[I'm back and im gonna attempt to write down my experience of the conference, its gonna be a long post and i don't think anyone will understand half of what i'm writing except for myself, so feel free to not read haha..]
Wow ok... lets see where to start.. Hillsong Conference was simply amazing, awesome, and mindblowing!!! It was an experience that i am so blessed and lucky that i went for, it was definitely life changing as everything about the conference was just great! I had high expectations for the conference and the amount i received was just so amazing.. It's like getting on a high that's so amazing and it just leaves you speechless, in awe of how great God really is. Just a quick run through of the sequence of events of a normal conference day.
9.00 Morning Rally - Worship + Sermon
10.15 Short Break
10.45 Combined Stream Session - pretty much 2 more sermons or talks
12.15 Transition Time - for us to walk to our elective venue since the area is huuugee
12.45 Elective I - my first elective was musician(drums), electives go for an hour
1.45 Transition Time - walk to next elective venue(optional, some only go to 1 elective)
2.00 Elective II - my second one was Youth Pastor & Leadership
4.30 Night Rally #1
7.30 Night Rally #2 (only assigned to 1 night rally, and we were in this one)
So this is pretty much the timetable for the whole week. We start at 9am and end at around 10pm. If we factor in transportation time for us to get to and back from the conference itself, we normally had to wake up at 6.30am everyday and sleep at 12-1am. So throughout the whole week it was really tiring due to the lack of my normal amount of sleep, and waking up extra early. But once the conference starts i would be wide awake and fully into it, and once we hit a break, i'll be all tired again hahas.. Even though it was a long and tiring conference, i never felt one bit tired during the worship/sermons/electives, because it was just sooo good that my own body didn't want to miss any bit of it. Not to mention how great worship at hillsong was. It was as though worship there has gone to a whole new level(if it's possible), like i've never been to any crusades, or conference, or large events where there are like 20,000-30,000 other people worshipping with us all raising hands and just worshipping God. The sight and presence of God in the arena was simply phenomenal, once worship starts, *bang!* you can just feel the presence of God just fall in the place. Not forgetting how crazy their own worship team is, all talented people who are blessed with amazing gifts of song writing/singing from God. Then there'll be moments where they invite guest speakers up on stage to sing a few songs, people like Israel Houghton, Leeland, and Michael Gungor who are all people who are so anointed and blessed by God too.
Then on the hand there had these fantastic speakers who have a whole different style of preaching, and the way they look at things different and has a fresh sort of feeling to it whenever they preached. Some of the great speakers were Judah Smith, Mike Pilavachi, Paul de Jong, Joseph Prince, and Joyce Meyers. All of which were ver very inspirational, funny, and knew how to get the audiences attention. One thing that i was amazed by them was their ability to capture the audiences attention, and never once make their sermon seem boring. It seemed as though that time literally flew while they were preaching, because time would just go by so fast!
Ok im now gonna attemp to write down what happened day by day. Hope it works haha..
Day 1(Monday)
Started with the night rally at 7.30pm so had nothing before that.
Night Rally: speaker - Judah Smith Title - Embracing Grace
Well for this sermon, he preached about the prodigal son from Luke 15. If im not mistaken, the way he preached it was really different, and he added bits of funny parts to make to parable funny and light hearted. But i'll just write down some of the notes that i got from that sermon.
Had no notes on morning rally because i think we were a bit late on that morning due to transportation factors and so missed a bit of the sermon. Didn't take notes on the combine stream talks because i didn't think it was meant to be sermons haha..But i took notes for the 2 electives and the night rally.
Elective #1: Musicians - Hillsong team
A lot of technical stuff i guess. They did a whole introduction thing for a while then talked about transitions from one song to another, then they talked about 'clicks'(i think that's how its spelt, which is basically just a metronome), and about the role of the MD(Music Director). Transitions was a blur to me since it was about transitioning from one song which has a certain key and a certain time signature, to another song which was totally different. Didn't quite understand half the stuff they talked about, so might have to check with Yang about that. Then they talked about clicks which i found really interesting and also would be useful to our worshipnet. They said that the click helps to keep the whole team in time, and some times can be very annoying since it is left on for the whole song, but it helps them to start and finish their songs at the same time. Lastly, they talked about the important role that a music director has in coordinating the whole 'band' of the worship team(e.g all the musicians). Normally for their worship, the worship leader and the MD for that service would get together and discuss about the choice of songs, transitioning, and free worship..and from there the MD will tell it to the rest of the band. The idea of the MD is to have one point person to help communication. The MD must have a good attitude and must always be setting up the worship leader for a 'win'. The team must die to self daily, since it's not about us, but about God. We have to serve the song by bringing it excellence, we have to play the strengths and improve the weaknesses. Ultimately what is really important and required of a good worship team is a really good relationship between every single member. Need to know when the leader wants this to happen, and when another instrument is building up, and communication on stage is really important(eye contact). Relationship is key!
Elective #2: Youth Pastors & Leadership - Hillsong Youth Pastor(Sanga)
I found this talk really good and really useful, so i naturally i took down lots of notes..hope it makes sense!
This guy is a great preacher and is a youth pastor of a church in the UK called 'Soul Survivor'. He is a really really really funny man!! You'll never stop laughing at his sermon! In this sermon he talked about the connection between evangelism, worship, and justice.
Morning Rally - Speaker: Paul de Jong
Hmm can't really remember much about this guy, all i remember is that he's got a pretty big church in New Zealand, and also in the middle of his sermon he had this item where he had these bunch of guys wearing black to do the Hakka on stage. Was pretty funny...
Haha this lady is an awesome speaker, she is a real inspiration and definitely has the gift of talking! She is just so anointed and her sermons are really like a whole different level!
Morning Rally - Speaker: Joyce Meyer Title: Change and Transition
He gave a whole lot of verses.. wasn't really much of a sermon, more of a talk.
1 Chronicles 22:5-6, 1 Kings 15:14-15, 1 Kings 8:17-18, 1 Kings 9:3-4, Psalm 42:4, Exodus 35:21-22, Matthew 16:18, 1 Timothy 3:15, Ephesians 5:25,27
Hmmm i didn't take any notes this session since it was just another big Q&A session. At the start they gave out some drum notes which are really good to practice, then they talked a bit about the technical side of drums..(which i didn't quite get coz im not a technical person) And lots of questions from different people! One of the questions that i found interesting was that someone ask what to do if they had to play in a really small hall. The hillsong drummer took a short pause, then with a smirk on his face said electric drums, then cracked up laughing.. so i presumed that it was a joke.. He later explained that they themselves had a similar problem in one of their music rooms where drums were too loud so they decided to go with an electric drum kit, but they didn't recommend it. The solution they gave was to change to 'quieter/softer' drum kit e.g smaller and thinner cymbals.. They also suggested playing softer, and maybe learning different wrist/arm methods of hitting the drums softer but yet with the same amount of passion and heart. Found it really useful!!
Elective #2 - Youth Pastor & Leadership Speaker: Mike Pilavachi
Ok so this sermon was a bit different. I wrote notes on it, but i don't think half of them even makes sense to me, its got to be in the right context, so typing it out won't do anything. The preaching was also done very fast, and i missed out on a lot of major points because i couldn't write fast enough. So the best way is to just grab a copy of the sermon and listen to it again. Ps Joseph Prince's method of preaching is also slightly different since he uses the translation of the old Hebrew names a lot. There were some parts of his sermon which i wasn't too sure about so notes taken didn't really mean anything. Basically he had a prophetic word, and that it was the people in the stadium that night were of the Benjamin Generation. Not much i can say, so best if everyone gets a copy of the sermon and listens to it.
DAY 5(Friday)
Morning Rally - Speaker: Judah Smith Title: What's Your Point?
You are Here(The Same Power)
Same power that conquered the grave
lives in me
lives in me
Your love that rescued the earth
lives in me
lives in me
Wow ok... lets see where to start.. Hillsong Conference was simply amazing, awesome, and mindblowing!!! It was an experience that i am so blessed and lucky that i went for, it was definitely life changing as everything about the conference was just great! I had high expectations for the conference and the amount i received was just so amazing.. It's like getting on a high that's so amazing and it just leaves you speechless, in awe of how great God really is. Just a quick run through of the sequence of events of a normal conference day.
9.00 Morning Rally - Worship + Sermon
10.15 Short Break
10.45 Combined Stream Session - pretty much 2 more sermons or talks
12.15 Transition Time - for us to walk to our elective venue since the area is huuugee
12.45 Elective I - my first elective was musician(drums), electives go for an hour
1.45 Transition Time - walk to next elective venue(optional, some only go to 1 elective)
2.00 Elective II - my second one was Youth Pastor & Leadership
4.30 Night Rally #1
7.30 Night Rally #2 (only assigned to 1 night rally, and we were in this one)
So this is pretty much the timetable for the whole week. We start at 9am and end at around 10pm. If we factor in transportation time for us to get to and back from the conference itself, we normally had to wake up at 6.30am everyday and sleep at 12-1am. So throughout the whole week it was really tiring due to the lack of my normal amount of sleep, and waking up extra early. But once the conference starts i would be wide awake and fully into it, and once we hit a break, i'll be all tired again hahas.. Even though it was a long and tiring conference, i never felt one bit tired during the worship/sermons/electives, because it was just sooo good that my own body didn't want to miss any bit of it. Not to mention how great worship at hillsong was. It was as though worship there has gone to a whole new level(if it's possible), like i've never been to any crusades, or conference, or large events where there are like 20,000-30,000 other people worshipping with us all raising hands and just worshipping God. The sight and presence of God in the arena was simply phenomenal, once worship starts, *bang!* you can just feel the presence of God just fall in the place. Not forgetting how crazy their own worship team is, all talented people who are blessed with amazing gifts of song writing/singing from God. Then there'll be moments where they invite guest speakers up on stage to sing a few songs, people like Israel Houghton, Leeland, and Michael Gungor who are all people who are so anointed and blessed by God too.
Then on the hand there had these fantastic speakers who have a whole different style of preaching, and the way they look at things different and has a fresh sort of feeling to it whenever they preached. Some of the great speakers were Judah Smith, Mike Pilavachi, Paul de Jong, Joseph Prince, and Joyce Meyers. All of which were ver very inspirational, funny, and knew how to get the audiences attention. One thing that i was amazed by them was their ability to capture the audiences attention, and never once make their sermon seem boring. It seemed as though that time literally flew while they were preaching, because time would just go by so fast!
Ok im now gonna attemp to write down what happened day by day. Hope it works haha..
Day 1(Monday)
Started with the night rally at 7.30pm so had nothing before that.
Night Rally: speaker - Judah Smith Title - Embracing Grace
Well for this sermon, he preached about the prodigal son from Luke 15. If im not mistaken, the way he preached it was really different, and he added bits of funny parts to make to parable funny and light hearted. But i'll just write down some of the notes that i got from that sermon.
- grace comes to us, its from God to us, and not us to God
- grace is not logic(no comprehendable by human mind). there's no cause and effect.
- grace is always hugging us, we just need to embrace grace!
- the picture of grace and the pinnacle of grace is the cross
- the parable of the lost sheep is not about the sheep but about the shepard, the parable of the lost coin is not about the coins but about the person who finds all lost things(e.g us!), and the parable of the prodigal son is not about the 2 sons but about the loving father!!
- trying to get ourselves to grace, only gets us a long way off
- we were never worthy, God was the only One who was worthy
- when the robe was 'put on' on the son, it was forced on even if he didn't want it(just like grace!)
- It's time to rise up to the grace given to us!
Had no notes on morning rally because i think we were a bit late on that morning due to transportation factors and so missed a bit of the sermon. Didn't take notes on the combine stream talks because i didn't think it was meant to be sermons haha..But i took notes for the 2 electives and the night rally.
Elective #1: Musicians - Hillsong team
A lot of technical stuff i guess. They did a whole introduction thing for a while then talked about transitions from one song to another, then they talked about 'clicks'(i think that's how its spelt, which is basically just a metronome), and about the role of the MD(Music Director). Transitions was a blur to me since it was about transitioning from one song which has a certain key and a certain time signature, to another song which was totally different. Didn't quite understand half the stuff they talked about, so might have to check with Yang about that. Then they talked about clicks which i found really interesting and also would be useful to our worshipnet. They said that the click helps to keep the whole team in time, and some times can be very annoying since it is left on for the whole song, but it helps them to start and finish their songs at the same time. Lastly, they talked about the important role that a music director has in coordinating the whole 'band' of the worship team(e.g all the musicians). Normally for their worship, the worship leader and the MD for that service would get together and discuss about the choice of songs, transitioning, and free worship..and from there the MD will tell it to the rest of the band. The idea of the MD is to have one point person to help communication. The MD must have a good attitude and must always be setting up the worship leader for a 'win'. The team must die to self daily, since it's not about us, but about God. We have to serve the song by bringing it excellence, we have to play the strengths and improve the weaknesses. Ultimately what is really important and required of a good worship team is a really good relationship between every single member. Need to know when the leader wants this to happen, and when another instrument is building up, and communication on stage is really important(eye contact). Relationship is key!
Elective #2: Youth Pastors & Leadership - Hillsong Youth Pastor(Sanga)
I found this talk really good and really useful, so i naturally i took down lots of notes..hope it makes sense!
- one thing certain, passionate people are contagious
- Mark 15:8-15(can't remember how its related exactly..)
- doing what we normally do can get stale and stagnant, and we won't see any change
- safe playing youth ministries don't grow!
- the people that you love may not be with you for the long term, but the people that love you will stay with you for the long term!! (Wow!)
- when something wrong happens we go back to what was safe. Playing safe, safe ministries. e.g the disciples went back to fishing..what was 'safe' for them. not good
- if your flogging a dead horse, it's time to dismount(found it really funny)
- being in the youth ministry, we gotta think new, fresh, different, and vibrant! the message is sacred, but the method is not sacred! e.g change the packaging
- Need to Constantly Change!!!!
- we need to stir up the crowd, if we let them have a voice, they will have a voice.(i think it's related to the scripture reading above) in this case, the 'voice' is a bad thing.
- the culture we create is the culture that will grow. we have to be careful of what cultures we allow and introduce into the youth ministry.
- we have to address the wrong cultures, if not it will grow. Can't afford to have a 'crowd'(from scripture)
- we need leaders who are inclusive and not exclusive. One can only be a leader when he can be a friend.
- need to be leaders who can carry the night, and leaders who add something, not just someone who just fills up carpet space.
- Don't be a moral leader, one that talks about do's and don'ts, because when someone fails, they won't come back. We have to point to Jesus!
- We shouldn't be moralising people, but Christianising them!
- Stop making them believers, but make them a place where they belong. Soon they will believe in what we believe in.
- nothing we ever do should be a gap filler, everything must be done for a purpose!
- involvement = connection. We need to get people involved!
This guy is a great preacher and is a youth pastor of a church in the UK called 'Soul Survivor'. He is a really really really funny man!! You'll never stop laughing at his sermon! In this sermon he talked about the connection between evangelism, worship, and justice.
- worship is the language of love, our expression of love to God.
- when we love someone, we don't just tell the person, but we tell everyone!!
- evangelism is an overflow of worship. We don't need to force ourselves to tell others about who we love
- the best evangelical tool for church is worship. When we worship, His presence comes. And as we worship the Holy Spirit comes and does what He always does, which is to convict people.
- when we love someone, we want to please them and put them infront of ourselves. Sin won't be a problem because we know God hates sin and we would want to please God.
- evangelism that doesn't come with worship is legalism
- we can preach about heaven, or give a glimpse of heaven. Worship is a glimpse of heaven!
- worship, evangelism, and justice goes hand in hand
- God cares for the poor and broken. Amos 5, Isaiah 58
- we feed the hungry coz we love Jesus, compassion for the lost.
- God loves the 'sinful' people, that's why He sent Jesus to the cross!!
- *then he gave a whole example christians that hide in a castle which was really funny* main point was that we shouldn't just let down the drawbridge of the castle, but instead knock down the walls of the castle!
- God is with the poor, and we are with God when we are with them.
Morning Rally - Speaker: Paul de Jong
Hmm can't really remember much about this guy, all i remember is that he's got a pretty big church in New Zealand, and also in the middle of his sermon he had this item where he had these bunch of guys wearing black to do the Hakka on stage. Was pretty funny...
- Ezekiel 37:1-14(he started off with this scripture about the dry bones)
- when God brings us into a new season, he puts us in trials and troubles
- an attitude of simply enough is an enemy of expectation
- God has no maximums
- a failure to fund enlargement, robs expectations
- Abraham had to sacrifice his son to God, his one most precious valuable thing that he had waited for years. What is our 'son' ?
- what robs expectation is called a loss centred experience
- victory is not always seen in the first or second round, we might be in a place of preparation. We will go through things but we mustn't let it rob our expectations
- some things we will only learn through the fiery furnace
- we can't direct the wind, but we can direct the sails(can't remember what context this was in)
- we have to be excited about the future, increase our level of expectation. We will live our inner revelation which goes from head to heart!
- Understanding will lead to revelation, revelation leads to conviction.
- our future is conditioned by the revelation we activate
- we need to have an understanding of the seasons - 1 Thessalonians 5:1
- we must haven an active prophetic voice, and hear the prophetic word of God.
- the Lord looks at our heart, our heart is pivotal. We need to guard our heart above all else.
- Jeremiah 17(Our heart is deceitful above all else)
- our actions are directly related to the state of our hearts
- we have to recognize the alarm bells in our lives. When life gets hard we normally harden ourselves, but we have to soften ourselves. Honestly and deliberately yield ourselves to God
- need to pray to God to create, renew, restore
- the state of our heart is critical. Ezekiel 3:26(heart of flesh), 2 Timothy 1:12(knowing God)
- 3 Things(can't remember what they're about)
- 1. Worship - learn how to worship. genuine/true worship in spirit and truth. Learning how to host His presence and lingering in it
- 2. Word of God - Psalms 100:19(God's word in our heart) must be alive in us. When we get tested through the fire, the Word will sh0w
- 3. Serve - serve the Lord with gladness. keep on serving. We have to push ourselves all the way to the bottom, to make sure we are serving
- when we read the Bible, we see Jesus in it, and we want to be like Jesus. Devotion is like a bridge that brings us to be more like Jesus.
- we are the light of the world, and we have to let our light shine to the world
- discover what God wants us to do, and do what He wants
- the duty of the is to make our city filled with 'lights'
- "Christian" is a noun and not an adjective. No such thing as christian bookstore, or christian books, or christian music.
- the word "Christian" means:
- someone who belongs to Jesus, of the Jesus party
- someone who is different to the world around them, one who stands up
- someone who bears God's name and represents it well
- Christians described themselves as believers, who were called to be witnesses, and also to be a servant.
- its not a sacrifice to die as a Christian, but a privilege
- we need to bridge the gap between us and God, to change the world.
- taught how to 'lock in' with one another (the bass and drum kick)
- a good relationship is really important, need to know each other well
- drums and bass should play with a metronome to both keep the beat
- the way we drum is to point people to God, and to play with our spirit and heart
- taught to practice on pillows, add weights to ankles, or loosen to kick springs
- bass should practice in the dark, a lot of times its just muscle memory
- in a band, everybody has to LISTEN to one another, and know their place.
- communication on stage is very important/vital. Do not step on toes.
- loudest voice always prevails, so we gotta make God the loudest voice
- we have to live change ourselves, follow the right living
- out of the overflow comes our culture
- devotional method of journaling: S.O.A.P
- Scripture, Operation, Application, Prayer
- its easy to invite people to church, but hard to share with them the gospel
- hard times build character, we have to pay a price ourselves
- we need to raise a generation that understands sacrifice
- always need to look to create opportunities for other, create roles
- don't ever give up
- the enemy will tempt us with nasty things, by trying to steal our calling, or tempting us with money, honour, prestige, titles, jobs, or anything else
- the calling of God is worth so much more than anything else!!!
Haha this lady is an awesome speaker, she is a real inspiration and definitely has the gift of talking! She is just so anointed and her sermons are really like a whole different level!
- if we love Jesus, we are to feed his sheep, help someone else who is in need
- the more we live under the law, the more we try not to do wrong, but the more wrong we do
- the more we fix our eyes on Jesus, the more we won't want to do wrong
- Galatians 2:19(we die to law, to live to God!)
- Jesus didn't die so that we can have a religion, He died so that we can have a deep intimate relationship
- we mustn't just be muzzled and not have any change on the inside
- we need to fix our eyes on God's grace, believing that God can change us, and that we can't change ourselves
- religion loads us down with rules and laws, but doesn't help us to keep them
- our body is an instrument of sin that satan uses to get to us
- we have to develop our spirit. "I hear from God because I am His sheep. I can trust that I can hear from God and be led by the Spirit."
- if our heart is right to hear from God, we just need to give God the burden to speak to us
- it always starts with dying to the law and dying to self! When we see ourselves as dead with Christ and dead to sin, we live with Christ!
- It's hard to get into a chair we're already sitting on.. can't get what we already have!!
- we are what we are and can't be anyone else. We just got to be who we are!
- We are COMPLETE in Christ!
- God anoints us when he calls us!!!!
- even when we are weak, we are still in Him. Our confidence is in Christ
- we don't do things out of duty to God, but out of our desire for God. Offering is not out of obligation, but out of devotion!
- God will not anoint us to be somebody else
- we mustn't let anyone else be a law for us, don't follow other people's laws. If reading the Bible is a law for us, we won't get anything out of it.
- whoever the son has set free is free indeed! Don't let anyone be a law to us
- 2 Cor 3:15-18(it talks about a veil covering us, and that veil prevents intimacy. It covers the mind. The veil is the law, so when the veil is removed, we can have intimacy with Christ)
Morning Rally - Speaker: Joyce Meyer Title: Change and Transition
- we can make changes, but we need to transition into the change
- change needs to happen! God is a God of progression.
- when reaching to a new thing, we gotta let go of the old things.(step of faith!)
- when we make changes, we gotta give people time to change as well
- the morals and message never change, but the package can!
- many times we get soul tied to things and don't want too change
- when change occurs, we can either go against it, or transition into it.
- we have to adjust and adapt to things and changes
- we must have humility - accept that there are other ways to do things
- we have to give people liberty and freedom to have a free choice
- on the other hand, we can be too adaptive and not stand up, and confront what we're meant to
- when we lose our peace, we lose our power. God is a God of peace, and that's how He works
- sometimes we need to have humility to have peace(minding our own buisness), its not the big stuff that bothers us, but the minor stuff
- repressed anger is worse than expressed anger
- believe in the power of confessing what we want, and not what we have
- God didn't bring us to wherever we are to change the circumstance, but to change ourselves!!
- we have to change or mindset, things aren't just gonna change, we have to set in our mind to be happy.
- do not give the devil one more day of our life
- Three Things of the Kingdom (Romans 14:17)
- Righteousness
- peace
- joy in the Holy Ghost
- we gotta seek and pursue after peace, it won't fall into our laps
- need to learn who we are in Christ(our identity)
He gave a whole lot of verses.. wasn't really much of a sermon, more of a talk.
1 Chronicles 22:5-6, 1 Kings 15:14-15, 1 Kings 8:17-18, 1 Kings 9:3-4, Psalm 42:4, Exodus 35:21-22, Matthew 16:18, 1 Timothy 3:15, Ephesians 5:25,27
- we should never lose sight of God's heart
- church is a movement that is going somewhere
- never underestimate the power of being a part of God's church
- It's all about connecting God's heart for God's people. We are His church.
- Genesis 28, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Psalms 27:1-6
- God calls His church a family, body, and house
- we know that we aren't perfect, but that doesn't change God's love, plan, and hope for us.
- we need to be gathered and scattered at the same time
- we can make the body of God so beautiful that people can come and have a glimpse of God
- as the church, we have to make the way, light the way better, make the truth easier to find, make entering in less exclusive, and let God's heart be felt.
- we have to fall in love with the church
Hmmm i didn't take any notes this session since it was just another big Q&A session. At the start they gave out some drum notes which are really good to practice, then they talked a bit about the technical side of drums..(which i didn't quite get coz im not a technical person) And lots of questions from different people! One of the questions that i found interesting was that someone ask what to do if they had to play in a really small hall. The hillsong drummer took a short pause, then with a smirk on his face said electric drums, then cracked up laughing.. so i presumed that it was a joke.. He later explained that they themselves had a similar problem in one of their music rooms where drums were too loud so they decided to go with an electric drum kit, but they didn't recommend it. The solution they gave was to change to 'quieter/softer' drum kit e.g smaller and thinner cymbals.. They also suggested playing softer, and maybe learning different wrist/arm methods of hitting the drums softer but yet with the same amount of passion and heart. Found it really useful!!
Elective #2 - Youth Pastor & Leadership Speaker: Mike Pilavachi
- Jesus' disciples were like a youth group, all he ever did was to hang out with them
- don't make them consumers(like leechers i guess)
- Jesus got His disciples to take part in the miracles e.g raising of Lazareth, feeding the 5000
- Jesus did the miracles with the hands of the disciples, He got them involved
- He taught them as they went along
- to be a good disciple, space has to be given to be a bad disciple. Same as Jesus' disciples, they didn't things perfectly, some failed at times.
- we have to do things the Jesus way. It always works!
- none of us had worse material than Jesus did, we just need to love them like Jesus did, because love transcends all!
- let them know it's out of love
- we need to be a father, and not a teacher. The church needs fathers to rise up!
- we do our job because it's God's call
- There's a whole generation of young people who wants to be loved, they want to know and feel God's love.
- As we do, we will see miracles.
Ok so this sermon was a bit different. I wrote notes on it, but i don't think half of them even makes sense to me, its got to be in the right context, so typing it out won't do anything. The preaching was also done very fast, and i missed out on a lot of major points because i couldn't write fast enough. So the best way is to just grab a copy of the sermon and listen to it again. Ps Joseph Prince's method of preaching is also slightly different since he uses the translation of the old Hebrew names a lot. There were some parts of his sermon which i wasn't too sure about so notes taken didn't really mean anything. Basically he had a prophetic word, and that it was the people in the stadium that night were of the Benjamin Generation. Not much i can say, so best if everyone gets a copy of the sermon and listens to it.
DAY 5(Friday)
Morning Rally - Speaker: Judah Smith Title: What's Your Point?
- Scripture - Genesis 15:1-6, Psalm 147:4
- God is trying to lift us up to see what He sees, everyone has a point of view and it affects everything we do
- the Bible is God's point of view, we have to look at life from heaven to earth
- we can churches but we can't change kingdoms. Ultimately we have to follow the king!
- is our point of view biblical? Is it how God sees?
- Abram had an attitude because of the things leading up to it(e.g God told him that he will have a child, but waited 20years and still had nothing) when people tell us that we're 'anointed', do we get bored(an attitude) after hearing it 10 times and see nothing change?
- Abram was in a tent(like we are), and was so caught up in his own circumstances. God pulled Abram out of his tent, so He will pull us out of ours too
- God didn't just do anything magnificent.. He made everything!!
- We have to move out of our tent, like Abram, and see God's point of view
- we must want out of the tent(limited paradigm)
- our destiny is not the tent, but the stars in the sky.. the nations, and cities..
- Genesis 15 belongs to us!!
- no father would ever want his child to go to hell, same with our Heavenly Father.
- we can hasten the day of His return, by sharing the word with everyone
- don't ever be discouraged because God is a responsible God. He is Faithful to His Word.
- we(church) have to get our act together, and focus. God puts burdens on us to be stirred
- Zachariah 4:6(not by might, nor by power, but by His spirit)
- if we can see it, we can do it!
- when we trust in God, all our troubles will melt away like wax before God
- God wants us to build something in HIS strength
- Zechariah 4:10(do not despise small beginnings)
- despise: a feeling of something that it is not worth our consideration
- we got to value what God's put in our hands, do not despise
- Jesus came to show us how the kingdom works(e.g feeding of the 5000 with just 5 loaves and 2 fish)
- the multitude are fed by what we have, through Him!
- giving thanks is the opposite to despise (Jesus gave thanks for the food!)
Speaker #2: Joyce Meyer Q&A Session
Hahaha ok so this was the last event that wrapped up the whole conference, and boy did it end with an awesome *bang!*. It was pretty much the hillsong team singing their whole new album to us live, and it sounded so amazing live. After listening their CD, sure it sounded really really good, but hearing it live is a whole new experience! The level of anointing and power in that place was crazy! Just leaving Acer Arena that night left me speechless, in total awe of God's presence and his glory that was in that place as we were worshipping with 30 thousand other people! The atmosphere there is not something that can be explained with words, but has to be felt and experienced personally. The new album is really just amazing, i'm loving every single song, and each one is just so unique and different, and the level of anointing in each song is just so amazing as well.. Many times i was just swept away by the lyrics of the song, not caring about how great they sound or how professional they are, but the heart behind the song is so genuine/real and is really touching. One of the songs that really really spoke to me was 'Healer', it's an old song that i've sung before..but this time, as i was singing it and letting the words minister to me, the presence of God just flooded over me and the words of the song just went straight through into my heart. It was like i was in this whole different place, and everything in my mind just went blank, and it felt like it was just me and God in that whole arena.. That night was definitely a night that will never be forgotten!
- never let the devil have our confidence, believe in whatever God has called us to do
- make a decision to never give up. DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED!
- there will be a lot of test that a leader has to go through
- every opportunity will have an opposition
- the bigger our ministry, bigger the chance of people taking a shot at us
- we have to develop our love walk, love one another because love is spiritual warfare
- love has to be done on purpose everyday!
- Justice makes wrong things right. Seeing a wrong situation and doing something.
- God didn't call us to be musicians(can be anyone), but minstrels.
- it's all about the heart, and what the heart can communicate
- difference between 'get to' and 'got to' (attitude and honour) e.g i get to play drums today, or i got to play drums today.. big difference..
- instead of remembering to worship God, remember the God of worship
- practice the presence of the Lord, practice getting to new places(in worship)
- got to help people to discover God through our instruments, not us but God!
- as a team, we just try not to get in the way of worship. Not be distracting or standing in the way
- preparation is important, but at the same time we are not just a player, but a worshipper. Its all about the heart
- we can worship with anything e.g our work.. worship is the offering. Its what, how, who, and why we worship
- what makes our task holy, is that in whatever we do, we offer unto God
- our acts of worship brings heaven down to earth in a tangible manner
- we have to take our job seriously
- Scriptures: 1 Chronicles 11:17-18, John 18:11
- youth pastors/leaders are most insecure people(think it was a joke haha..)
- learn how to be strong in grace! Be who God has called us to be.
- we have been anointed and appointed for our calling
- as long as we are dependable on affirmation of others, it hinders our ministry and makes us insecure
- if we're not careful we'll get drunk on affirmation from others
- be like David and pour out the water, since it is not our cup. If we don't pour it out we will get intoxicated
- we have to give to God what is deserved of God
- if we drink the cup others give us, we won't be able to drink the cup that God has for us. Don't get drunk on the cup given to us from others!
- "I will be who God has called me to be, i will not apologise but utilise."
- the important thing in ministry is the condition of our spirit
- if we want to grow our ministry, we have to grow our spirit. Spirit begets spirit.
- the art of meditation has been undeveloped and overlooked. We have to constantly preach to ourselves
- we can preach good if we ask the right questions, by asking the Holy Spirit.
- we have to guard and protect our spirit! don't let anything get in the way
- Don't turn teaching into boring preaching. Teaching is very critical!
- we need a ministry that has a great amount of velocity, and to flow with the Spirit.
- we can't teach passion, therefore we need leaders with passion!!!
- we each have 1 life to live and 1 life to give
- many times we pray wrongly, asking God for something we already have
- power in the pulpit comes from living our everyday lives
- Romans 12:1-2
- no point dedicating church buildings, since the people are the church not the building
- we cannot just be moved in our hearts, we have to actually help people. Not just helping them by telling, but by showing
- every morning we gotta ask God what we can do for Him today!
- 2 Corinthians 8:5(got to give ourselves to the will of God)
- we have to give ourselves to God totally. Many people receive Him, but don't give themselves to Him.
- if we want others to care for us, we gotta care for others first
- we got to be at God's disposal and let Him do whatever He wants with us.
- one man totally and completely committed to God makes hell tremble
- we gotta start living a life with purpose on purpose!
- low life is living for self, but high life is living for others!
- 2 Corinthians 5:15(Jesus died so that we do not lead a selfish life)
- 2 Timothy 3:1-5
- peace is power. When the devil can't rattle you, he leaves you.
- obedience is also another spiritual weapon, but love is the greatest!
- we have to declare war against selfishness, daily giving our lives to God
- above all we have to 'put on' love. Which shows that it is action that we choose to do on purpose. Purpose ourselves to put on love.
- we need to spend more time clothing our spiritual self instead of our physical self
- 1 Peter 4:8 (loving people)
- to love people is to not be so hard on them, since everyone makes mistakes
- we need to go to church prepared to be a blessing
- We should be helping people, not telling the church the help them, since we ARE the church!
Hahaha ok so this was the last event that wrapped up the whole conference, and boy did it end with an awesome *bang!*. It was pretty much the hillsong team singing their whole new album to us live, and it sounded so amazing live. After listening their CD, sure it sounded really really good, but hearing it live is a whole new experience! The level of anointing and power in that place was crazy! Just leaving Acer Arena that night left me speechless, in total awe of God's presence and his glory that was in that place as we were worshipping with 30 thousand other people! The atmosphere there is not something that can be explained with words, but has to be felt and experienced personally. The new album is really just amazing, i'm loving every single song, and each one is just so unique and different, and the level of anointing in each song is just so amazing as well.. Many times i was just swept away by the lyrics of the song, not caring about how great they sound or how professional they are, but the heart behind the song is so genuine/real and is really touching. One of the songs that really really spoke to me was 'Healer', it's an old song that i've sung before..but this time, as i was singing it and letting the words minister to me, the presence of God just flooded over me and the words of the song just went straight through into my heart. It was like i was in this whole different place, and everything in my mind just went blank, and it felt like it was just me and God in that whole arena.. That night was definitely a night that will never be forgotten!
I guess this ends my life at the conference :). It's been an amazing life changing event, which showed me God in a whole different light!!! Words fail me, so what i've written down most probably isn't even a half of how great the conference is.
You are Here(The Same Power)
Same power that conquered the grave
lives in me
lives in me
Your love that rescued the earth
lives in me
lives in me
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