Chris Berglund & Leah Ramirez

Rewatch the full message here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/E3SIehIezQk?si=sua8BPM5ihe1PkH3

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A Different Kind of Sunday

This week at The Gathering felt different—in the best way.

Instead of a single voice carrying the message, the morning unfolded as a conversation.
Leah opened the space. Chris revisited the dream that has been shaping this entire Stone Kingdom series. Larry shared a testimony that grounded everything in real life. And together, we moved into questions, stories, and shared revelation.

It wasn’t linear.
It wasn’t scripted.

But something deeper was happening.

This is what it looks like when a people begin to think together in Christ.

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The Dream We’ve Been Stewarding

Chris began by returning to the dream that has anchored this entire series:

A heavenly classroom titled:

“The Architecture and Eschatology of Daniel — The Stone Kingdom”

And within it, four movements:

• The Stone
• The River
• The Star
• The Throne

Each one isn’t a step to graduate from—but a layer we are being invited into.

“We’re never leaving the stone.
We’re never leaving the river.
These are layers of understanding God is bringing us into.”

And yet, of all four, the throne has been the most mysterious.

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The Tension Around Authority

Leah stepped in here—not with certainty, but with honesty.

If you’ve been in charismatic spaces, you’ve likely heard language about authority:

• Decrees
• Declaring outcomes
• Taking dominion

And yet… many have lived the tension:

You prayed.
You believed.
And the outcome didn’t change.

Leah shared the story of a close friend who has walked faithfully for decades—yet still lives with unresolved suffering in her family.

And the question surfaces:

What does it actually mean to reign with Christ?

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“Seated With Him” — Not Someday, But Now

Everything began to center around one passage:

Ephesians 2:4–6

“But God, being rich in mercy… made us alive together with Christ… and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”

This isn’t future language.
This is past tense.

“This isn’t someday.
This is now.
I’m here… and I’m there.”

Leah shared an encounter where this shifted from theology to reality—where being “in Christ” was no longer a phrase, but an experienced union.

And from there, everything began to reframe:

• Prayer was no longer striving upward
• Authority was no longer something to achieve
• Heaven was no longer distant

It was already true.

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Chris: Authority Isn’t Achieved—It’s Unblocked

Chris brought language to what many feel but can’t articulate.

If we are already seated with Christ…
why don’t we always see the fruit of that authority?

His answer was both simple and confronting:

“It’s not that we need more authority.
It’s that there are blockages to His authority flowing through us.”

Not striving harder.
Not becoming more “spiritual.”

But:

• Releasing judgment
• Letting go of self-reliance
• Returning to abiding

Because the throne is not a place of effort.

It’s a place of rest.

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Larry: When the Throne Looks Like Real Life

Then Larry shared.

And this is where the message grounded itself.

He spoke about loss in his family…
estrangement…
years of broken relationship…

And then—unexpected reconciliation.

Not through effort.
Not through control.

But through something he described as:

“a throne room breakthrough… not something I could have done.”

This is what the teaching looks like when it leaves theory:

• Not perfect outcomes
• Not controlled circumstances
• But God moving in ways we could not orchestrate

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Rethinking Failure

One of the most freeing moments came as Chris reframed something many believers quietly carry:

the fear of failure in prayer.

“Failure is not the outcome of your prayer.”

Jesus Himself:

• Healed many—but not all
• Moved in obedience—not outcomes

Which means:

Faithfulness is not measured by results.
It’s measured by union.

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The Throne Is Not About Control

If there was one thread running through the entire morning, it was this:

The throne is not about control.

It is not:

• Saying the right words
• Increasing intensity
• Producing outcomes

“The power isn’t in the words…
we’re not casting spells.”

Instead, authority flows from:

• Revelation
• Union
• Rest

From being in Him—not trying to act on His behalf.

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A Corporate Reality

What made this Sunday unique wasn’t just the teaching.

It was the shared revelation in the room.

Voices from the community began to connect the dots:

• The stone revealing identity
• The river flowing from within
• The throne revealing who we already are in Him

And something became clear:

This isn’t individual spirituality.
This is corporate awakening.

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The Invitation

We didn’t land on a clean conclusion.

We didn’t wrap the “throne” into a tidy definition.

Instead, we were left with an invitation:

• To see differently
• To release striving
• To let go of failure
• To rediscover what it means to be in Christ

“He’s not asking you to get there.
He’s asking you to see that you’re already there.”

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Join Us

If you’re in Colorado Springs, we would love to have you with us.

The Gathering
Sundays at 10 AM
720 Elkton Dr, Colorado Springs

You can also stay connected:

• Website: https://the-gathering.us
• Company 318 (national community): https://company318.substack.com

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Final Reflection

What if the throne is not something you ascend to…

but a reality you awaken to?

What if authority is not something you learn to use…

but Someone you learn to yield to?

And what if the invitation of God is not:

“Try harder to reign.”

But simply:

“Rest with Me—and let Me live through you.”