Hillsong Australia Podcast

How do you know when it's the Holy Spirit leading you, and not just you?Building on his message The Way of the Wind, Pastor Robert Fergusson sits down with Jerry to talk about what it really looks like to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. From crossing the Drake Passage to Antarctica, to moving his family to Australia "for two years" 37 years ago, Robert shares how he's learned to recognise the Spirit's witness, why the Christian life was never meant to be lived in the shallows, and how a simple prompt to encourage someone can change their life.✨ Key Themes• Comfortable, redefined: the word once meant the capacity to receive comfort, not a life of ease.• Out of the shallows: Christianity isn't difficult, it's impossible, and that's where we see God move.• The witness of the Spirit: not an audible voice or a feeling, but a deep knowing.• Cross the room: how one prompt to encourage someone can ripple further than we imagine.• When it feels weird: why the Spirit is always good, even when the people He moves through are flawed.• A green light policy: Scripture already tells us to love and encourage; the Spirit can redirect us.• Surrendered desires: how God called Robert to teach when no one, including him, saw it coming.📖 Scripture References• Luke 5:1–11: Jesus tells the disciples to put out into deep water• John 3:8: the wind blows wherever it pleases, and so it is with the Spirit• Romans 8:16: the Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are God's children• John 14:16: Jesus promises the Comforter, the One called alongside• Acts 16:6–10: the Spirit stops Paul from one place and leads him to Macedonia• 1 John 4:1–3: testing the spirits, and how the Holy Spirit always leads us to Jesus📚 Resources• Robert's message The Way of the Wind, the previous episode of the Hillsong Australia Podcast• The Breath of the Gods by Simon Winchester, which Robert read while preparing the message🚶 Next Steps• Check your comfort: are you settled in ease, or open to receiving God's comfort in hard places?• Step into deep water: say yes to one thing this week that needs God to turn up.• Cross the room: ask the Holy Spirit who needs encouragement, then go and encourage them.• Live with a green light: don't wait for a special word to love, encourage and bless people.• Let time and fruit tell: before judging an unfamiliar move of the Spirit, look for its long-term fruit.🔗 Links🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: https://hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: https://hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

In this message, Pastor Robert Fergusson explores the person of the Holy Spirit and the invitation to move beyond what is familiar and step into what God is doing.Caught between the now and the not yet, we are invited on a journey of revelation, salvation and transformation. God hasn't simply opened the curtains for us to watch His story unfold; He's invited us to be part of it. But following Jesus means moving beyond the safety of the shore, embracing the unknown and learning to recognise the leading of the Holy Spirit.Pastor Robert unpacks what it means to know the person of the Holy Spirit and learn His ways. It's a reminder that we aren't called to remain spectators, but to listen, surrender and move with the Spirit as He leads us into all that God has ahead.If this message encouraged you, share it with someone who could also use the encouragement.🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: https://hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: https://hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

Why do smart people do foolish things?Building on his Unboxed Session message We Declare from Hillsong Conference 2026, Sam Lopez, Lead Pastor of Hillsong California, sits down with Muchiri Gateri to talk about wisdom in a world overloaded with information. Sam shares how his faith grew from asking "what am I allowed to do?" to asking "what's wise?", and why most of the moments we pray God will rescue us from are ones wisdom was trying to warn us about all along.✨ Key Themes• Revelation is seen before it's heard: why "I got a revelation" really means "we'll see".• Not sinful, just foolish: moving beyond "is this a sin?" to "is this wise?"• Posture over pace: everyone's life feels a little too fast; humility is what lets us hear wisdom.• Wisdom is skill: the same God who crafted creation wants to skilfully craft your life.• Everything has a rhythm: your money, time, relationships and words all speak.• Inclusive, with a clear message: following Jesus with clarity in an age of information and AI.• Beyond the bubble: why Sam tests his ideas with friends and family who don't share his faith.📖 Scripture References• Proverbs 1:20–21: wisdom calls out in the streets, in everyday life• Proverbs 8:27–29: wisdom was there when God set the limits of the sea• Proverbs 6:6: go to the ant and learn its ways• Matthew 5:3: blessed are the poor in spirit• Matthew 7:13–14: the narrow gate that leads to life• 1 Corinthians 1:20–25: the wisdom of God and the foolishness of the world📚 Resources• Sam's message We Declare, the previous episode of the Hillsong Australia Podcast🚶 Next Steps• Ask a better question: next time you face a decision, ask not just "is this okay?" but "is this wise?"• Pick one area to lock in: money, time, relationships or speech. Write down what wisdom would look like there.• Pray on the move: before school pick-up, a meeting or a hard conversation, simply ask, "Lord, I need your wisdom."• Learn by watching: notice the rhythms of someone you see as wise, and ask them about it.• Step outside your bubble: have one real conversation this week with someone who doesn't share your faith.🔗 Links🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: https://hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: https://hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

In this Unboxed Session message from Hillsong Conference 2026, Pastor Sam Lopez brings a thought-provoking message about wisdom and what it means to live a life that declares the goodness of God in all seasons.A life that declares the goodness of God is a life anchored in His wisdom. The world has no shortage of information, but what we desperately need is revelation. It's not simply about what we know, but how we live. Because revelation is seen before it's heard, and true wisdom is demonstrated in the way we live out what we know.Sometimes God's will is clear, and other times He invites us into the pursuit of wisdom. Wisdom isn't reserved for life's biggest crossroads, nor is it hidden or exclusive. It's found in the everyday rhythms of life, in the small decisions and ordinary moments where we choose to surrender and allow God to lead.Discover what it means to pursue God's wisdom, not just in life's defining moments, but in the everyday decisions that shape how we live.If this message encouraged you, share it with someone who could use the reminder.🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: https://hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: https://hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

What if you've been trying to earn something from God that he's already given you?Building on his message Ask, Seek, Knock, Georg Pingel, Campus Pastor of our Sydney City campus, sits down with Jay Jury, to talk about the goodness of our Father. Georg shares honestly about the scarcity mindset he had to unlearn, the way our earthly fathers shape how we see God, and why Jesus' invitation to ask, seek and knock was never about prying open a reluctant God's door.✨ Key Themes• Scarcity isn't just about money: not enough time, not enough love, and the feeling of living constantly "in debt".• Present, not divided: you share your time, but you don't have to share your love.• Our fathers shape our picture of God: how wanting to make his dad proud showed Georg his own performance mindset.• "Daddy, say go Noah": why it's okay to bring our need for approval to God.• God at the door: not hiding at the back, but waiting expectantly for us to knock.• Counterfeit rest: rest isn't the absence of doing, it's the presence of the Father.• "You guys ask": Jesus' words are plural, so we ask, seek and knock for others too.📖 Scripture References• Matthew 7:7–12: ask, seek, knock, and the goodness of the Father• Romans 5:8: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us• Galatians 1:6: Paul asks why the Galatians are so quickly turning from the gospel• Hebrews 13:5: "I will never leave you nor forsake you"• Luke 19:10: Jesus came to seek and save the lost📚 Resources• Georg's message Ask, Seek, Knock, the previous episode of the Hillsong Australia Podcast🚶 Next Steps• Notice where you feel "in debt": time, love or performance. Bring it honestly to God.• Be fully present: next time you're with the people you love, give them all of you, without the guilt.• Tell God what you need: like a five-year-old calling out "say go Noah", bring your need for his voice to him.• Rethink rest: this week, let rest be time in God's presence, not just time switched off.• Ask, seek and knock for someone else: choose one person to pray for this week.🔗 Links🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: https://hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: https://hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

What if we've brought a scarcity mindset into our relationship with God? We can become so accustomed to expecting less that we stop asking, seeking and believing for more. But in Matthew 7, Jesus challenges that way of thinking, reminding us that we don't come to a reluctant God, but to a good Father who knows what we need and delights in us.Pastor Georg Pingel unpacks three lessons from Jesus' invitation to ask, seek and knock: understanding who we're asking, recognising what our Father gives, and discovering what His goodness sets us free to do. When we know the heart of our Father, we're no longer driven by scarcity or settling for the counterfeits the world offers. We're free to receive His grace and live differently because of it.Jesus' invitation isn't just about what we receive, but how we live and how we treat others. When we truly understand the goodness of God, it changes our expectations, our relationship with Him and the way we extend that same goodness to those around us.If this message challenged your perspective, share it with someone who needs to hear it.🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: https://hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: https://hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

In this message from Hillsong Conference 2026, Pastor Lucinda Dooley reminds us that God is calling us to trust again, go again and believe for greater things. Through the arrow of victory, the axe of ease and the anointing of freshness, we are encouraged to pick up what God has placed in our hands, sharpen our faith and step into the mission ahead of us. Pastor Lucinda reminds us that God is not finished with His church, there is more to come and all of us have our part to play in the body of Christ.It's not time to stop. It's time to strike the ground again and believe for all that God has promised.Listen now and be encouraged to trust God again, sharpen your faith and walk in the fresh anointing He has given you.🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: https://hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: https://hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

If Jesus has already won, why does following him still feel like such a fight?Nathan McLean sits down with Dale Simons, Campus Pastor at Hillsong Melbourne East, to unpack his message This Means War. Dale shares the personal moment that sparked the message, and why he's convinced the fullness of life Jesus promises isn't taken without a fight. Together they talk honestly about the pull of old habits, the danger of a "half gospel", and why winning the war within has far less to do with trying harder than we think.✨ Key Themes- The promise required a battle: what Israel entering the Promised Land teaches us about the promises of God.- Not trying harder: it's not a gospel of works, it's about feeding your spirit.- Look at Jesus, not the struggle: why old habits lose their pull in his presence.- Snacking vs feasting: a verse a day is good, but it isn't a meal.- Regularity, not religiosity: keeping rhythms with God when you don't feel it.- Repent, replace, refill: three rhythms for the war within.- The full gospel: forgiveness is the entry point, not the finish line.📖 Scripture References- Galatians 5:16–17: the war between the Spirit and our sinful nature- John 16:7: Jesus says it's better that he goes, so the Holy Spirit can come- Romans 8:11: the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in us- James 4:8: draw near to God and he will draw near to you- John 10:10: the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy; Jesus came to give life to the full📚 Resources- Dale's message This Means War, the previous episode of the Hillsong Australia Podcast🚶 Next Steps- Trade a snack for a feast: set aside unhurried time in the Word this week, ask God to speak, and dwell on it.- Pray beyond the wish list: spend part of your prayer time simply waiting on God.- Shift your focus: instead of fixating on the habit you're fighting, spend that energy looking at Jesus.- Find your people: read a passage with a friend and talk about what stands out.- Ask to be refilled: invite the Holy Spirit to fill you, every day.🔗 Links🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

There's a battle happening within each of us, between the life we want to live and the things that pull us away from God. But we haven't been left to fight that battle alone.In this message, Pastor Dale Simons explores the reality of our struggle with sin and the supernatural life God has made available to us through His Holy Spirit. The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in us, empowering us to bring the reality of God's Kingdom into our everyday lives.So how do we begin to win the war within? Through three rhythms: repent, replace and refill. Discover what it looks like to bring our hearts before God, fill our minds with His truth and allow the Holy Spirit to renew, fuel and empower us to live the life He has called us to.God has more for us than a life of simply going through the motions. It's time to move beyond religion and step into the Spirit-filled life He intended for us.Listen now and be encouraged to live from the victory Jesus has already won.🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.

What do you do when trusting God means letting go of the answers you want?Building on her message at Hillsong Conference 2026, Danielle Jeyaratnam, Lead Pastor of Hillsong New York, sits down with Shekeinah Hill to talk about what surrender actually looks like in everyday life. Danielle has said some big yeses, from the Hills to City, to Perth, to New York. But this conversation is about the yeses nobody saw. A self-confessed control freak who likes to know every detail, she talks honestly about fear, trust, slowing down and learning to rely on God when the explanations don't come.✨ Key Themes- Surrender is trust, not loss: an active leaning into Jesus, even when every yes means saying goodbye to something.- A thousand little yeses: the small, unseen choices that shaped Danielle long before the big moves.- Surrendering fear: from staying home to avoid rejection to never saying no to a God-breathed opportunity out of fear.- Slowing down: why stillness in God's presence became key to discerning what's next.- Unanswered questions: what helps her keep trusting when life doesn't go to plan.- "Our kingdom come": her daughter's Lord's Prayer mix-up, and the quiet signs we're building our own kingdom.- A family's yes: raising four daughters through a life of moves, goodbyes and following Jesus.📖 Scripture References- Isaiah 55:8–9: God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours- Matthew 6:10: "Your kingdom come, your will be done"- Philippians 1:21 + Luke 9:23: surrender always involves dying to something- Matthew 6:24: we can't serve two masters💬 Quotes"We all surrender to something, or someone. It's just who do we choose that to be." – Danielle"Trust sounds so beautiful until you're living with unanswered questions." – Shekeinah"If we don't slow down enough to listen to the voice of God, how can we possibly discern whether the next step is the thing that we should be doing?" – Danielle"I can trust that God does, even when I can't see." – Danielle🚶 Next Steps- Answer Danielle's question: what's one area of your life where God is asking you to surrender?- Pray the Lord's Prayer slowly and notice where "your" quietly means "mine".- Make space this week to be still before God, not just to talk.- Say one small yes you've been avoiding out of fear.- Share this with someone walking through a harder season.🔗 Links🌐 Learn more about Hillsong Australia: hillsong.com/australia📍 Find a Hillsong Australia location near you: hillsong.com/australia📲 Subscribe to the Hillsong Australia Podcast on your favourite platform and follow @hillsongaustraliaBringing Sunday into your everyday.