"Expectation"

That's a key word, Caleb. "Expectation" can be a wonderfully advantageous yet potentially dangerous thing. For example, if we have high expectations of our spouse or a friend or some other close relationship, and those expectations aren't met, we are very frustrated (they are human, after all). Expectations in the context of corporate worship are similar, and could manifest themselves in a couple of different ways (or more, but I'll mention two opposing ones). We could come expecting The Show up front to be top-notch, first-rate, and something that makes us "feel" a certain way, perhaps without us having to do a whole lot. We could also come expecting that God is going to do something today: meet us; speak truth to us; convict us; shower comfort, mercy, forgiveness, joy, love upon us. Sometimes (not always) I feel that more people fall into the first category than the second.

Why is it that many do not expect God to do anything when we meet to worship? Is there something we the leadership are (or aren't) doing that is preventing either God from moving or people from expecting Him to...or both??