Passion & Power in Australia

Written by Banning Liebscher Friday, 21 January 2011 15:50

I'm writing this blog overlooking the ocean and the Gold Coast. Australia is truly a gorgeous country with amazing people.  As many of you may know from watching the news, Australia (particularly Queensland on the Northeast Coast), was hit with some of the worst flooding since 1974. Entire neighborhoods were under water and not only did some families lose everything but many people lost their lives in this horrendous tragedy. The flooding has stopped by the immense undertaking of rebuilding begins. Not only the rebuilding of homes but for many the rebuilding of lives. Pray for Australia that God would give beauty for ashes and out of this catastrophe show His goodness to a nation. Our team heads up to Brisbane which is in the heart of Queensland this weekend. Pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit during our two day conference there.

Our trip over here has been amazing! The hunger and passion for Jesus is incredible. We held our first conference at one of our favorite churches in Sydney, Dayspring. The place was packed with young revivalists in love with Jesus and laying down their lives to see Him glorified in their nation. Sean Smith spoke the first night and just tore it up and I spoke the second night. Every night the response was powerful as youth, young adults, and many adults ;-) responded to the presence and word of God. As always our band with Kim and Chris were off the charts. Our admin team also was amazing. I'm so glad to be running with such an incredible team.

We also spent two nights with some new friends Phil Pringle and Josh Kelsey from C3 Church in Sydney. What a great church led by some powerful leaders. Our team had a great time ministering there. Then we had  a one night stop in Newcastle and are no headed up to Brisbane for two days and then one night with our good friend Russell Evans at Planetshakers.

Thank you all for praying. May God marry this great nation of Australia with His presence and His power.