Hillsong London and Matt Redman in Budapest!

Hillsong London and Matt Redman in worship concert in Budapest!

What a blessing to see these two groups in worship together, declaring over the city God's praises!

Dancing and jumping surely would have broken out had we not been on a "very thin" roof over the train station!

Arden and Kimberley whose lives are being transformed by His Great Love!

Joanna Foley and Arden...Jo is teaching and serving as a missionary in Budapest and brought some of her students to the concert!

Hundreds from many nations were blessed on Wednesday evening in Budapest with a time of worship and praise led by Hillsong London and Matt Redman, on the roof of Nyugati railway station, where we were instructed not to JUMP up and down as we worshipped because we were literally right above trains!



All day long it had poured down rain, and there was talk of cancelling, even up to an hour before the concert. As Hillsong and Matt Redman stepped onto the stage, the late afternoon sun broke through the clouds and shone brightly as the praises of God were lifted high!!!



Yes, we stood for 4 hours, packed a bit like sardines onto this rooftop and watched God do His thing through the music! After the Gospel was presented, many raised their hands to become followers of Jesus...sooooo many young people!!!



I had the priviledge of attending a worship seminar before the concert where the "leader" of this small group of worshipers from Hillsong London (they have about 150 people on their full worship team there in London at their church of 6000!) and Matt Redman spoke about the church and worship. Many excellent things were shared, but one thing that struck me was what Peter shared. "The leader of UNICEF figured out some statistics and found that if every person on the earth who calls him/herself a Christian would tithe, then poverty in the world would be eradicated with over $73 billion dollars left over!" This is something for us believers to think about and pray about, no?



Matt Redman shared an excellent thought about worship songs: "In a worship song, we first need to present to people the greatness of our God, His majesty and mystery, and invite people into that mystery, and then in the refrain, turn people's hearts to the worship of that Great God!" He gave the example of "Heart of Worship" as a good example of this kind of song.



It's exciting to see God moving in this nation of Hungary, and may His freedom penetrate the hearts of many!!!