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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 21 days, \Nwe’re going to be seeking the Lord 
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through prayer and fasting together.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s going to lead into\Nwhat we’re calling a sacred assembly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what we’re going to name\Nthe return gathering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we’re drawing all of our campuses together\Nto, to come together for several days
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of seeking God in unity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, in the in the Bible,\Nin multiple occasions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there would be a sacred assembly\Nwhere the people of God would come together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would commit themselves\Nto what God had for them in that season
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for what was ahead.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go to the book of Joel,\Nthe book of Joel talks about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God pouring out his Spirit\Non all his sons and daughters,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving dreams and visions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right before that,\Nbefore the dreaming,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a returning where God says,\N“Call a sacred assembly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call my people to return to my heart.”\Nwe’re going to for…
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for as a church family for three days,\Nwe’re going to go after worship,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pray, recommit ourselves to God as a whole\Nfor this next season.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this Dream Now Initiative,\Nif you’ve been around Saddleback for a while,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’ve done capital campaigns\Na very similar,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we’re seeing this is the next chapter\Nof what God has in store for our church family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big visions, big dreams,\Nand what better way to go into a dream
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God has for your life\Nto be fully surrendered and fully committed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you think about the beginning of the year,\Nyou, you might say before you do a fast,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first 21 days,\Nhold it for that season
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting the beginning of February\Nand let’s get our whole church together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,praying, seeking God\Nand then dreaming together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God’s dream for the future of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, this is going to be such a special season\Nas we move into this together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re…we feel God has something\Nmaybe unique and unprecedented for this time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think back on the history of Saddleback\Nand how God has moved historically
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this church in such dynamic ways\Nthat have impacted the global church around the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we believe that God has another season\Nof that for Saddleback Church
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that this is the beginning of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re on the ground level\Nand we’re coming together to say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“God, would you move again in this generation?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you pour out your Spirit again\Non this generation in our day?”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m going to ask you to take some time off of work\Nto make margin here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the dates on the screen here\Nto come and to join us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you guys might want to get a hotel\Nfrom the other campuses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come down, spend a few days\Nand it’s going to be a very powerful time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a church family gathering\Nseeking the heart of God for this next season.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is going to be incredible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can’t wait to be part of it\Ncalled the Return Gathering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any final parting words *\Nthat you want to say