Bringing God back to church

A little confirmation goes a long way. I think.....no i know I must have really annoyed the person sitting next to me last night with all my "AMEN-ing" i know that's not a word but boy did I AMEN like i haven't amen-ed in a long time. I was at Vertical church last night. I entered my FREAK zone last night.

                     It was standing room only by the time we got started and we were "lucky" to find the seats we did, actually the people we followed out of the elevator ended up going through the back entrance by accident and we were escorted up by ushers. There's the first of many "Amen's" of the night. We ended up at the very top which i just concluded must be better " this is great we are just closer to heaven now" It started off with worship, amazing worship to God but I didn't get any FREAK from it-but it was really good. The chairs we definitely comfy but no Freak from them. The space wow big,clean and beautiful lots of people but still no FREAK. Pastor he was really great I'd listen to him again (i do most mornings)  some sparks but still he didn't bring the FREAK. It was the spirit of God in the room busting through the walls,entering peoples hearts and laying down the law through scripture about the church, all of us in that room - FREAK.

                              Isaiah 64 "Oh , that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!"   I have read this scripture before in fact Isaiah was one of the first books of scripture that was given to me by God when my JESUS FREAK journey started, but I believe it was brought to my attention last night in such a profound way because of this searching i am doing. I love when scripture comes alive in the spirit and you can no longer even see the person preaching it anymore but just hear the words and feel the spirit in the room.God's holy spirit fire in the room. Oh how glorious that feeling is. This scripture in Isaiah is a passionate cry out to God to tear apart all the barriers church has put up so God can move back in. The God that moves mountains-the things that make us feel small in our life. The God who never said "whisper to me" but we all do that, we whisper our praise to God in song, prayer, lowering our expectations of a God who can move all mountains and deciding to live quiet lives for the Lord. The Holy Spirit power that created the heavens and the earth dwells inside of us yet we area waiting for someone else or something else to step up instead of living out our fullness of who God is. His spirit dwelling within us. This sets people on fire for God. Reminding people who they are called to be. Oh can i get an AMEN!
                        Of course the reality is none of that matters really until we figure out how to bring God back to church. Before churches ever die Gods voice in them dies. If God is moving mountains in the church than things like the band, the brochures, the coffee wont matter anymore-nothing else will matter because the church is supposed to be the place where God is moving mountains. A place where we share the amazing movements of God in our lives and telling each other so that people don't just think God retired and isn't performing miracles anymore. I want to be apart of saving the church, Not just for me or my family but for everyone who stopped or never started because God is waiting to move back in.