Hillsong Church - Working Together with God

[Music] can you raise money [Music] here we go [Music] cherry [Music] CGT the speaker freedom shaking at the end see the shadows please the [Music] [Music] waking up the kingdom [Music] see the heart [Music] be honest [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] reaching out for us the everlasting Jesus beyond the skies [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] and we thank you lord we can gather together we can look through the name of Jesus we know that you are lenient you're hot as for us she has it towards us so fun place of gratefulness we worship this morning we ask you to do transform us to heal the same [Music] two juices [Music] stronger than [Music] in this one [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] this [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and you learned an offence neither games you know you love [Music] to be seen this together with one voice come on [Music] [Music] [Music] is your love [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] your eyes for this [Music] three dashes birth [Music] as the bridge the face of love as you played died for to [Music] [Applause] ooh [Music] universe [Music] this one but we sing by God this world is Oh to be yours yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] my god [Music] [Music] you wait for my you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] my god [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] come on church let's really exalt him this morning let's lift up praise in the house [Music] well a big one welcome to Hillsong Church and it is so good to be here gathered together as the church worshiping Jesus and a big welcome as well to those watching online and streaming so good we're about to do something pretty special we're gonna partake in communion and we're gonna take a moment to really reflect on the good news of Jesus and that his body was broken and his blood was poured out for each and every one of us and we're gonna take a moment to just reflect and consider him who has done a good work and that he didn't just die but he rose again for each and every one of us and so host you're more than welcome to come and begin to serve us so you guys you guys can take your seats as well and the team gonna lead us continue to lead us in worship right now but come on let's really take this moment and really consider Jesus and what he's done for us [Music] take the word oh it's true [Music] his love apart is to know take the word forgive me Jesus see the spoon with my son I can see throw pillows were so take the word [Music] the word [Music] taeksoo [Music] his constants my turn [Music] but give me Jesus [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] but give me Jesus in his cross my trash out till with clear pride a vision face-to-face bye see in our hands we hold that brooch represents his body the bread represents his body that was broken feech and every one of us and what is just a juice represents his blood was poured out for forgiveness of sins freedom for our souls see Jesus gathered with his disciples in Luke 22 he said this he took the bread gave thanks and he broke it and he gave it to them saying this is my body given to you for this do this in remembrance of me the same way after the supper he took the cup saying this cup is the New Covenant in my blood which has been poured out for you friend I pray that you'd understand the power of the cross the power of his body that was broken for us his blood poured out meaning that we don't have to live in brokenness anymore we don't have to live in negativity anymore we don't have to live in what is the past but now because of the cross of Jesus Christ the completed work we can live on this side of victory knowing that he has delivered us he has restored us you can claim your healing in this moment you can claim your restoration in this moment you can claim the blood of your family claim it over your lives claim it over your business as we consider him who has done a good work would you stand with me why don't we take this bread right now come on let's eat together and remember his body that was broken for us [Music] his blood poured out that which represents he's blocked along a string together why don't you begin to express why don't you begin to worship in your own way why don't you begin to thank him in your own way thank you for the cross thank you his life but he who knew no sin became sin so that we may be in right standing with Jesus come on church let's worship together [Music] [Music] [Music] see [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I think in light of that moment in as we consider the cross I think it would be cool if we just pray for people right now and so many people are filled in prayer requests every week people fill in their needs of what they need in terms of breakthrough some of them are gonna come behind me on the screen and see look people believing for protection and freedom someone believing for healing someone believing for the sale of their house someone believing just so many different things and needs husband needs healing provision come on church would you stretch out your hands right now and why don't we begin to lift up our voice and why don't you begin to pray on behalf of family right now father you're able Lord as we consider and remember what you've done Lord we thank you God for healing God Lord we thank you for deliverance we think that you're able to bring turn around God where it seems impossible we thank you that all things are possible through you God and so Lord we claim victory we stand on your word we claim your promise we claim the blood of every single life god but we believe for provision God but we believe for favor and breakthrough father we thank you that you're moving in the lives of your people come on church let's sing this one more time together in Jesus name [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] amen and amen well welcome to church this morning is anyone glad to be in the house [Applause] well we're so glad that you're here as well because if not it would just literally be a building how many of us know that church is family it's community it's us coming together as one worshipping Jesus and so we're so glad that you're in church today and particularly if you're new or visiting we're so pumped that you're here we love you already believe it or not and we hope that we can meet you after the service there's cafes there's foyers we run an experience called engage and if you want to ask more questions about life or god or just even leadership when it comes to our church or you just want to get involved I mean you want to hit the ground running please come and have a conversation with us after the service follow the big blue arrows out in the foyers and it will get you to a place where there are people waiting to have a conversation with you speaking of visitors we have about 60 students on an egg from from Perth over here from Western Australia on a there on a camp right now and they're come to be a part of Hillsong Church so a big warm welcome guys so good to have you here we love visitors in our church and so hopefully you meet someone connect with someone so good that you're here hey why don't you take a moment right now and say hello to someone connect with them give them a kiss on the cheek give him a cuddle or just whatever feels comfortable for them beautiful you can grab your seats a chatting church it is a very healthy Church I say if you have meeting people it means we're friendly right did you meet someone friendly yeah can you believe spring is here is anyone pumped about spring as much as I am I mean this this is the time of the you thought the best half of year was the first half of the year no no no the second half of the year is going to be absolutely out of this world and on or under your seats actually is this brochure to keep you informed and up-to-date with everything that's coming up spring at Hillsong Church okay so there's so many great things starting with tonight our spring service times tonight 5:00 p.m. brand new service times 5:00 p.m. over at the epicenter or what we call the epic center because it's an epic service I'll be here all day people are and then also 6 p.m. here tonight in the Convention Center and we're kicking off spring with a big bang singer Sam Waze is going to be preaching tonight so bring friends family this place will be absolutely packed out a revival atmosphere if you've never been to a Sunday night all I can say is there absolutely unmissable Sunday nights has always been that atmosphere where anything can happen and it probably will and I'll tell you what we're singer anything can happen I'm just telling you that right now but look there's so many different things family week coming up encounter fest I think for our young people and our young adults is gonna be amazing but take that home don't leave that here this is for you and so uh it's pretty amazing but are you all good you like you sitting next to not your head okay just nod your head hey we're gonna continue in our worship and come around out giving and the global worship creative pastor Cass Langdon is going to come and encourage us would you welcome Cass what a title hi George how are you - it's fun to all be together on a Sunday morning I like it a lot it is my privilege to share around the giving so as I do why don't you take the envelope off your seat why don't you all do that for me and then behind me are all the various ways that you can give and contribute to our church and I just wanted to read you a story is that okay one of my favorites about the feeding of the 5,000 from the message Bible in Matthew 14 and it says this towards evening the disciples approached him we're out in the country Jesus it's getting late dismiss the people so they can go to the villages and get some supper sounds fair right they're hungry but Jesus said there's no need to dismiss them you give them supper but all we have is 5 loaves of bread and two fishes they said and Jesus said we'll bring them here and he had the people sit on the grass took the five loaves the two fish lifted his face to heaven in prayer blessed broke and gave the bread back to the disciples the disciples then gave food to the congregation they all ate their fill they gathered twelve baskets of leftovers and about five thousand were fed I've often thought that it would be really cool to be part of a miracle that Jesus was doing I read all the stories in the Bible and I might I want in on some of those things don't you ever think that I want in and I actually think that today as we come around our giving you have the opportunity to be in on a miracle you know when Jesus was talking to his disciples he gave them five loaves and fishes to redistribute to the congregation today I believe that Jesus has put something in your hand the Bible tells us very clearly that he gives all of us the ability to get wealth he trusts us to steward money and so he has given it to you and you now have the sponsibility to feed the congregation to turn around and decide what you will do with what is in your hand and so I wonder this morning whether you would pay careful attention and consideration to what's in your hand and maybe as a church we would be able to feed the whole congregation but it wouldn't just be you and your family that would be fed but that we would take care of each other and provide for the needs of each other as you take what is in your hand and you give it away so why don't you do that this morning can I encourage you not to do a mindless activity but to actually pay careful attention to this time in the service and do something significant so that everybody will be provided for let me pray for you father I thank you for this church I thank you for faithful people I think you that you trust us with what you have given to us to provide for each other and I pray this morning God that you would meet all the needs of Hillsong Church that you would enable us to extend your kingdom far beyond the walls of this church and that we would reach the lost with the good news of Jesus bless every family and every giver in Jesus name Amen amen so church while I host serve us being a watched church news and see what is coming up in the life of Hillsong Church [Music] join Brian Houston and Tommy Barnett for men's events using cannabis is happening the first week of October our annual Kids Fest will be better than ever happening in all states in the last week of September and the first week of October for the married or soon to be married couples join us for a night talking all things marriage with our lead pastors Joel and Julia Bell because your marriage matters check your local campus website or social media for more info hold this and more happening this spring at Hillsong Church the channel that I see is a global channel committed to boldly impacting millions for Christ every day of the week a channel that brings the local church into the homes of those who have not yet come home I see a channel that is constantly pioneering one that leads the industry and revolutionary communication of an ancient message through media film and Technology a channel with a message to people around the globe through the television screens bringing Jesus into harm's palaces and prisons alight this channel is committed to bringing the love and hope of Christ to everyday and impossible situations through the preaching of all [Music] [Music] oh how good connect gonna be Harry it's gonna be - good night oh hey you want a hand with those pizzas thanks my name okay no Tim don't call me champ [Music] [Music] [Applause] yes your next step matters Harry sorry champ champ he's a champ isn't he he's a champ we love who loves Harrison little al Frontline pasta it's really cool but men's event is only just a few weeks away and with Pastor Brian and pasta Tommy Barnett who I know a possible run has looked to for leadership over the years and so it's gonna be incredible I mean I love it because the women at the start of the year we get together and we get together and but we get together over a few days and it's incredible I mean color conference is amazing but the men we just need a few hours just just tell us what we need to hear and from what I know there's gonna be a motocross freestyle motocross that's like motorbikes doing flips out the front there and doing crazy stuff and it's it's gonna be it gets the people going it's gonna be amazing and I mean if nothing speaks men's event John toasts Denton's just stand up for a moment all right just I mean if nothing speaks men's event more than just one of our great families in church one of the great men and fathers I mean just turn around look at the camera right there and I mean look at that that's just men's event right there right do you think I mean that mustache Ian oh it's good but hey why is a change that men's event honestly over the few short hours that we have together there's been testimonies of fathers lives being change and I love it because at Men's comes you kind of get to see like fathers and sons and brothers sitting together it's actually really inspiring and one of my favorite things to hear is all the men singing worship it sounds it sounds cool so epic do what you still use that word yeah yeah okay it's cool well who's ready for the preaching of the word this morning you know we're blessed here at the we're at the hills location right now we are blessed with incredible leadership of Sam and Kylie tomorrow who I'm doing outstanding job and loving people and making us feel right at home here I mean straight after this when you go outside there is gonna be things happening to connect you we connect here but then we connect out there with each other as well and Sam damar has been a big big part of making that happen and he's bringing the word this morning so would you stand and come on let's honor the Word of God and let's welcome Sam as he comes to speak [Applause] thanks tugs II [Music] so like Peter said I'm Sam I'm actually the campus pastor here so with Kylie and it's great look if you're watching online you're part of the family and so we're so glad that you're here this morning I want to talk about working together with God okay working tele with God and I couldn't think of a better way to start by actually praying is that Cooke succumb I want to close your eyes open our hearts if you're watching online what do you join us father we want to say thank you so much and I think of everyone's father that's watching and everyone here even those guys that came from the school father I don't believe anyone's here by accident I believe you have us all here and your divine purpose and timing and plan arrest all our hearts Holy Spirit and I thank you that Lord doesn't open heaven Oh every life you love every person speak to us in Jesus name Amen amen amen hey why do you talk just as you sit down to say the person except did you do something look actually got better looking since last week maybe maybe it's their hair husband's husband's this is your chance maybe you want to be a husband this is also your chance ha ha fantastic fantastic awesome hey I want to get straight into it and we're gonna look at 2 Corinthians chapter 5 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 20 I don't want to talk about working together with God and and obviously in a message like there so I'm actually believing that the Holy Spirit Himself is gonna arrest your heart he's gonna speak to you so why don't we read says now then we are ambassadors for Christ I love that idea that we are Christ's ambassadors I had the chance to be at our church in Norway and also a few weeks ago when we actually drove down the street absolutely I'd be cheering to oppose from Norway and so how'd she where had the chance to drive down the street where all the embassies are Oh to tell you what I wouldn't mind that job and if you could be an ambassador of Australia anywhere in the world just tell the person actually where would that be where would the Hawaii sounds nice Hawaii anyone for Hawaii maybe Switzerland you want to go so many more neutral where there's no real conflict no everyone's nice but the Bible says that we we are Christ's ambassadors what that means basically is if you see me you see him my life my speech even the things I say are meant to reflect his kingdom not my opinion okay that's the sort of responsibility that we have as ambassadors and it's and he says we're ambassadors for Christ as though God were pleading that God were pleading through us we implore you on Christ's behalf be reconciled to God so here Paul's saying we are Christ's ambassadors and this Gospel message when we're talking to you about getting saved when we're talking about getting in life right with God it's not just us talking but it's God in us pleading through us that you would get your life right with God for he made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for us we just had communion communion represents that that once we were sinners and we were away from God and we deserved that not only the wrath of God but eventually the wages of our sin would separate us from God forever but Jesus came and died on the cross and he took our sin he took our wrath he took our shame our guilt on himself what we deserve he took on our behalf so that if we had asked him into our lives and put our trust in him then we could have he's right standing with God because he took our wrong standing upon himself for we he made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in him chapter 6 verse 1 Paul goes on and says we then workers together with him another translation says that we're co-workers with God a lot of Christians pray like it's all up to God some Christians act like it's all up to them but the reality is that Christianity and the purpose of God actually is a partnership and needs us and it needs God that's how he set it up so we then as co-workers together with him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain co-workers with God God pleading imploring through us that people would get right with God you know I met Jesus July 1991 and about three weeks I mean I met Jesus okay I thought I was going to church to try and you know sign up for something but I had no idea that when I went I'd actually have an encounter with Jesus that radically changed my life I thought those rules but I met him I got relationship that's why I'm still here but I remember about three weeks before I met Jesus I remember I was hitchhiking lost my license for speeding and so I drove a yellow v-dub a print you know and but I wasn't driving that when I got caught and so I lost my license for speeding so and I was young I was 21 I think 22 and I'm hitchhiking and I remember this car stops about a hundred meters away from me from where I was hitchhiking at the time I was stoned I was paranoid I was out of it I was just trying to get home and and I'm thinking what was he stopped the hundred meters up the road you know usually when you they stopped so when you run to them they drive off and everyone laughs out the window you know and so I get to the car I get to the car and then he's still there so I get in and I see gunner Geelong he goes yep I said I'll can I come yet so we start driving and I'm paranoid okay I'm stoned I'm paranoid I think I've got to have a conversation with this guy he's driving me I need to at least say something to him so look down on the ground and there's a book and it looked like a pigeon on it although maybes in the pigeon racing I don't know every rich man to himself so I picked it up and I said all that looks interesting and I put it down again rookie mistake for the next 20 minutes he starts talking to me about gee he's telling me you know that I can I can know him that I've sinned and I'm away from God but God loves me and if I cast Jesus into my life I'd be forgiven he's telling me that he's not God's not just up there somewhere he's here and it's about relationship not rules and I'm like yeah yeah yeah yeah I just need a lift mate and so I get him to drop me off around the corner from my house well because I didn't want him to know where I lived right it was one of those born again times and so so he says just before I'll get other K says to me hey do you want to ask Jesus in your life now and I said dumb and I'm 8 I'll do it when I get home I did was that but you know something funny happened when I got out the car and he drove off for the first time I actually felt it wasn't a man inviting me was actually God inviting me to accept Jesus and it felt like God had driven off it was the most amazing experience anyway three weeks later I find myself in church just like this I mean I got sick and tired of being tired and sick okay I tried all the things on my list that said they're gonna make me happy and fulfill me and make it awesome and none of nothing ever delivered the drugs didn't do it the girls didn't do it at the party and didn't do it not even all the surfing nothing ended up doing it and and there's a huge gap between the second last thing I tried in Jesus and I forgot nothing to lose I might as well try Jesus see that whole month I'd been picked up by born again every second car picking me up hitchhiking were born-again Christians one time a whole mini bus full of students picked me up and they'll barber college students it was the longest 20 minutes of my life but I think I helped him pass their evangelism assignment right so so anyway I'll get radically saved better three or four weeks later on getting out of the surf and as I'm getting out of surf I'm walking towards the car and I notice there's a guy fishing by himself and as I walk past I recognize him he's the guy that stopped and picked me up who had that book with the pigeon on it and I ran to him and I don't know what he was thinking you know I ran to him and I said hey hey mate you remember me I met Jesus he's radically changed my life you stopped you gave me a lift and all of a sudden he recognized me and he was in shock I think he couldn't believe it worked right but this is what he says that's what he says he said I saw you hitchhiking and the Holy Spirit said to me stop and pick him up and I said no that's why I drove past you and the Holy Spirit said again stop pick him up and that's why I stopped a hundred metres up the road because I knew I had to do it and then you get in the car and I'm praying on the inside God give me the opportunity to talk to him about you and then you pick up the book on the Holy Spirit apparently I was a dove and not a pigeon and I thought why and you said that looks interesting and I recognized hey that's my opportunity you know looking back to how I met Jesus I can see now there's actually a whole lot of people that work together with him to lead me to Christ I would say there's a whole lot of you in here and those that you were watching when you look back you recognize that it wasn't just a person who talked to you about Jesus or prayed for you brought you to church but you recognized the hand of God with that person you know I believe there are people in your world in my world where the holy spirit wants to work together with us so that those people in our world can know Jesus for themselves listen to Romans in Romans chapter 10 verse 14 and the New Living Translation says but how can they call on him to save them unless they've heard believe in him and how can they believe in him if they've never heard about him and how can they hear about him unless you tell them unless you tell them so I wonder how we see the lost people in our world I wonder how we see the people who it's not about going to church the people who don't know Christ as their Lord and Savior I wonder how you see them your family your friends the people you work with the maybe the people you do sport with maybe the people you go to school with wonder how you see them because the Bible says that unless we're born again we're not saved Bible says that where all the humanity is dead in sin all of humanity is separated from God unless they accept Christ and put their trust in him I wonder how you see them especially those that sometimes maybe you're against what we're for I love this because Jesus gives us a glimpse into God's heart towards the people in our world in Mark chapter Matthew Matthew chapter 9 verse 36 he says but when Jesus saw the multitude when he sees their neighbors when he sees our friends when he sees our schools when he sees even those people who are marching for the very things and trying to change our culture to be the opposite of what may be our values there when he sees them the Bible says he's moved with compassion for them because they're weary and scattered like sheep having no Shepherd and then he said to his disciples the harvest truly is planning for there are a lot more people if we invited them to church they would come there are a lot more people if we told him to be avid about Jesus they would respond jesus said the harvest is plentiful there are people all around the harvest is plentiful but what's few the laborers a few co-workers with God people that would actually allow themselves to work with the Holy Spirit bob says a few see I believe the Holy Spirit wants to work together with us I believe wants to work together with you and he wants to work together with you because he wants to reach the lost people in your world you know knows the people like the lost people I know and I don't know the lost people you know but that's whole point all of us are in someone's world all of us are in someone's world where we're living next to someone where we're a part of a community somewhere but of some sporting groups somewhere part of some school somewhere all of us find ourselves somewhere where he has placed us because he wants to use us to reach them I know what you're thinking I should have waited 2 tonight because we love hearing messages that talk about how much God loves us and gods for us and God's got a plan and a purpose for our lives amen but guess what this is the plan and purpose that we've been preaching about because God does love you God is for you but he's plan and purpose is that we would be part of reconciling humanity back to him all of us all of us all of us pray God God please use me but we pray God used me in terms of I want you to use me how I want to be used but God's saying no no no I want laborers listen I want you to get on board with what I'm doing I wonder if we'd get on board with what he's doing and not you know I want to talk about it how do we work with the Holy Spirit amen number one if we're going to work with the Holy Spirit and we're going to work with him to in terms of seeing people saved number one we've got to follow the Holy Spirit's leading I've got to follow the Holy Spirit's leading in Luke chapter four verse one talking about Jesus Jesus has just been baptized okay he's just come out of the water the heavens have opened his father says hey this is my beloved son I am well pleased in him and then the dov I should have seen it then the dog the holy spirit descends upon him and listen to this then when Jesus being filled with the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan and was led he was led by the spirit into the wilderness maturity Christian maturity is not about how much you know Christian maturity is about how easily are you led with me we all have our goat moments the parable of the sheep and the goats right a goat moments well you know we refuse to be led but you know I pray that all of us we have more sheep moments and goat moments amen well as we get older and as we know Jesus longer it's easier for us to follow in Romans chapter 8 verse 14 it says for as many as are led by the Spirit these are the sons and daughters of God so what qualifies us has been Christian how easily we're led I can tell you this before I met Jesus I was led by everything else but him I didn't want to do what he wanted so what was the radical change when I met Jesus the radical change if you want to know what it looked like I was outwardly was now I was being led by him more than I was being led by everything else there was a shift a priority shift I wanted to follow him we're gonna be the led by the spirit I remember the Holy Spirit said to me once Sam when I want you to when I say to you I want you to tell them about Jesus all I'm doing is getting you to remind them what I'm already saying to them when you feel the Holy Spirit leading hey tell them bring them bring them what's he doing he's simply getting you to do what he's already doing in them see that guy who picked me up he had no idea Here I am stoned everything about me was the opposite of Christianity right everything about me to my language there were everything about me but he had no idea that behind the scenes I'd started reading the Bible he had no idea that behind the scenes I was starting to already to have this conviction of sin in my realizing hey you know what what if Jesus comes back and catches me like this he had no idea that when he stopped and took the risk to tell me about Jesus he was only amplifying but God was already doing in my life and you need to know that when the Holy Spirit taps you on the shoulder prompts you he's only wanting you to tell them what he's already told them but he needs you and he needs you to follow his leading so the next time you sense the Holy Spirit leading you just have a go don't don't put it off make that phone call have that conversation go around to that place amen you know I believe the Holy Spirit wants to work together with us so reach the lost people in our world and we do that by following his leading but listen we also do that by trusting he's going to give us what to say trusting he'll actually give us what to say this is such a hurdle so many of us get stuck on listen to what Jesus said in Luke chapter 12 he said now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities do not worry I mean it's easy for God to say that right do not worry about how or what you should answer or what you should say for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say the Holy Spirit when you get led by the Holy Spirit and he wants you to make that call go and visit invite maybe tell someone about your faith he's saying hear Jesus saying don't worry the Holy Spirit's with you and he's going to give you what to say a great story for me and illustration for this is because is what happened to me on a plane one day now listen you understand I did year 11 twice so I'm not smart enough to think this stuff up okay but it's a partnership so I'm sitting next to this girl on the plane and I feel the Holy Spirit say to me tell her you know there just sometimes you love it when God just says I love you I can handle that but when he says do something for him but I knew I had to tell her and I think how am I gonna do this well I've had a bit of practice over the years and I've learned just ask what she does and she's gonna ask me what I'll do so I said on what do you do she goes well I mean she was pretty passionate it took 45 minutes but let me sum her up in two seconds she says this is back in the late 90s she says I'm in a video conferencing I said oh really what's that she goes I take people and always set up a boardroom in Sydney and we set up a boardroom in London and then through a TV screen we join the board or a table together and we have video conferencing and she goes so we can have we can have one boardroom across two countries sit that's awesome that's fantastic and she says and what do you do well in that moment if I said pastor I was gonna lose her and I thought what am I gonna do so just wait it and then it came I said well it's interesting you and I are in the same line of work I said you know you can hit people on one side of the world to the other side of the world she goes yeah I said well I help connect people on earth with God in heaven and she said what do you mean and I said hey I said look to be honest I met Jesus and he radically radically changed my life and then she said what do you mean anyway I had the opportunity for the remainder of the flight which wasn't much to share the gospel with her to tell her that God loved her and she even allowed me to pray for her and at the end I said who are you and I both know that I'm not sitting next to you by accident and she looked at me said you know what I believe that what I didn't tell her is I say that to everybody and let me tell you why because the Bible says that God has put eternity in all their hearts so that when we start to talk about Jesus and share the gospel guess what they know it's not an accident that's the only thing their spirit responds to because that's the very thing the spirits missing amen amen so we've got to trust the Holy Spirit's gonna give us what to say hey next time you feel LED have a go trust the Holy Spirit amen he'll give you what to say you know the UH next thing is not only we got to follow his leading you not only go to trust he's going to give us what to say but you know what we've got to rely on the Holy Spirit to do the convicting rely on the Holy Spirit to do the convicted this is massive in John chapter 16 verse 7 Jesus said nevertheless I tell you the truth as to your advantage that I go away for a dude if I do not go away the helper he will not come to you but if I depart I'll send him to you and he and when he has come lissa less remember it's a partnership I've got a job in this the Holy Spirit's got a job in this I've got a job than this the Holy Spirit's got a job in this and what's his job his job is to convict the world of sin his job is to connect the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment it's his job you know what I found when I try and do the Holy Spirit's job it never works I ran into a guy in the old days of barber college we used to foucault some religions we would go to the the Sydney International New Age festival as what is it mind and body and soul it was fantastic I highly recommend it and it was awesome and we go then we had a stand called Christ consciousness because if we said born-again no one would come and talk to us but we wanted him to be conscious of Christ in there searching right and it was fantastic we had so many awesome conversations with people but remember this guy he's walking along and as he gets to our stand he stops like he hits a wall and it turns he looks straight at me and I'm thinking okay and as he turns he shapes up like he's gonna fight and he goes are you a Christian is this Christian I'm like yes and and then takes another step forward and and for the next few minutes he starts yelling and saying you Christians are all alike all you ever do is condemn people you just put them down you just tell them what they can't do you tell you it's all about how bad they are and I didn't know what to say they hang on point to trust the Holy Spirit will give you what to say except I didn't have an arrow I had seconds Brian and then it came John chapter 3 I said oh hey mate I'm really sorry you're absolutely right and he just stopped he didn't know how to respond or hunt you guys what do you mean I'm right I said you're wrong I said if Christians have just stood there and can condemned you and told you how bad you are I see it guess what they're wrong because what are you making I said well the Bible said Jesus didn't come into the world to condemn it ready for yourself John chapter 3 Jesus did not come into the world to condemn it but to save it he goes I've never met anyone like you before I said what do you mean he goes our audit I've just never met a Christian like you before I said listen God loves you main God's actually on your side I said can I pray for you he said no and just rent off [Laughter] it's a sad state of affairs when the church is only known for what it's against and you know some Christians they they they point the finger at people's sin in a way in which you think they'd never sinned spirit of judgment a conviction condemnation and I think to myself that placard you're holding you know what if God wanted to he could send 25 with all the things you have done and it's not that we don't stand for what's right and wrong it's just how stances of stance of those that have been forgiven if not by grace we were in the same boat and the answer is that how bad the people are how dead they aren't sin the answers Jesus who can actually save them from their sin here's the answer and we need to be about telling people that God loves and for God so loved the world that He gave His begotten son for God demonstrates his love for us why we were still sinners Christ died for us now stands has to be a stance of love and of acceptance we don't accept you after you get say we're meant to accept you like God accepted us before we were saved and we don't accept sin in our lives but we accept people we've got to allow the Holy Spirit to do the convicting our job is to point them to the one who can save them from their sin a men we've gotta learn to work with the Holy Spirit he listen you're not where you live by accident you're not working where you work by accident you're not in the school you're in by accident you're not in the club you're in by accident God has put you there the Holy Spirit wants to work together with you to reach those lost people in your world follow his leading trust the Holy Spirit's gonna give you what to say allow him to do the convicting it's a much better message the good news and it's easier to tell people that God loves them then given the 25 reasons why they're judged we know that they know that and fourthly listen we're kind of learn to step out in the power of the Holy Spirit we're gonna learn to step out in the power of the Holy Spirit I love this paul says in 1 Thessalonians 1:5 he says for our gospel did not come to you in word only this is not an argument of ideas who can argue the best idea is that the Atheist is that the Christian is that this religion is it that philosophy who could have the best YouTube video on on their argument no no that's not how people get saved this is not even if this is not even a competition between anyone or anything else the last I heard was Jesus had all authority in heaven and earth we're not ashamed of the gospel why because it's the power of God but it's not to be inward only Paul said we didn't just come with persuasive words no but in power and in the Holy Spirit we've got to take God at His Word when God says if you lay hands on the sick they will recover whatever you ask in my name it shall be done for you and that's not just for a connect group or church service this is about Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday I remember the same the same New Age festival this lady should have been about 70 back then it seemed old now it seems very young and so she's standing there and I start interacting with her and I start talking about Jesus she said I'm not interested I said why she goes I was a Sunday school teacher for about 20 years and I'm trying to work this effort I'm God what do you mean she goes I did that I taught Sunday school every single week for over 20 years and I found no spiritual reality in church oh we heard it how how does that happen and I knew I knew my words weren't enough in that moment and so I said to her is there anything wrong with you she said I've got bad hips I said let I want to pray for you I don't want Jesus himself to show you that he is the way the truth and the life nothing else in this auditorium that can help you only he can help you and I said put your hands on your hips so she put hands on the hips and at that time I'm thinking oh no what have I done because the last thing she needs someone saying Jesus the answer prep for nothing happens this is gonna be like icing on her cake but I put my hand on her elbow safety first I'm not putting a hand on her hip all right so put my hand I'll but I'll just pray like this so it's just like this everything in my head was going you idiot you idiot you idiot you idiot right I'm just letting you know how it works okay works the same for us as it does for you okay right you idiot you idiot you do it Jesus oh you idiot you idiot of thank you you said I doubt it so we're gonna have Lord you said if we lay hands on the sick maybe it's my head and Jesus name healer Lord show her that you're real may you've really killed it now this is what's happening between my mouth and my head and I just look straight up and said hey hey hey hey why don't you go for a walk cuz I'm honest I'm not gonna ask her right now in case nothing happened why don't you go for a walk come back let us know nope nope hope she doesn't come back right but another part of me was hoping that it worked this is real for all of us we all have to fight the same demons the same doubt if we're going to see God move and you know what she came back frying she said my hips healed my hip is healed [Music] she didn't need words she needed power and the good news is the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you the same power that he has is with you we don't heal people in our name we don't even heal people in our goodness gods used me when I've been at my most backslidden to see people healed we make it about us and why it's not going to work no no we're gonna make about him and he made the way for it to work I love fishing I love fishing and I and the once here collie that I go to the tackle fishing shop I went in there to buy something and it's great it's a great actually it's a great tackle fishing show up tackle shop because for an extra 495 who give you the the receipt that you told your wife you're paid so so everything's just ten bucks adds so we just finished talking I was about to leave and I said look I'll probably see in about another four weeks and it was just going into winter and he just made the save and he said dumb if I'm still here just as I'm walking out the door and I had a meeting I had to go to but I just heard him say if I'm still hearing and I realized hey the Holy Spirit said go back so I went back so what do you mean by that you guys well winter is super hard no boys fishing gear in winter and you know it was just a small business and we're just basically day by day not even week by week and I looked over said hey listen I'm a pastor I said doctor I said you know I'm a pastor yeah yeah yeah I'm Catholic I don't know how that equals that enjoy our job is really interesting and so and so I said to him look what I want to do is first I wanna let you know God loves you God actually loves you and he he feels and snows your pain right now that's the burden you carry I see well I want to pray for you and I want to pray that not only do you just survive winter but you're gonna have a good winter and you're gonna know it was God who did it because God loves you can I pray for you oh yeah no worries he's expecting me to go out and maybe go to you know Mass and pray or something you know I send them to pray right now he goes okay so I just put my hand on the counter see I happen to believe I happen to believe that we've been giving all authority whatever we loose will be loosed whatever we bound were bound the last time I checked wherever the the the the Ark of the Lord which was carrying the presence of God was and everything flourished and blessed amen Joseph goes to work for Potiphar Potter gets blessed Joseph ends up in the prison the prison gets blessed why because Joseph was carrying God well we carry God and so I just prior to see God will pray in Jesus name because right now he doesn't need a lecture on the gospel he needs to know God's real so anyway a few weeks later I happen to ring cuz I was getting something for someone and so my wife's is over there in case you watching and so he goes may I'm glad you called I'm going what he goes you wouldn't believe it I said well try B he goes the next day I walk into work and I just happen to be led that's what he said I happen to be led over to a certain section where the fishing rods weren't I found a rod that's been sitting there for three years it was like $300 rod and never sold it and I just picked it up and I just put up on the counter I don't even know why I said then I went outside I came back in there was someone standing there waiting and he goes he asked for the exact same rod that's been sitting there for three years it's got three hundred dollars of my money tied up to it and right to the model number I said Wow does that ever happen before he goes never I said what's the chances of something like that happen he goes like a billion to one I said well then you and I both know that wasn't coincidence we prayed God loves you and I would encourage you why don't you pray when things get a bit tight why don't you pray why because you know what we don't come with a gospel with words only but also with power and also in the Holy Spirit amen unn ask the band to come I believe the Holy Spirit wants to work with us he wants to work with you to reach the lost people in your world he wants to lead you he wants to teach you what to say he wants you to point them to God who loves them and guess what he's also with you in their power in our prayer and I want to finish with Luke chapter 14 the story is the story of a master who has a wedding feast he sends out invites to that wedding feast months in advance anyway it gets no RSVPs back so he sends his servant and says hey are these people coming and one by one they start to make excuses why they can't come to the feast that the master has put on and so the servant came reported these things to the master in Luke chapter 14 21 and the master of the house being angry said to the servants we'll go out quickly into the streets into the lanes of the sea and bringing here the poor the main the lame and the blind talking about us talking about those in our world that don't know him and the servant said master I've done what you've commanded and there's still room there's still room and the master said we'll go now into the highways into the hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled if you want to know what the will of God is for our lives if you want to know what the will of God is for our church is that his church will be filled he's compelling us he's saying go compel them compel them tell them to come and you said we'll have been to the streets of being to the lanes of being around the corner and they've come and he says okay but there's still room maybe you need to now reach out a bit further to the highways and maybe a bit deeper into the hedges because there's still more people in your world they need to come they need to come why don't we stand to our feet you're part of a church that will have more services that will build more buildings that will have more locations that will reach out into more nations why because there's still more room there's still more room now this is the question okay will you work with the Holy Spirit if he can he rely on you when he says make that call visit that person let them know about Jesus hey why don't you go and bring them to church when he comes because he's with you can you rely on I pray your prayers the same as mine and that is Lord I really want to do this I know that there's gonna be times I don't do it I refuse to do it and I'm repenting in advance just being honest but don't not use me because I do that because I want to be used by you hoo-hoo-hoo in your world simply needs an environment and all change their eternity forever who in your world where you can be a link on the chain as you talk about Jesus and all change their world forever and ask everyone close your eyes it's what we're gonna do normally reach up our hands to heaven and we give God our heart in the moment we're gonna give him our heart but this is a partnership between you and the holy spirit and he wants to work together with you to reach the loss of people in your world in the greatest partnerships of the partnerships that have done a hand in hand and I wonder as I pray this prayer out loud if you'll just reach out your hand and grab his hand once you do that even if you're watching online just reach out and grab his hand because I want to pray for divine partnerships co-workers with God laborers for the harvest field father I thank you I thank you that we have the opportunity to be ambassadors for Christ for you to implore people through us to be reconciled to you that you want to cowork work together with us and father you see every hand reaching out to your hand and father I thank you and ask that Holy Spirit that if they don't know you well that you would introduce yourself to them that would solve we would all soften our hearts to you that father as of this day father we will be about seeing people one back to you we would be a people dedicated to compel them to come that your house would be filled father thank you Father thank you and Lord we give you our hands now we give you our heart come on why don't we reach out come on let's reach out and allow allow him to capture our heart afresh [Music] my life take mine take my breath my dreams arrest every high they father arrested we house [Music] we're here for you [Music] take my soul in my [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] spirit misplace in fear you blow me God is what our hearts long to be your bird by your prey can we lift our heads can we sing us out [Music] [Music] to be [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I want to pray for some people but firstly I want to pray for you look if you know Jesus maybe you don't and you're sick and you need to be healed well maybe you're broken and you need wholeness or it could be that maybe you're facing circumstances that to you like a Goliath or maybe the walls of Jericho just seems impossible without God that these circumstances can change I want to pray for you I want to believe God with you amen if that's you why don't you raise your hands they're saying that's that's me raise your head there's nothing impossible for God there's nothing impossible for God fantastic wonderful wonderful awesome if you got someone there this with the hand raised you've got faith to believe God and it's okay but then why don't you just put your hand on their shoulder we're gonna believe God together hey if you watching alone I'm praying for you as well okay God sees you father I thank you in Jesus name and lord I thank you that in the name of Jesus we speak healing we speak wholeness we speak breakthrough father I thank you that we're confident that the good work you started you will finish that circumstances will not have the last say but in the name of Jesus you Father will have your way in and through every person's life thank you Father healing wholeness breakthrough in Jesus name in Jesus name Amen amen amen if you're here if you're here or maybe you're watching and firstly number one if you're here and you're watching and you've never given your heart to Jesus and someone's brought you this has not been a setup okay not by us but by God maybe because you know what God loves you and you know what we've all sinned all of us are in the same boat with all sin that sin separates us from God and there's no way back to him you can't reverse the wages of sin you can't do it the only way that you sin could be fixed is through Jesus no other religion can do it only Jesus can because he's the one that on the cross paid the wages for your sin now other prophets done that no other philosophy has done that he did that and God raised him on the third day from the dead why to prove once and for all that he is the way the truth and the life and if you will say yes to Jesus you don't even have to understand it all but if you will say yes to Jesus he will not just forgive you of your sin but the God who's up there somewhere that missing piece he will come when you say yes and he is the missing piece not only will you be forgiven but the God up there now becomes the God who lives in you maybe a backslidden you once walk with God but you're far from God well guess what the prodigal stuns your story because if you'll come to your senses today and I believe you have and you'll say yes again to your father in heaven he will run to you he will forgive you and he will bring you in as if you've never lived I'm gonna ask you everyone to close their eyes and bow their heads if you're watching online I'm also praying for you and we're gonna pray this prayer out loud if you know you need to get your life right with God you pray this prayer loud we're all gonna do this together let's pray dear Jesus I thank you that you died on the cross for my sin I believe you rose again I ask that you will forgive me that you'll come into my life that you will be my Lord and Savior thank you that I'm now forgiven and I'm now a child of God in Jesus name Amen amen amen come on when we put our heads together this is what we want to do what we want to do okay we want to give everyone that prayed that prayer this Bible it's something I think will come up on the screen if you prayed that online but we want to give this as a gift to you on the back there's a card it's just going to help you take your next steps which would love to help you do that see if you give someone just a few minutes every exit every exit there's people waving these Bibles around okay and they're doing it just to get your attention is that cool oh come on one more time I think we should put their hands together okay the adventure of working together with him starts when we leave this room how awesome is that how awesome is that [Music] that was an amazing message so practical and health when Sam is like probably one of the best examples of that and so I think we need to thank him one more time thank you Sam for the challenge and the encouragement absolutely phenomenal but hey straight off this service within a few minutes of our engage experience it's gonna start so remember just follow the blue arrows and there's a team waiting to engage with you and remember tonight 5 p.m. over the center and then 6 p.m. here's singer Sam ways and I got to remind you next week Pastor Brian is back home and he's gonna be with us so it's gonna be a good weekend in the house next week can I pray for you Father thank you so much Lord for every family every household but every marriage represented it represented Goudy and I believe father right now that your face does shine upon us God Lord you go with us this week lord may we be aware of your presence and the opportunities rounded about us with family friends colleagues God we just believe God to see more Souls save God use us as vessels this week in Jesus name bless your people and everybody said amen amen we'll see soon Church [Music] Fuli me [Music] see three [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes guys [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Published: Sat Sep 08 2018