Well what i can i say, its a very full life I've been leading here. I've just started 3rd year, its gonna be a year of interning with the head of teaching and preaching of Hillsong Church - Robert Fergusson. Its very much a God thing as he doesn't take interns on very much, but i really felt impressed on my heart to intern with him. At present I'm doing a few hours of research for his sermons whilst i get my 2nd year classes all completed, then its 2 days a week with assisting him with his teaching and preaching in church and college.
The past year has been an amazing year of God seemingly continue to getting rid of the big parts of rubbish that were in my life at the beginning of the year and then filling me up with a great feeling of wholeness, joy and peace since the new year. I'm feeling the true rest of God in what seems to be the busiest my life has ever been......busy, actually is not really it, its a full life, not much time to watch T.V or read the newspaper its go, go, go around here. Also since i am studying at a leadership college, funnily enough my leadership skills and capacity has increased massively, which too has had a massive impact in the way i do life and on my character. I'm actually enjoying life so much more and don't feel half as intense as i used to be and can actually accept some of my insecurities and actually let God work through them and reveal his strength, which is truly amazing, as i never thought it was possible. For instance i got to speak to the whole college briefly a couple of months ago, which was about a 1000 people and it actually went well - even though i hate public speaking as i normally get so nervous and insecure, but All glory to him, if it would have just been me, it would have been a funny time. Now i speak regularly at something or other quite regularly which is really cool, as God is just flowing through me, Amen. I'm loving running a program called ''valiant man'' in one of the extension services of hillsong church which is transforming mens lives and their families turning marriages, from good to great, and helping single males understand how God has wired them hormonally and chemically and how their sex drive can be so distorted in our western world. I'm also building my connect (discipleship) group and have just got all my guys to sponsor a compassion (www.compassion.com) child as a group and encourage each person to sponsor 1 each. I'm living on the word of God daily, through teaching, preaching at church, through resource, my own reading and of course college, its crazy how differently i see the bible now to when i first got here and living with a much better and deeper revelation of who God is and who he is for me today. He is continually changing me and giving me greater and deeper revelation of Him and his ways. I'm very much in love. Its a crazy romance this Christian life he has given us. Its transformational. Praise him hey:)
Anyway what more can i tell you, I'm not sure, probably lots, such as conference after conference we've been having, and going to to Sydney racecourse for Sunday church last Sunday, this place doesn't stop going from strength to strength, you guys have to come here next July for the 21st conference - its ridiculously amazing. Anyhow i don't want to turn this thing into a book.
So i send my Blessings To you all
Love Stephen
From Stephen Morris in Australia
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