We continue our series, The Lord is There, with a challenge and call to a season of renewal with Pastor Matt.

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Exodus 34:29-35

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai. When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.

1 Kings 18:36-39

At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”

Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”

2 Corinthians 3:18

“And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit”

 2 Corinthians 4:16

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day”

Story: Searching for “David”

Key message: Jesus is guiding us into the heart of what transformation means as disciples in His story: a continual journey of change that aligns us ever closer to the likeness of Christ, and a renewal of all things in His presence. He is ‘chipping away’ at us – renewing us, creating us, and bringing out in us what was always there.

1. Unveiled faces: embracing vulnerability
2. The necessity of renewal: Formation vs. Malformation
3. The process of beholding: transformation through worship
4. Faith in the power of the Spirit: we build the altar, He brings the fire

Question: What are the shifts on the horizon for Discovery Church, and what role to Jesus’ followers play in this season of renewal?

1. From one location to two:
2. From Polish to Presence:
3. From church engagement to community engagement:
4. From concert to cathedral:
5. From comfort to cost:
6. From roads to rivers:.

• How is God calling you to renewal personally?
• What is He asking you to surrender?
• In what ways is He calling you deeper, wider, or in new directions?