As a teacher of English in South Korea, I decided to become certified. So I took and completed a 120 hour TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course. Part of this course included a chapter on the ESA method of teaching, that is Engage, Study, Activate.
The idea is to open the class with five or ten minutes of relaxed, no teaching, conversation - get them to feel comfortable opening up and talking. Start a conversation - do not correct them during this time. Perhaps use icebreakers to get them talking. Teacher's talk is kept to a minimum.
Next, have 20 minutes or so of teaching. Open book, power point or whatever, but always leave time at the end for the students to practice what they've just learned. It's one thing to teach someone grammar, it's quite another for them to use it successfully in every day speech.
I'm thinking this may be a good model for a church service, at least a step in the right direction. Maybe, open the service with a sort of round table discussion. Choose a topic, or, anyone is welcome to share anything. The Pastor during this time is like a moderator, but does not control the discussion at all. People may share whatever they please - a song, a prophecy, a plea, a testimony, an observation, a proverb, a teaching - but all should endeavor to stay in the Spirit, asking Him what they should share, if anything. During this time, try to bring the two extremes into balance - those who will try to take over the meeting, taking all or most of the time, getting in the flesh, full of pride and those who will never share anything at all, ever, no matter how much you invite them to do so.
Encourage the former to brevity, the latter to at least try to share something, even if they prepare it before they arrive. It's usually interesting and edifying to hear what God has been saying to people in between meetings, as they live their daily lives.
Nest, some teaching. Not necessarily by the Pastor or a recognized teacher. Always let the Holy Spirit guide, follow His lead.  He may want to skip the more formal teaching time to continue the open sharing of hearts. He may give a teaching, fresh revelation to someone there, someone unexpected, in that moment. This is always wonderful because it's from the Holy Spirit, for those exact people present at that exact meeting. I've been in services where the Holy Spirit gave me a word but the Pastor refused to allow it to be shared, as if he had authority over the Holy Spirit. He said write it down so He could review it and maybe he would share it at another time. This sounds like wisdom but it is man's wisdom. It's actually rebellion, it's quenching the Spirit, which the Bible forbids. It's despising prophecy which the Bible also forbids. It's man taking control of the meeting from God. A better reaction would have been to tell me to share the word with him, the pastor, at that moment, that way he could judge it but the problem with that is if the pastor is walking after the flesh, he won't be able to recognize God's voice.

Part two soon....

Part two

Just as Jesus said "You will surely say Physician - heal yourself" so is one close to me saying now. They are saying "why behold the note that is in your brother's eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye?" As long as my old man is still alive, they will not receive from the New. I truly desire to fulfill Luke 4:18 in my days, in my life. This is not a fantasy, it's my heart - not to point our faults to put people down but to build them up. Not to say "I'm better" but "you can be better". I want all my brethren, wherever they may be, to be free "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" shall become  My people who are "filled with the knowledge of His will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding" (not carnal understanding), no, my people will "walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every work, and increasing in the knowledge of God".
This is God's word for this time, for this season - Hear and take notice - "Come My people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut the doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For behold, the Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. In this day the Lord with His sore and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent, and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea."
Leviathan is the pride of men, that they would dare to join with Satan and not our God, that they would believe the lie that they are acceptable gods, apart from God. They will indeed inherit the kingdom they've built and desired, a kingdom without Christ anywhere to be found except in submission to them. And this kingdom is called Hell and it will be cast into the lake of fire, far from the God the despise "Woe to the crown of pride" for all who wear this crown, who exalt themselves - above God's will, will be humbled, will be brought low, even unto Hell, while those who abase themselves, who humble themselves, will be lifted up on high, even unto Heaven. 

Someone who knows me well said they think I am against everyone. This really saddens me. I want, with all my heart, to see God's people, my people, set free, delivered and healed. I want blind eyes opened and broken hearts mended. This is the call on my life from God, my Father - "You shall go to all that I shall send you (to) and whatsoever I command you, you shall speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you. Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant". "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns that can hold no water."
I am for, not against, my people. The end game, the ultimate goal, it so build and plant, but first old mindsets and pet false doctrines, all of Satan's influence, his wisdom, his ways, must all be exposed, rooted out and pulled down, thrown down and completely destroyed. Hearts and minds must desire and receive Truth. Truth must expose lies for lies to be forsaken. Luke 4:18 is my calling but 4:19 is not, for i am to proclaim "the day of vengeance of our God" "to comfort all who mourn" (Is:61). This is a key verse - people must mourn the years Satan's stolen, they must mourn the wickedness in this fallen world, they must return to the God they've forsaken, weeping as they go. They must mourn their own sinful condition as well as the sin filled condition of others "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted". We must truly mourn our soul's service to Babylon, to the religion Satan has deceived so many with.
If our hearts are aligned with God's, His day of vengeance will comfort us, for it is us He is avenging. Speaking of Babylon, Satan's kingdom on earth - "Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her (Satan's bride). For by your sorceries were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints - and I heard a great voice of much people in Heaven saying Hallelujah; Salvation and glory, and honor and power unto the Lord our God, for true and righteous are His judgments, for He has judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand."
"Vengeance is Mine, saith the Lord"  "and they cried with a loud voice saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" "And the nations were angry, and Your wrath is come."
God sees, He notices, every single sleight, every single wound, every careless word spoken, every drop of blood spilled, every tear shed, by His people - and it is for His people that He will return, with a shout, with a mighty sword in His mouth, avenging His people and judging the evil and wickedness all the nations of the earth have embraced. Both Isaiah 61 and Luke 4 were/are speaking to God's people. They are made that way (poor, brokenhearted, held captive, blind and bruised) by religion - by following Satan while believing they are following Christ, by never having received their riches in Christ - His Spirit, His gifts, His fruit, His anointing. They're brokenhearted from being let down and abused by man, by going to meet with others they believe are God's people, God's leadership, with their hearts fully open, with great anticipation, but instead of receiving and meeting with the Holy Spirit, all they meet with is flesh, dressed up to look holy, but flesh nonetheless. They meet with man, not God. If they submit to this they become prisoners, imprisoned by ideas and philosophies of men and devils, in a religion so deceptive because it uses God's word and God's name "For many shall come in My name, saying I am Christ (also I am of Christ) and shall deceive many. Take heed that NO MAN deceive you".
Alas, the whole time they're in this prison of their own devising, using Satan's blueprints, they believe it's all of God THOUGH THEIR HEARTS TELL THEM DIFFERENTLY.  IF they stay in this prison without bars or doors, they become blind - to truth, for they are abiding in a "prison of darkness" where the light of revelation from the Holy Spirit does not shine. They don't know God, only about Him. They're blind to the truth. They're followers of Satan and not of God. They become spiritual Laodiceans. If at this point, if they stay there long enough, they become bruised, their spirits and souls become wounded from the abuse and treatment they get from men and demons who are in league, building kingdoms of flesh, built on and by flesh for their own glory and benefit (money), not God's. Are not denominations kingdoms on earth built by men? Do they not glorify men rather than God? 

Another thing we all want in America is to be praised. We want to be told how good we are. We want to hear how much God loves us. We only want to hear positive sermons full of hope - with swelling words focused on us. This is why Joel Osteen has the largest congregation in America, and we respect him. We look at the vast crowds that sit at his feet each week and we think he must be alright - that many people can't be wrong.

Yet the message of the Cross is a bit different than what we're hearing in far too many pulpits. Basically, the Cross says to us - you're a mess. You're a failure. In fact, you stink. You're filthy. You're full of sin and rebellion. There is no way you're getting into Heaven. You're not smart enough, clean enough, good enough or holy enough to get into Heaven, And all your money, no matter how much you put in the offering plate, can't buy you a seat at God's banqueting table in eternity. You're hopeless and foolish but not beyond redemption

At the English Village i used to work at, in South Korea, they have a lesson we teach about recycling. In the message, it shows amazing people taking trash and turning it into art, whether plastic or aluminum or literally anything - people take worthless garbage and turn it into something beautiful. This is what God does with us, if we'll let Him. In His hands we become beautiful, wonderful to behold! He recycles us! But here's the thing - yes, we are incredibly valuable to God, yes He loves us, sincerely, with all His heart, with a passion we cannot fully comprehend this side of Heaven, but we must not go before Him one time and confess we are sinful, we must continually mourn our sinful fallen flesh's condition while at the same time celebrating His goodness, not our own. We have none, in and of ourselves. We must go to Him daily, hourly if need be, acknowledging in our hearts and mouths our great need for Him. Continually reminding people of how loved they are by God is fine as long as you also continually remind them that their sinful self, their old man, must die daily Give us this day our daily bread, forgive us THIS DAY our sins, the ones we've committed today, as we forgive the daily sins of others. 

In America, we're proud of our independence - we have a day to celebrate it, but we're not only proud of our independence from the British Monarchy, we're proud of our independence from God. Everything we do says "God, we'll pay you lip service but we really don't need you, we're doing just fine, thanks." Major hurricane destroys a city? We got this! No problem. We're Americans! We'll just pull together, help each other and come back better than before. Problem is, we never repent or turn from our wicked ways. No, we embrace them! We celebrate wickedness. We make a constant stream of movies, TV shows and music fixated on wickedness. Oh sure, the good guy wins in the end but we love to watch evil deeds and words. We march down main street parading our debauchery for all to see! we elect wicked leaders. We're proud of the fact that we tolerate wickedness! We resent and slander anyone who disagrees with us. We have marches and rally's to insure our right to murder our own babies, and we spew vitriol and angry speech at anyone who disagrees with us.
Now I know this is a one-sided point of view. I know there are a lot of God fearing people in America who hate wickedness and eschew it. But in far too many instances these people are serving their religion and not God. God's voice is too seldom heard on a national scale. His will, still is not being done. If His words, His judgments, His power will not be displayed by His people - He will bypass them and go directly to the wicked Himself. God's people are meant to be a buffer between Him and the heathen. They are supposed to intercede for the wicked, while at the same time spreading the Gospel seed into wicked hearts wherever they may be found. We are meant to be "carriers of Christ", bringing the Holy Spirit's anointing with us wherever we go. Instead, we become shills for whatever church we're attending - for we cannot invite people to meet a God we don't know ourselves. We cannot obey His will and the pastor's at the same time. Most pastors are dead set against God's will for you, but that's another story. Suffice it to say - the people like it that way. They would much rather surrender their spirituality, and their will, to their pastor than to God. It's much easier that way. On Judgment Day they will testify before God that they obeyed their pastor in all things, and remained in total submission to him their entire lives and He will reply "Depart from Me, I've never known you". How could He not know people who spent their lives doing good in His name? who built grand houses of worship dedicated to Him? Because in all of that they never wanted to know Him, they wanted to live their lives independent of Him, but still go to Heaven when they die. That's the real American dream - to have a paradise on earth of their own making, choosing how to live their lives without Him - but getting to spend Eternity in His paradise too. We want it all! Pleasures in this life and the next. Never mind all the scriptures about denying ourselves in this life, let's deny God our hearts until we get to the Judgment seat - there will be plenty of time to get to know Him in Heaven. As long as we're faithful to our religion because that's how we become good and acceptable to God. Keep all the statutes of our church, all the commandments of our denomination, obey our pastors or priest and we've earned our ticket to Heaven. Not all, not all, but many. Very few, believe me, are willing to obey God if their pastor tells them differently. And that's just the ones who know God, to whatever extent. Most don't know Him enough to recognize His voice if He did speak to them. How horrible to have the first words you ever hear the Lord speak be "Depart from Me". Don't let His first words to you also be your last!