| Altar | The place and the practice of meeting God before you do anything else. My day starts there. |
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| Formation | Being shaped into who God made you, on purpose and over time. Not a class. A process. |
| House | In Hebrew, bayit: the building, the family, and the dwelling place of God, all in one word. When I say house, I mean people God intends to live in. |
| Priest | One who keeps the fire. Stays at the altar. Brings people before God. |
| Watchman | One who keeps the watch. Sees what is coming and says so. |
| Gatekeeper | One who keeps the gate. Decides what comes in, and opens the door to the ones who belong. |
| The Watch | A set time of prayer, usually at night, held on purpose and held together. |
| Apostle | One sent to build. Not to gather a crowd, but to put foundations under people and structures that outlast the builder. |
| Prophet | One God shows things to, for people rather than for performance. |
| Occupy the land | Take practical possession of what God has already given you. Not waiting for it. Standing in it. |
Priest, watchman, and gatekeeper all come from one Hebrew verb — shamar, to keep. They are not three different people. They are three things one person does.