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Useful for the Master - Part 12
Jackie Pullinger

Jacqueline Bryony Lucy ‘Jackie’ Pullinger (1944–present). Born in 1944 in London, England, Jackie Pullinger is a British missionary and evangelist renowned for her work in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, specializing in the oboe, she felt called to missions at 22 but was rejected by organizations. A dream and a minister’s advice led her to board a boat to Hong Kong in 1966 with just $10. There, she taught music and began ministering in the lawless Walled City, notorious for drugs and triads. In 1981, she founded St. Stephen’s Society, aiding thousands of addicts through prayer-based rehabilitation, chronicled in her book Chasing the Dragon (1980). Pullinger’s charismatic ministry emphasizes the Holy Spirit’s power, leading to countless conversions and transformed lives. Awarded an MBE in 1988, she continues her work in Hong Kong and beyond with her husband, John To. She said, “God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet.”
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This sermon emphasizes the role of believers as chosen leaders to set the captives free, acknowledging that all we have received comes from God and should be given back to Him as a sacrifice. It encourages a life of praise, seeking to know and fulfill God's will as His children. The message also touches on the struggle of feeling unworthy or inadequate, urging individuals to allow the Holy Spirit to touch and transform their lives, especially those who feel weak, broken, or disconnected.
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We are the ones that you have chosen to lead us on. On the earth we stand to set the captive free. All we receive has come from you, all we give back to you. Let our life be a sacrifice, pleasing unto you. Let our lips speak your praises, let us know your will. We are your children. We are your children. We are, we are the ones that you have chosen to lead us on. On the earth we stand to set the captive free. We are your children. We are, we are the ones that you have chosen to lead us on. Let us know your will. We are your children. We are, we are the ones that you have chosen to lead us on. I would like to pray for you, to feel that you have failed, Jesus, and your love for Him, that you have no service for Him, and you find it quite easy to tell other people how beloved they are, and it's so hard to do it for yourself. You can't tell many people about the darkness, or the light, or the heat, or the sound. I would like to pray for you, for Jesus Christ, especially when you look at other people. If you have a sin world, or a good world, you've got clear minds, you know you can't do that. You don't know what you've got. I would like to pray for all the people. I would like to pray for all of you, if you like that. I want to ask you to do this. If you know that's you, right now, you've got to stay where you are. If you just gently lower your hands, and you don't have to lift them up high, no athletics. No athletics, please, please. This is receiving. When you've got the Holy Spirit to come, and to touch all of us, if you're weak, there are some here who don't feel beautiful, there are some of you who've got physical defects, there are some of you who are not clever. You think they're young, you think they're small, and you're childish. And especially there are some here, every time you go to church, you feel out of touch. You don't feel quite right about it. If you know that's you, you just hold out your hand, and you want to ask the Spirit to touch you. Because if you're the prisoner, you will inherit the Kingdom of God. You will walk away with it. You are freshly born. And that is good and right. Father, I don't know when I'll see you, but I know that's the night. Touch the children. Touch the poor in spirit. Touch those who feel weak. Especially the ones with heartlessness. And they all get up to go about it. Touch the ones who are afraid. And just quietly wait. Let the Spirit of the Lord just touch you this night. Those of you who have already done it here at Trinity, and if they're ready, they're recommending it to you now. Just have a little look around and see. Lord of all, we pray that you touch them as we do. Amen.
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Jacqueline Bryony Lucy ‘Jackie’ Pullinger (1944–present). Born in 1944 in London, England, Jackie Pullinger is a British missionary and evangelist renowned for her work in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, specializing in the oboe, she felt called to missions at 22 but was rejected by organizations. A dream and a minister’s advice led her to board a boat to Hong Kong in 1966 with just $10. There, she taught music and began ministering in the lawless Walled City, notorious for drugs and triads. In 1981, she founded St. Stephen’s Society, aiding thousands of addicts through prayer-based rehabilitation, chronicled in her book Chasing the Dragon (1980). Pullinger’s charismatic ministry emphasizes the Holy Spirit’s power, leading to countless conversions and transformed lives. Awarded an MBE in 1988, she continues her work in Hong Kong and beyond with her husband, John To. She said, “God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet.”