Solemn Assembly

Joel 1:14 (NASB)

14 Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD.
 
2 Chronicles 7:14 (AMP)

14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
 
Psalm 66:18 (NIV)

18 If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
 
1 John 1:9 (NASB)

9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
 
Last Sunday our church gathered for Solemn Assembly.  The Solemn Assembly is a sacred service of prayer, confession, repentance and reconciliation.  I am sure that we will look back on this service as a turning point in the life and ministry of our church.  But even as we look at a specific time or event we are not called to remain there, but to move forward.  What is it that we can take with us that God taught us at Sacred Assembly?
 
It is important for us to remember that we left our sins, our differences, and our failures at the cross, never to be taken up again.  As Pastor Brooks reminded us, "to take them up again is to deny the power of the cross."