This Church is Amazing.

Hey guys, so I just have this incredible urge to tell you how amazing this church is. The presence of God is so in this place its insane. They have 4 services a weekend, Saturday Night, 2 Sunday morning and 1 Sunday night. Sunday night is THE service to go to because the worship is just way more intense then ever. It's such a crazy experience being here because I am beginning to see the reason behind what they do, behind the scenes, behind the actions and the words and now instead of seeing it as a service or nice performance or fancy lights or fancy videos, I am beginning to see the Glory of God. It just blows my mind, because the reason they put these events and videos and performances on is 100% for God, and none of it for their own glory which is the way it should be.

This past sunday, I felt completely welcomed and at home because I got assigned to be on the choir team and so I had to show up sunday morning for 7am. That was super early, but so rewarding. We rehearsed, and then before each service went into the green room, prayed, chatted, ate food, and then we would all go out on stage and sing and worship God in every service. And it was incredible because as I was on stage looking out I was like "how the heck did I get here?" and I'm standing beside a whole bunch of other musicians who I have looked up to forever, and it totally blows my mind. But then, I began to grasp the concept of the fact that these people all around me, along with myself, are here for one sole purpose. They don't care who they are standing beside, they don't care who is sitting in the front rows, all they care about is worshipping God and Thanking Jesus Christ for what he's done. And thats the attitude in every single department of a single church service. The lighting crews, the sound crews, the TV crews, the choir, the musicians, the hosts/ushers, the resource centre, the welcome team, EVERYTHING flows and EVERYONE has the same goal and same purpose in mind, and that is that God loves humanity, and God loves people. So if we love God, we love people. I constantly am blown away with the upmost amounts of effort that go into every service, and the HUGE amount of reward from God as soon as you commit and/or sacrifice yourself to God's kingdom and God's house and what he wants to do with that day, in that service. I am blown away.

Vision sunday rocked, last sunday was called Vision Sunday and that was where Pastor Brian took the church on this little journey about what he feels God has called his church, the body of Christ to do this year and that is to always move forward, press further into the kingdom and the glory of Christ, and so today, to demonstrate that they made an incredible touching video, along with huge announcements like how they are bringing Hillsong Church to NEW YORK CITY. I am so excited about that, and can't wait for everything to unfold. And so its just so crazy, every weekend is a new and exciting and challenging and uplifting weekend where you just can't get enough of it, and that I think is what church is suppose to be. Something that you can't wait to find out what happens next, and the more I think of it, the more I realize that its more the excitement of Christ and what he's gonna do, rather then the church itself. Because if you open yourself up to him completely, and give EVERYTHING you are to him, he will ALWAYS reward you ten fold, and he's already done that in my time here, and it BLOWS my MIND. So yeah, its just nuts how Hillsong is so global, so huge with several different satellite churches around the world, but they still maintain the same focus, the same goal. Hillsong Churches vision statement goes like this: To reach and influence the world by building a large, Christ-centered, bible-based church, changing mindsets, and empowering people to lead and impact in every sphere of life. And so its just nuts how, if you have a healthy Church according to what God wants from his bride, then why not strive for a large church? Does something that is healthy not grow in the spirit? It does, and thats what Hillsong is doing and so yeah.

My mind = poof.
My heart = broken and remolded. again and again.
My Spirit = reflourished. renewed. overflowing.

its nuts. :) I am in love with God, and you should be too. He's amazing.

and I'm done. (for now) :)

BYE!