In a Furnace | Rally The Smile Within | Bobbie Houston | Sisterhood Australia | February 10 2022

In this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73gKe3p_7U ) Bobbie believes the current events are like being in a furnace.

Do you agree this is true?

Please see Brian’s 30 Rules for the Hillsong Australia Preaching & Teaching Team - Brian C Houston are that Every message:
- IS POSITIVE.

- IS IN LINE WITH OUR BELIEF.

- HAS A SET TIME LIMIT.

- MUST BE PROVEN IN THE BIBLE.

- MANY HOURS OF MEDITATION, PREPARATION & FAMILIARISATION.

- CHECKED FOR OVERUSE OF “I”.

- FOCUSED ON HELPING, NOT IMPRESSING.

- REINFORCING – NEVER CONTRADICTING – OUR CULTURAL VALUES.

- FROM A NEW TESTAMENT PERSPECTIVE.

- A REFLECTION OF THE LIFE YOU ARE LIVING, NOT JUST THE SERMON YOU ARE PREACHING.

- A REFLECTION OF YOUR PERSONALITY, NOT AN IMITATION OF SOMEONE ELSE.

- AFFECTS PEOPLE’S MONDAYS, NOT JUST SUNDAY.

- NOT STRAYING INTO THINGS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.

- REFLECTING WHAT WE ARE FOR, NOT AGAINST.

- LEAVES PEOPLE FEELING BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES THAN WHEN THEY CAME IN.!

- EASILY TRANSITIONED INTO AN ALTAR-CALL.

- NOTEWORTHY..

- SEES HUMOUR AS A BONUS, NOT THE GOAL.

- PREACHED FROM NOTES YOU’D BE PROUD TO SHOW ME.

- EXALTS JESUS AND BRINGS GLORY TO GOD.

- REFLECTS YOUR LEVEL OF AUTHORITY.

- PROJECTS CONFIDENT HUMILITY.

- COMBINES FAITH WITH TRANSPARENCY.

- TELLING NOT JUST WHAT, BUT HOW.

- LEFT BEHIND ON MONDAY.

- FOCUSED AS MUCH ON DELIVERY AS CONTENT.

- AWARE OF A GREATER AUDIENCE THAN THE ROOM: The days are long gone when the possibility of being recorded in one form or another is absent - whether by individuals on phones or corporately on cameras or sound-systems. Even though you may be speaking to church family, you have to remember your message will more than likely go beyond the family – so nothing is entirely safe in that sense. Filter everything you say through this reality.

- LISTENED TO OR WATCHED BY YOU: Ask for a copy of your message for review and don’t worry about appearing proud by asking – it’s a necessary part of growing as a speaker. Get used to how you sound and get past the ‘cringe-factor’. By observing and listening to yourself, you will notice habits and other distractions that you can fix. Learn to love the way you sound – if you don’t, no one else will.

- HELPING PEOPLE OVERCOME AND BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT THEM.

- ABLE TO STAND ALONE IN A NEWSPAPER: Every message should include points that would stand alone in the newspaper. For example, years ago I wrote a book with a controversial title. I was young at the time and thought it was a great idea to use a controversial title. But as Hillsong's profile (and my own profile grew), I may as well have drawn a bullseye on my forehead. It became fodder for journalists wanting to criticise it's content. Let’s assume everything you say is quotable and can be published in a newspaper – how does it stand then? Think about how would you sound without your spirit and physical presence on it - quoted in black and white?

Do you think Bobbie passed the test?????