Dale
I think God is doing so much. It's happening so fast. We sit down and try to figure things out. And about the time we got things figured out, God's moved on, and it's a whole new ballgame. I think the focus is on worship, because I come into His presence with thanksgiving and praise. There's a level of worship that we're leaning into, leaning into, that's not a regimented format, as much as it's an open door to reach into things that only can come from God. In our worship, you come to the place where you're in His presence, where there is no sound, you open your mouth, and nothing comes out. It's all His presence. In His presence is fullness of all the things and that's going to come as we, we give ourselves to Him, in a way we've never had before. We're reaching into these depths. That's what we're driving for - His appearing. He's trying to show Himself to us.
Ken
I believe, honestly, that the Father is making His presence known. God is with us, to the point He wants us just to relax, and enjoy. I don't know any other words, but just to feel and enjoy and feel the expression of who He is.
Roger
There's something so new and so fresh, that God is bringing it defies definition, but it's kind of like you know it when you hear it, you know it when you see it. You know, Jesus said those who worship the Father will worship Him in spirit, and in truth. There is no formula for that. But I believe worship, at least we have known it is passing away. Everything is passing away of a former day. We will see by revelation, what it means to worship the Lord. In this day, this opening for us, everything is being made new. And everything just keeps coming back to this focus upon knowing the Lord, let Him fill our hearts. And it will happen.
Mike
Just look at the first-century church, there are this new colony of the kingdom, living the future in that present day. What did that mean? Well, the one thing they were driven to do is gathered together as often as they could. People around took note of who these people were. And they took note of the love they had for one another, and how they cared for one another, how they believed and ministered to one another. We're just trying to do the same thing. Gather together, God surprise us because he's going to.
Roger
You know, it's interesting that that first-century church, they had no history. You see what God brought forth was brand new. There's a whole new expression of Christ revealing Himself for us today. And we don't want to be so busy looking back at how He did things once that we miss what He's doing right now. And we want to see it and walk in it. And what's good about it, is that we have no expectation, just the way they didn't have any expectation of a certain thing happening, because I didn't know what the heck was coming. It was new. And so it has to be for us. It's new. How can you expect God to do something that you've never seen before? All you know, He's leading us. Lord, reveal yourself today, in this new day of the kingdom and let us see it the way the early church saw it. We're not going to look for what they did or what happened a generation ago.
Mike
Like you said, Roger, this is a whole new thing. This is a whole new day. This is a whole new thing. So Lord, surprise us.
Ken
If God walked into this building with a hat on and walked down the aisle, you wouldn't recognize it. I truly believe it's going to come in such a way that if you're not acutely aware of it, you'll miss it. But I think that we've come to a day when we're going to be looking for His presence. His presence is going that'd be the thing. His presence, His glory, the way He does things, I'm not interested in my ways anymore. I want to come with an expectancy that He's going to appear in a way that I'm not even expecting. In fact, the word says that He'll come in a way as you know, in a secret way, He'll come and reveal Himself in a moment of time that you're not expecting. It'll be a surprise. I'm ready for some surprises.
Dale
He's revealing more and more of Himself. That's what we receive as a greater awareness. He wants to inhabit us. It's when we become aware of Him and every circumstance, every situation that He's absolutely delighted. All the desires of our spirit, soul and body can be wrapped up in are you aware of him?
