REPORT: THE CONSUMED GATHERING August 24 - 26, 2006


KEY STATEMENTS FROM THIS GATHERING:

David Demian:

One thing we have learned the hard way, is to walk softly. When we wear mocassins, we feel. When we wear army boots, we cannot feel when we are stepping on someone.

  • His plan is not about you figuring it out...it is not about the PLAN...there is no secret about marching around walls. There is no secret about singers and musicians going ahead of the army. There is no secret about torches in clay pots. THE SECRET IS THAT THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES AND PRAYED.
  • The PURPOSE is not the strategy.
  • THE PURPOSE IS TRAINING A PEOPLE WHO WILL HEAR HIS VOICE AND BE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO OBEY WHAT HE SAYS.
  • It is humbling: we could do it better. We might pick a better date. We might pick a better place.
  • Why this way? SO HE WILL ALWAYS TAKE THE GLORY THAT IT WAS DONE HIS WAY.
  • He could have sent angels to get the job done...He is not short on resources.
  • IT IS ABOUT HEARING GOD
  • We change our plans for God.
  • Are we job - oriented or God - oriented? Are we vision - oriented or God oriented?
  • He speaks when He wants, Not when we want.
  • Someone will be angry when you step out to do what He wants...It is better to not have God angry, by your unwillingness. Be on God's side and everything will turn out.
  • DO ONLY WHAT THE LORD TOLD YOU TO DO.
  • THE ONLY WAY TO BRING PLEASURE TO GOD IS TO DO IT HIS WAY.
  • Do not bow to a rich man, or a poor man.
  • The faster process is not quicker than the slower process. Because it is not God's process.
  • God said, "If you don't - I will choose someone else."
  • WE NEED TO BE ABANDONED TO DO IT HIS WAY.
  • Moses said, " If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?" Exodus 33: 15, 16
  • OUR EYES ARE TO BE ON HIM...It is not about signs and wonders, it is not about souls. IT IS ABOUT HIM. There will be signs and wonders. There will be souls. BUT THESE FOLLOW AS OUR EYES ARE ON HIM.
  • We do not want to lower the bar. We only want to go forward with HIS PRESENCE. After every six steps, we need to sacrifice, like David did when he was moving the Ark. He was not confident in himself. The number six is the number of man. Our tendency is that we want to get something from God (ie, the vision, the strategy) and run with it.
  • THE GLORY OF THE LORD WILL COVER THE EARTH AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA.
  • God's purposes are to keep us HIDDEN and to keep us HUMBLE, as watchmen:
  • There is often a commercial mentality in the church...we can exploit and commercialize what God is doing through an anointed speaker. A speaker is used to bring in the crowds and the registration money. TV wants that person...and then they begin to say things beyond what God is asking them to say. Keep us hidden.
  • Because of pride, keep us humble. Every level needs another level of humility.
  • We do not need to protect the Ark, the Presence of God. Watch what God is about to do, TAKE A BACK SEAT.
  • Unity is the magic point, where the Presence of the Lord comes.
  • We will not initiate for God.
  • When He speaks, we will not run and do it our way.
  • We will wait for strategy and timing.
  • SO IT WILL BE DONE HIS WAY.
  • WHAT SHOULD DISTINGUISH US IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD.


Kenny Blacksmith (a First Nations leader):

  • It is no longer about us having a distinct voice. Now it is the same as yours. We are one voice. I am not a Cree, but a member of the body of Christ.


Veronica (an Innuit leader)

  • We are part of the Body of Christ in Canada.
  • We have been waiting for 3 days. Not for another prophetic word, nor another miracle. BUT FOR YOUR PRESENCE.
  • THE PRAISE OF THE BRIDE PROVOKES THE LORD TO HASTEN HIS RETURN.
  • No more promotion or man - made agendas.
  • NO TURNING BACK!