Louie Giglio leads worshippers at Together 2016: 'Jesus changes everything'

Pastor Louie Giglio took the stage and the crowd of "Together 2016" event to where God's mercy is found, "only 20 inches" away.

The pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia appeared before the thousands of young people gathered for "Together 2016" event at National Mall in Washington D.C. Saturday, July 16 to celebrate that "Jesus changes everything."

Instead of just taking the pulpit to preach, Giglio took on a different turn by bringing the crowd to a spiritual high when he led them to prayer and went down on bended knees.

"God's mercy is only 20 inches from us," the 58-year-old pastor said, as reported by The Christian Post.

"We are not too proud to bow down, we are not too confident to bow down," said Giglio as he invoked the Heavenly Father to look down on His humbled people.

"We know that we've walked in our own sight, in our own strength, in our own understanding," he said.

He then enumerated the ways that people turned their backs on God, such as neglecting His Word, hardening their hearts, turning deaf ears on the Holy Spirit's guidance, and exalting every other name but Jesus Christ.

"We are humbled," continued the pastor. "We are bowed low, we are lifting our hearts, our hands, our hope, our voices, our eyes up to you and proclaiming that our God is the great God."

At this point, Giglio led the crowd to declare God as the one true God and went on to proclaim God's nature. They also praised Jesus Christ for dying on the cross and for bringing life, victory, forgiveness and freedom to everyone.

Giglio, the founder of the Passion Movement as well as an author, confessed to have suffered from a nervous breakdown years ago and said it's a story of God's grace.

"You will see us ready and willing to follow you with boldness in whatever way you lead," declared Giglio. "This is our hope and prayer."