What do you want? (Part 2)

What is the purpose and use of going to church? What do you want from it? Pastor Dwayne started looking at the experiences of God's presence even in the Old Testament. What are you prepared to pay for the joy that God has set before you?

1. Prayer
2. Sacrifice
3. Holiness (being set apart)

We are different and have different personalities, characters and giftings.
Pastor Dwayne also referred to the amazing story of Brother Yun, the Heavenly Man:
Brother Yun, Heavenly Man, Shares His Story https://youtu.be/kViMxA7eDn8
The Heavenly Man 2002 [Audiobook] https://youtu.be/05rUd9p6vfE https://ChristianAudio.com
Testimony by Brother Yun https://youtu.be/L73xMGVttJE
Is Brother Yun a Con-Man?! ? Back To Jerusalem podcast https://youtu.be/VmtioayLCyQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Yun
https://www.MissionTools.org/resources/the-heavenly-man-the-remarkable-true-story-of-a-chinese-christian-brother-yun/
Short biography https://www.inspirationalChristians.org/missionaries/brother-yun/

2 Chronicles 7:1-3
1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
2 The priests could not enter the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled it.
3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, "He is good; his love endures forever."
2 Chronicles 7:12|NIV
12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
1 Corinthians 6:19|NIV
19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

Romans 12:1-2|NIV
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship.
2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Isaiah 35:8|NIV
8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.
Hebrews 12:2|NIV
2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.