This sermon explores the three essential stages of the Christian journey: encounter, formation, and mission. Discover what it means to walk the pathway of holiness, remain planted in God’s house, overcome offense and consumer Christianity, and pursue a deeper life in the presence of God.

Jesus is still calling people closer. Will you go on the journey?

Sharing the journey behind Awake Nations and drawing from Zechariah 4, Glenn reveals the importance of strong spiritual foundations, consecration, and kingdom vision in a time when many are hungry for more than powerless religion. This message will stir your heart for revival, discipleship, mission, and the manifest presence of God in the church today.

God help us to build His House, not ours!

Through the stories of the Red Sea, the wilderness, and the Jordan River, Pastor Mike unpacks the journey from desperation to deliverance, through the desert, and into destiny. With honesty, humour, and faith, he reminds us that the obstacle is not the end of the story. The trial becomes the trail, the problem becomes the pathway, and the very thing standing in front of us can become the stepping stone into God-given purpose.

This message calls believers to reject shame, fear, and anxiety, trust the presence of God, and refuse to settle for a partial inheritance. Awake Nations is challenged to stand side by side, not simply behind gifted leaders, and take ground together as a Spirit-filled family.

God is forming a people who will go all the way into healing, hope, abundant life, and Kingdom impact across Australia and beyond.

We’ve quoted it. Framed it. Posted it. But have we truly understood it?

In this message, we go deeper into Psalm 37:4 and uncover what it really means to delight in God. This isn’t about a transactional faith or a “vending machine” Christianity. It’s about a transformed heart—a posture that attracts the favor of God.

Discover how:

• Delighting in God reshapes your desires
• Favor is something you can grow in
• God works in you to change your heart
• True breakthrough comes from pursuing Him, not just His promises

If you’ve felt dry, distracted, or distant—this message will call you back to the place of intimacy, where everything changes.

“Delight isn’t just something you do… it’s something you become.”

From real-life testimony to biblical encounters—this message will challenge you to rethink what’s possible with God and step into a deeper, more confident walk with Him.

It’s time to elevate your vision, contend for truth, and run with what God is speaking.

“Write the vision and make it plain… so you can run with it.”

Listen now and let your faith rise.

Most Christians can explain the significance of the cross. Many can articulate why Jesus died and what His death accomplished. Far fewer, however, have paused to ask a more foundational question: Why was Jesus born—and why did His life unfold the way it did?

We often summarize the incarnation by saying, “Jesus was born to die.” While this statement is not incorrect, it is incomplete. Luke’s Gospel refuses to let readers move too quickly to the crucifixion. Instead, Luke slows the narrative and draws attention to something easily overlooked: the long, formative years of Jesus’ life—years marked not by public ministry, but by growth, submission, and ordinary faithfulness.

Luke’s insistence on telling the story this way is not accidental. It reveals a deeper logic of salvation—one that is not only about forgiveness of sins, but about the restoration and completion of humanity itself.

Luke’s Distinct Emphasis: Authority Rooted in Faithful Humanity

Each Gospel writer shapes his account with a particular theological aim. Matthew presents Jesus as Israel’s promised King. Mark emphasizes Jesus as the faithful Servant who suffers on behalf of others. John reveals Jesus as the eternal Word made flesh.

Luke, however, writes with a different concern. Addressing Gentile believers seeking certainty, Luke presents Jesus as the faithful Son whose authority is credible precisely because it is formed through obedient human life. Luke does not deny Jesus’ kingship, divinity, or mission—but he grounds them in lived faithfulness.

This explains Luke’s repeated emphasis on Jesus growing “in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” Jesus does not bypass human development. He embraces it fully. He learns, submits, waits, and matures within the ordinary structures of family, community, and time. The Son of God does not simply appear as Savior. He becomes one.

To understand why this matters, Luke’s story pushes us further back—beyond Bethlehem, beyond Israel, all the way to Adam.

The Deeper Problem: Adam’s Interrupted Vocation

Adam is not presented in Scripture merely as the first sinner, but as the first representative human. He was created to live in unbroken communion with God and to reflect God’s life into the world. Identity, obedience, and authority were meant to flow naturally from that communion.

When Adam sinned, the damage extended far beyond moral failure. Communion with God was broken. Human identity became distorted by shame. Humanity’s vocation to steward creation became frustrated and resistant. Sin did not simply alter behavior—it fractured human life itself.

If this is the depth of the problem, then salvation cannot be limited to forgiveness alone. Humanity does not merely need pardon; it needs restoration. Something that was begun in creation was left unfinished. Human growth toward maturity was interrupted.

Christ and the Completion of Humanity

This is where the early church’s insight becomes essential. Irenaeus described Christ’s work as recapitulation: Christ does not merely undo Adam’s failure; He completes Adam’s unfinished vocation.

Where Adam grasped prematurely, Christ waited.Where Adam distrusted, Christ obeyed.Where Adam fractured communion, Christ restored it.

Adam’s sin was not simply breaking a command. It was attempting to mature apart from God—to take hold of what could only be received through trust and obedience over time. Christ enters this story not by bypassing human development, but by faithfully living it through to completion.

Only God incarnate could do this. As Irenaeus famously summarized, “The Word became what we are, so that we might become what He is.” Not divine by nature, but restored to true humanity through communion with God.

This means Christ does not merely correct humanity’s failure; He carries humanity to its intended end.

What This Means for Us: Salvation as Participation

If Christ completes Adam’s vocation rather than simply reversing Adam’s mistake, then the Christian life must be understood as participation in restored humanity, not as an independent effort to achieve spiritual maturity.

Salvation, therefore, is more than a change in legal standing before God. It includes the healing and reordering of human life itself. In Christ, humanity is not returned to a neutral starting point; it is reoriented toward maturity. What was interrupted in Adam is carried forward, fulfilled, and now shared with those who are united to Christ.

This also reshapes how we understand growth and timing. Adam’s failure was marked by impatience—by seizing what could only be received. Christ establishes a different pattern. He submits to formation, obscurity, and delay. For believers, this means slow growth is not a spiritual problem to solve but often a theological necessity. God is not merely correcting behavior; He is completing humanity. That work cannot be rushed.

Sonship, Obedience, and Formation Under Pressure

The New Testament reflects this pattern through its language of sonship. Tekna describes children who belong by birth; huios describes mature sons entrusted with responsibility and representation. Belonging comes first. Authority follows formation.

Luke’s account of Jesus at twelve years old illustrates this clearly. Jesus knows who His Father is. He demonstrates unusual wisdom. And yet, He returns to Nazareth and submits. He stands at the threshold of maturity and refuses to seize authority prematurely.

Hebrews reinforces this vision with a striking claim: “Although He was a Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.” This does not imply disobedience. It means obedience was fully embodied under real pressure.

Some aspects of formation can only occur in difficulty. Obedience becomes mature when it is sustained in resistance rather than convenience. Christ was not shaped by suffering alone, but by faithful obedience within suffering. For believers, this reframes hardship. Resistance does not necessarily signal misalignment with God’s will. Often, it is the context in which obedience deepens and humanity is healed.

Communion, Not Independence, as the Goal

Adam’s fracture began with the illusion that life could be secured apart from God. Christ restores the opposite truth: human life flourishes only in communion.

This redefines the goal of discipleship. The aim is not independence, self-mastery, or spiritual self-sufficiency. The aim is sustained dependence on God. Practices such as prayer, patience, submission, and trust are not preliminary stages of faith; they are expressions of restored humanity living as it was always meant to live.

This vision guards against despair by affirming that unfinished areas of life do not disqualify us—they simply reveal where formation is still underway. It also guards against presumption by reminding us that maturity cannot be seized or accelerated. Authority and fruitfulness emerge in their proper time as the result of faithful participation in Christ’s life.

Conclusion: Trusting God to Finish What He Began

Where Adam’s growth was interrupted, Christ completed the journey. He did not rush maturity or grasp authority. He entrusted Himself fully to the Father, carrying human life to its intended end.

Importantly, Christ did not complete humanity instead of us in a way that leaves us passive. He completed it for us and with us, reopening the path for our own restoration and formation.

The Christian life, then, is not a frantic attempt to become something new. It is a faithful participation in what Christ has already completed—allowing God to finish in us what He has finished in His Son.

In Christ, humanity’s story is no longer stalled. It is moving—slowly, faithfully, and securely—toward the maturity God always intended.

Discover the meaning of avak harav (the dust of the rabbi), halakha (the walk), and haderech (the way) — and how Jesus flipped the entire rabbinic system by going to Galilee, calling the unqualified, and declaring that it's not your qualification that brings the calling, but the calling that qualifies you.

This teaching will challenge you to move beyond church attendance into genuine discipleship — marked by maturation and mobilisation — until his instincts become your instincts.

📖 Scripture References: Matthew 4:18–22 | 2 Peter 3:18 | 1 John 2:6 | 1 Corinthians 1:27–28 | Acts 4:13

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Drawing from the rich biblical imagery behind Tetelestai—a term used in the marketplace, the temple, the courtroom, the military, and even by artists—this message reveals how the Cross was not merely a moment of death, but the moment when all of heaven’s purposes converged in victory.

Through Christ’s finished work:

• Intimacy is restored — the veil was torn, and access to the Father is now open (Hebrews 10:19-22).
• Identity is reclaimed — we are adopted as sons and daughters, heirs with Christ (Romans 8:16-17).
• Influence is reactivated — Jesus’ resurrection reestablishes the believer’s authority to represent His Kingdom on earth (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8).

From Eden lost to Eden regained, this sermon proclaims that the Cross is not just about salvation from sin but restoration to divine purpose. The resurrection of Jesus was not the conclusion of redemption—it was the commencement of Kingdom restoration.

You weren’t just saved—you were sent. The tomb is empty, the Spirit is poured out, and the revolution continues.

Live like “It is finished”… but also like “It has just begun.”

Three words frame this divine authentication: miracles (dunamis—raw power), wonders (events that stop you in your tracks), and signs (supernatural signposts pointing beyond themselves). Together, they formed God’s public testimony that this carpenter from Nazareth spoke and acted with divine authority.

Glenn traces this theme through Hebrews 2, Romans 15, and the prophetic visions of Isaiah, revealing a consistent biblical pattern: the gospel comes not in word only but in demonstration of the Spirit’s power. Miracles aren’t appendices to the message—they’re integral to it, showcasing dominion over sin, sickness, and spiritual darkness.

The challenge? Embrace both proclamation and demonstration. Move beyond passive belief into active partnership with a God who still confirms His Word with signs following.

Whether you’re studying Christology, hungry for revival, or pursuing Kingdom impact in your sphere of influence, this episode will stir your faith.

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In this episode, Bill shares the defining moment that transformed his life and ministry: a reluctant visit to a Kathryn Kuhlman healing service in 1972. What began with skepticism ended in a profound, personal encounter with the Holy Spirit—an encounter that shifted his faith from doctrine to intimacy and ignited a lifetime of miracles, revival, and nations touched by the power of God.

From emptied hospitals and undeniable healings to a prophetic vision of end-time revival, Bill unpacks why the Church must pursue the Holy Spirit—not just His power—and why the greatest move of God is still ahead. This is a stirring call to faith, fire, and participation in the last great awakening.

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Jesus said, “The Son can do nothing of Himself, but only what He sees the Father doing.” Seeing the Father was His True North. It oriented every decision, every delay, every action. He didn’t live from strategy—He lived from awareness.

In this episode, we explore what it truly means to see the Father—not through visions or mystical moments alone, but through relational attentiveness, presence, and alignment. Seeing becomes the compass that keeps us from striving, reacting, or forcing outcomes. When sight is lost, we substitute busyness for obedience and activity for intimacy.

This message calls us back to a life where relationship defines direction, where fruit flows from abiding, and where discernment replaces pressure. If you’ve ever felt tired, restless, or unsure why your efforts aren’t producing life, this episode invites you to recalibrate—to find your True North again by living from the Father’s presence.