Hillsong United Conference: Brian Houston
Brian Houston, the senior pastor at , led the first Saturday Morning Rally. Here are some notes from his message, including his comments regarding the recent news around Michael Guglielmucci:
- God is amazing – He can use technology to spread the love of a song from Australia to the States before it is even played for the first time live!
- Regarding Michael Guglielmucci
- When has anyone ever asked for proof of a claim of cancer?
- It is best sometimes just to keep our eyes on Jesus and move on
- There are sometimes seasons of tough times and disappointments
Message Title: “Does My Donkey Offend You?” or “The Unapologetic Christian”
Luke 19:28-40 (NIV):
After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’” Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” They replied, “The Lord needs it.” They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
- They gave the shirts off their backs, put them on the donkey, then put Jesus on the donkey
- Jerusulem was the epicenter of the world
- The donkey carried the Messiah toward the promise of God, His death and resurrection so that we could see our lives turned around with a level of impossibility
- There are things in our life that are a bit like the donkey, they seem simple until you put Jesus on top of them
- Are you read to put Jesus on top of everything in your life?
- Work is about more than putting food on the table
- It is hard to go both directions at the time – serving God and doing work/school separately, as if they were 2 (or more) lives
- The best thing you can do is make everything in your life about one thing – Jesus
- What does that donkey represent in your life, where you need to place Jesus on top?
- Joel took his passion and vision and took action by first placing Jesus on top of the project, he then gathered others to help
- It is amazing what God can do when a simple idea has Jesus placed first!
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