Planet Shakers - Judah Smith

Planetshakers conference launched in Brisbane last night with guest speaker Judah Smith from Generation Church in Seattle (USA).  His message titled 'The Beautiful Affliction' was one of the most outstanding messages to a youth audience that I have heard.

Here are some snippets of the message:

"I am determined to redefine 'fun' in my city.  We have defined 'fun' as what is fun in the moment; but if it's not fun in the morning, it's not fun, it's torment"

"We have reduced purity to virginity.  However Jesus raised the bar from virginity of the body to virginity of the heart"

Speaking from Luke 7 about the deceased young man in the casket, who was carried by the city gates...  "Gates were significant; they were where the influencers sat.  The young man was carried dead by the gate, instead of sitting in the gates."  

"Jesus grabbed the young man in the casket.  Look at the zeal of God in bringing a young man back to his destiny."

 

"Jesus told the young man to 'wake up!'...Samson thought he could lounge in the lap of lust without losing his vision...Wake up!"

"The young man could have thought it was too late, but his coffin had no lid - it was an open coffin.  There is always an open coffin and hope when Jesus is around."

Looking forward to a week of hot preaching, with Reinhard Bonnke, Chris Hill, Reggie Dabbs and Jurgen Matthesius still to come!