I wanted to take a moment to share something God shared with me Sunday during service. I hope you will take this for what God has intended it and for nothing else. You and your team did a great job but what God showed me was that only the team was entering into Gods presence. The word says Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. The word also talks about enter in to his gates with praise and thanksgiving. I am sure I am not telling you anything you do not know. I feel like Gods heart was breaking Sunday. It is not the job of the praise team to take the congregation into the gates , you are not there to entertain us, to do the work for us. It is our job as a congregation to enter in with you as you lead us into his presence. We should press in , press in hard in hopes that his breath will graze across our face, that his train will enter his temple as it did in Isaiah. We should pray that the coal is taken to our lips to purify us . We should shout, sing, and get excited that we are there for him. I looked around and wondered where God was, where the people were crying out to him. Instead people just watched, and were spectators instead of participators. We can go to a big game, cheer for our kids, and clap with excitement for others but when we stand in church does God not deserve the same thing. God showed me that the church is stagnant in their worship and if they stay that way God will not show up. God deserves great respect and we treated worship time as if it was background music at a local restaurant. My heart wept as I pressed in, I begged for God to show his face, for his people to feel him, to see him, to hear him, to be with him. I feel he showed me that the walls of Jericho were up and they must be torn down, that we must shout, we must praise and command for the walls to be taken down. This church is on the brink of breaking free, of the chains of religion, to be broken off. This church has great power ready to be p...