On Wednesday this week, I took a half day of leave and went out to the Hillsong Conference to hear Bill Hybels talk ... he spoke about Crossing the Road ... stepping out of our comfort zones according to the prompting and leading of the Holy Spirit in order to reach out to the lost children of God!
I have to say that standing on my own ... without a single friend or person that I knew ... in the middle of a stadium of 35,000 people worshipping and praising God was one of the most exquisite moments of my life ... a truly God moment when I was one with God's people ... brothers and sisters in Christ and giving my life to worship God ...
Then, on Thursday night, I went back to the Conference with Clint Hook to see Reinhard Bonnke, a famous Evangelist preach on Africa and challenge us to live up to the call of evangelism ... we were treated to an hour of worship from Israel Houghton's "New Breed Ministries" which was absolutely fantastic ... Israel has an amazing voice and really lifted the roof off the Superdome stadium along with the praising of approx. 35,000 people ...
Reinhard Bonnke also treated us to a world first premier of his latest evangelistic film release ... a series of 8 films from across the world which encourages us to take up God's call to become part of his global world plan ...
On the clip that we saw called "Lost at Sea", his main message was this :
"God's own image in man was the image of love until the storms of sin ruffled the waters and the reflection was distorted. But God was not outwitted. He invested all he had for everyone who ever lived. Through the ages, many passionate men and women have lived and died to preach Christ and his salvation to all tribes and nations. The love of God in a man's soul is one hundred times finer and more noble than any motive that has ever driven him.
To know the love of all loves is the secret of all secrets. My friend, I am here to tell you the church of Jesus Christ is not a pleasure boat but a lifeboat for saving souls and every hand is needed on deck."
Wow ... so powerful ... what a great message!!
