talk about the bones talk to the bones God did not say Ezekiel pull out your phone Instagram about the bones he didn't say that he said talk to the bones he didn't say tweet about the bones he didn't say Facebook posts about the bones he said prophesy to the bones get a word from God and speak a word from God over your life and let me just let me just describe prophecy as simply as I can it literally means this under divine inspiration prophecy 101 for New Testament believers is this you get a promise from God in the word and you speak it over your life you have a problem you find a promise and you declare the promise over the problem you declare the promise over your finance you declare the promise over your marriage you declare the promise over your body you declare the promise over what the doctor has said you declare the promise over the diagnosis and you command your life to line up with Scripture this is the prophetic Ministry of the church that we speak the Word of God that we that we say what God has said and if you notice God said it over the bones and then Ezekiel said the same thing and that is prophecy whenever we get a word from God and we declare a God said over our life this is powerful this is supernatural this is the thing that can change your life and this is why especially you young people you have got that you young people I'm 35 toggling I'm 70 years old but I feel oh you have to get serious about scripture you got to get dead serious about it you got to take it so serious because it's the Word of God that's gonna be structure to your life it's the Word of God that's gonna raise up a new thing in your life it's the Word of God that's going to change your life emotions come and go encounters coming up moments coming up with the Word of God will last forever and there's something about I remember being 17 and saying okay I'm gonna get serious about scripture and I'm just telling you you you read the word and then you say the word and you declare the word and you say it till you believe it and you say it till you see it God said talk to the bones declare the promise this is what Hebrews talks about he brews chapter four it says a double-edged sword the Word of God is a double and sword to me that is and on one side of that sword it's coming out of God's mouth and on the other side it's coming out of our mouth and God speaks from heaven and the church speaks from Earth and there's this holy connection that happens and when we begin to declare God's Word over our life something supernatural happens and and eventually you just have to stop talking about it and you got to start talking to it and I'm talking about you just got to get alone with Jesus and a Bible and some good praise and worship and y'all got a lot of that and you got to start declaring God's Word over your life you know for us I'm one of five kids and all of us just we went crazy we back slid we did dumb things and reget regrettable things and it was amazing as my parents just never stopped speaking God's Word over our lives can I tell you even you young parents have young children get a promise from God for your kids your little kids not just the 20 year olds in the 30 year olds but over over the little three and four year olds get a promise and begin to declare it every day and so my parents would speak the Word of God over us and declare and pray and they would go to battle on behalf of ourselves and I can remember being 15 years old and totally far from God didn't love Jesus and I can remember literally in the middle of the night waking up feeling liquid hitting my forehead and thinking to myself there it must be raining it there must be a leak in the roof and all of the sudden as I started coming to you I would open my eyes and there's my mother with a bottle of olive oil all four foot nothing over I mean just this little woman and she's over my head with a bottle of vodka about soda-lime my Baba and I'm talking about those cute tongues it's like tribal tongues warfare tongues y'all know each column and I must sort of that by Siam that I bow and I'd wake up like you know totally back slip for the devil I'm like mom get away feed on scratching at her mother running away spraying oil all over my room as she walks out looked like an NBA championship with champagne but it's anointing off and those prayers haunted me and those prayers changed me and I couldn't run from that little prayer language that could run from those prayers I cannot tell you today all five of us love God we're all in the house of God all of our children are in God's house I'm just telling you you got to get a prophetic spirit about you and speak the word of the Lord over your life and Ezekiel said I did it I said what God said and notice that when he did it there was structure the bones came together and there was muscle and there was flesh and there was skin and and that's what happens when you declare God's work you get strong and you get structure but then lastly as the team comes god said speak to the wind prophesy to the breath in other words if I could say like this invite the Holy Spirit into your situation you know you can be spirit filled and forget to talk to the Holy Spirit you could be a tongue talker and forget to have intimacy with the Holy Spirit there is something powerful about when you pray Holy Spirit come into this situation Holy Spirit breathe upon this moment Holy Spirit let the wind of the Spirit of God blow upon these dead things these dry things there is something powerful about when you invite the Holy Spirit I'm just felony friend the Holy Spirit's never gonna say no when you invite him to move in your life and the Holy Spirit breathed life upon the bodies and the Holy Spirit's ministry is just that he brings resurrection power romans 8 says the same spirit that raised jesus from the dead he's now alive in us and he's quickening he's he's resurrecting our mortal bodies he's bringing strength to us this is this this is the Ministry of the Spirit of God but he saying invite me into this situation God tells Ezekiel invite the Holy Spirit to move to breathe to release life and as he does the wind begin to blow resurrection powers release are there dead things in your life are there maybe some promises that you've given up on maybe some dreams you've stopped believing for maybe maybe some prophetic words that you are really full of faith about and you've kind of just let him die I think it's time for the Holy Spirit to resurrect some things I love this I love this passage in Luke Zechariah goes into the temple as was his custom I you just can't pass that up without saying there's something powerful about just showing up to church just he just kept showing up you just kept like that's why you got to be at conference like you got it like if I can fly back here in a week to be a conference you can be here at conference okay like like you just need to show up at conference and I'm showing up the same reason you need to show up because you just never know what's gonna happen you might just get a word from God you might just get it might just be the breakthrough you need it might just be the word you need you just got it and Zechariah just keeps showing up to church and the Bible said that he just showed up one day just a very normal day and the angel of the Lord appears to him and says Zechariah good news God heard your prayer now here's what's amazing about it this is the father would be father of John the Baptist and Luke says Zechariah and Elizabeth were old I don't know what old is but they were old they were past childbearing years and they never had a child so when God says to Zechariah God heard your prayer Zechariah is thinking what did we talk about this week what did we pray about this week what were we what did we pray about this morning it would have never occurred to him he was talking about the son and then the angel says you're gonna have a son and you're gonna name him John you want talking about broken faith Zechariah couldn't even believe it so much so that God someone have to shut your mouth that you have this baby cuz you gonna mess this whole thing up Zechariah forgot the prayers he prayed God didn't Zechariah forgot the promises he stood on God didn't Zechariah had given up on the dream God didn't the devil told him it's over but God said it is not over until I say it's over could I just tell you there's some things maybe you've given up on you've forgotten about but God said every tear you've ever cried I put in a bottle every prayers you've ever played has come up before me and I will make sure I accomplish my promise in your life he who began a good work in you shall be thankful to complete it so I want to still light the Holy Spirit tonight to breathe and if you would we will dismiss in a moment but if you could stay with us and if everyone could stand at every location and if you could just stretch your hands out towards heaven hallelujah Oh breathe upon us Holy Spirit breathe upon dead things broken things bring fresh energy to our faith tonight I declared it your hopes up in the name of Jesus believe God again in the name of Jesus our God is a restorer our God wants to move in your life this is called momentum month that is not a cute slogan that is not an Instagram graphic that is a prophetic word this is a miracle season the heavens are open and so God we invite you Holy Spirit to move in our life to breathe fresh upon our life breathe on us o breath of God in the name of Jesus and bring restoration release your healing power and we lean in now to your promise believing that we receive whatever we ask for in the name of Jesus just with your hands stretch we're going to begin to declare this song all the earth I just want your faith to rise as we've seen come on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] I want to pray just for two groups two people before dismiss firstly I pray for every marriage if you're married I want you to grab your spouse's hand I just want to speak life over your marriage if you're married and your spouse isn't here I'm gonna have you respond as well but if you're married with one hand grabbing your spouse the other hand can you just raise it to the Lord and if your spouse is not here just go ahead and raise your hand if someone is around you close enough you could just gently gently put your hand on their shoulder I declare what God has joined together let no man separate [Music] I shut the mouth of the accuser of the Brethren that would try to divide you and separate you and accuse each other to you that would try to bring division and separation to your home I command outside voices that have tried to tear you down to be silenced and I asked Holy Spirit would you just breathe fresh life on every marriage release restoration release humility release power love and a sound mind upon every marriage and I thank you Father [Music] that you are strengthening us you are uniting us you are binding us together like never before and our marriage will be a testimony of the goodness of God the mercy of God and the faithfulness of God I declare it is done and you are blessed in the name of Jesus amen and amen and amen and amen I want to pray for one more group of people you are you are here tonight and you do not know Jesus or you're here tonight and you feel far from God you've walked away from the Lord tonight's your night to say yes to him again a man walks up to the Apostle Paul in Acts chapter 16 he says how do I get saved what do I do and Paul said belief so I'm gonna lead you in a prayer of belief right now don't put your faith in you and what you can do put your faith in what Jesus has already done there is Grace and there's forgiveness for you pray with me now everyone's gonna pray but it's gonna be so important that you pray say Jesus I believe in you I believe you died for me and I believe you rose again I turn from my old life I turn towards you save me now I declare with all of my heart Jesus is Lord of my life if you just prayed that prayer for the very first time or your recommitting your life to Christ I'm gonna count to three and on the count of three I'm gonna ask you to raise your hand I'm not asking you to raise your hand for any other reason than to go public with your faith jesus said confess me before men and I'll confess you before my father see what you just prayed was very personal very personal but it can't be private it's got to be public and I believe even as you raise your hand it's gonna feel like a million pounds lifted off your shoulders and you're just gonna know that you know you're a child of God people are gonna clap people are gonna smile people are gonna be pumped and it's just because we're so excited because what Jesus did for us he's now doing for you jave and I just gave my life to Christ or I'm recommitting my life to Christ tonight on the count of three raise your hand so we can celebrate with you and raise it high enough and long enough that we can see it and celebrate with you this is the greatest day of your life you'll never be the same 1 2 3 can I see your hands hands hands hands hands hands hands since oh come on so celebrate all these people got seal this moment let them know they'll never be the same in Jesus name Amen and amen and amen come on let's sing pray all your [Music] let's shout your praise [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] how awesome is Damon Chavez when I really thank him in all locations what I really thank David Febreze such a powerful word [Music] I know about you I could have listened that dad for a couple of hours I was a powerful word hilarious he's actually a worship leader as well he's one of those people that can just do everything go home more time let's really appreciate so awesome and jaemin led people in a prayer inviting Jesus into the to the Lord of their life if you put your hand up or even if you didn't but you prayed that prayer and you meant it at the end of the service in all our venues in all our locations in all our foyers and lobbies they'll be people holding this Bible this New Testament Bible it's a gift from our church why don't you go up to them and just receive that and take this Bible and mark the day that you made a decision for Jesus the very first day of a brand-new future with him so come on it's one more time celebrate with every single person who's made their decision I don't really believe that God's finished yet we're gonna in my moments time I'm gonna dismiss the service and pray for you or pray for your week if you need to go pick up children by all means go and do that but I just really believe in the next few moments we're gonna continue to worship but just one more thing Hillsong conference bring nine days away and for those that can't be a full-time delegate or volunteer for the conference we love you to be a part of some of it and Hillsong nights and Hillsong conference calm forward-slash nights make sure maybe you can get to one night just do whatever you can to be a part of something be a part of conference it's gonna be an awesome week you don't want to miss out so maybe that's a way of at least getting a taste of Hillsong conference so next weekend as Church news said Pastor Brian and Bobbie plus the Charles Neiman pastor Joseph Prince it's not just a big weekend it's a huge weekend in church so let me pray for your father I thank you for every single person but in every location a Sunday night live of a Hillsong Channel father I thank you whether you are ordering their steps or g-going before your people you're providing solutions father you bring your promise into their life father I thank you for healing and deliverance father I thank you for provision and I pray in Jesus name but you would pour out your favor on your people they would sense the Holy Spirit each and every day this week we thank you for it in Jesus name amen amen amen - unless continued to worship [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] and you really need the Holy Spirit to do something new and fresh you need a prophesy I mean situation either prophesy other predicaments that are going on in your business your relationships your family your children we're gonna really press in blow into the company on the front I want you to come down the front and let's really meet with God in the last few moments of this service and let's really prophesied into these areas of our life but life would come the life would come because through through town come on start coming come on let's see [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] publisher [Music] [Music] [Applause] so we [Music] musicians are the [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] tonight come on well thing we can still fit some more people down the front okay so we're gonna come down Danny white you lead us in this song let's do it your faithful ways [Applause] [Music] not James it's just [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] running we tried [Applause] it is your money now everything will be [Music] what was done I came from the front to the back everybody hands up we're gonna do this one together like a family okay [Applause] go get there's a reason all my treats try my hardest [Music] hey my disease see [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] it is a love of a wise I'm living it don't live in it the sweet embrace the lovely takes a taste to see the place to me these are [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] have a great week Circe next weekend [Applause] you

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Published: Mon Jul 01 2019