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