God's Favorite House: If You Build It, He Will Come

If you've ever sat in a church service and wondered why the worship leaders didn't pick more songs you liked to sing or if you've ever snuck a yawn during the service, THEN YOU WON'T BE THE SAME AFTER YOU READ THIS BOOK. As I was reading it, I felt my heart laid open, the sin of not giving the Lord His rightful place exposed, and then found myself moved into repentance by the third chapter. Worship is the Lord's proper due, and it's not for our entertainment. God's Favorite House is at the forefront of bearing the message of the contemporary worship movement- He longs for our worship and fellowship. King David lived thousands of years ago, yet his holy abandon to worship is an example for us today. The God Chasers excited me, God's Dream Team gave me knowledge, and now God's Favorite House gives me a plan for action to draw closer to my Father.

This book will assuredly tear apart any comfort you've been clinging to in your Christian life and quite possibly tear away any remaining apathy by vividly and Biblically expressing exactly what God desires in a worshiper. Tenney does a wonderful job showing in scripture how God longs for a bride who does not daydream about what He has done in the past, but a bride who is sweating because of her consistent pursuit after His Presence. I would not recommend this book to anyone who is content in sitting still in their pursuit of God, but for those who hunger and thirst after the very heart of God and desire to see the glory of His beautiful face, regardless of the cost, this book will inspire you to know Him more!

Have you ever felt out of place in your own home? Have you ever invited guests to your house and had them dominate so completely that you felt like the visitor? Tommy clearly makes his point about God's desire to inhabit a temple without curtains of any kind that is filled 24x7x365 with worshippers that have turned their backs on the outer courts and focused their attention on the presence of the Almighty upon the requisite Seat of Mercy.Revelations 3:20, written to the church at Laodicea, indicates that Jesus is outside the church, knocking at the door, desiring to come in and feed and be fed through "Eden-like" fellowship. 1) Why is He on the outside knocking - because those on the inside have locked him out 2)Do our Doors and Windows affect the move of God? - Of course. He has no access to us without our permission 3)Have we learned, through programs and pageantry, to have church without God? - Laodicea had determined that they were increased with goods and had need of nothing. They had much Goods and NO GOD 4)Jesus expression of knocking on the door of the church is simply an echo of his constant desire for man. Jesus is simply seeking a dwelling place, a house of habitation, where he can share intimacy with His Bride in an atmosphere of openness -- No walls, no doors, no shutters and no windows -- An environment where a world void of intimacy can witness the acts of love and desire the same for themselves. We simply need to Love HIM and let him do the drawing. Just build Him a House with no impediments or obstacles to His desire for intimacy and your life will be changed for ever

If you're chasing after God and need another signpost along the way, this is it! If you're tired of "playing church" and longing for a glimpse of God's face, then read on. I, for one, long to know what I can do to bless Him... to bring joy to His heart... to minister to Him and give Him something back for all the incredible blessings He's poured out. Tommy Tenney's books have ruined me for "church as usual" and the "bless-me" mentality. He writes not as one who has attained, but one who is running as hard as he can after God. I can hear the Father saying, "Come closer..." How can I but respond?

I've read a lot of good books about worship, but this one is without a doubt the best! "The only thing the Father actively seeks is worshipers" (p.118). "We try to attract man, thinking that's our job. When are we going to learn? The primary purpose of the Church is to attract Him! The bottom line is simply this: we need more of God and less of man" (p.131). How I've longed for a Church that seeks to attract God instead of man! Somehow we've lost the intenseness and intimacy with which King David worshipped, and we've reduced worship to a few songs from a hymnal, or three fast songs followed by three slow songs from an overhead projector. This book has everything we need to get us back on the right track!