“The new stadium is the most beautiful building, and it was wonderful to see it filled with football fans. It was good to go in there and see what this venue looks like, and imagine the place filled with worshippers from all over Hungary and surrounding nations. The sound coming from the stadium will be incredible. It will be an inspiring day! Someone said earlier this year that this stadium is made for worship, so I will encourage everyone not to miss this very special day. When God’s people gather and when you have this incredibly large assembly of people worshipping, the sound of all these different voices is the most beautiful and inspiring sound. People who come that day will have a real sense of God’s presence because God loves to be with people who are praising him. A whole generation of people will be motivated and inspired to go out and serve God. There will be people there who have never been inside a church before, and so I’m praying they will be touched by the presence of God and their lives will be changed. It will be an event that touches people on so many different levels. It will be very inspiring, prophetic and a very special day.”

Noel Richardsartist, worship leader

“It’s wonderful that you have persevered for so long with the vision. The realisation of this dream in the arena will be truly inspirational. As this arena was being built, this vision was built up in you, too, and in July we can all be there to praise the name of Jesus and to confess that He is Lord over the nations. I believe that God wants to gather people together so we can sing and praise Him together, and simply just have a good time in fellowship with one another. Where there is unity among the various nations, there we can truly see the glory of God. So I trust that we will see the presence of God in the stadium!”

Martin Smithartist, worship leader

“The Hungarian people must discover God, and then we can rejoice in God. One of my old songs is about this: “You have called us to a feast, Jesus, to contemplate your glorious face, to turn our hearts away from the transient, and gaze on the eternal.” This is the day! has the great role of demonstrating: yes, we can celebrate God. As we were there at the opening match of the Puskás Arena last autumn, a desire was conceived in me, that at least to the same extent, just as loudly, just as much from the heart, we must praise Him on 24 July. Loudly and full of conviction. For me, the greatest thing is: celebrating God, being at liberty in Him, being honest before him. And part of this honesty is that I can be there before God weeping, but dancing with outstretched arms too.”

László Csiszérartist, worship leader

“I expect that God, just as before, will bear great witness this time, too. This does not depend on the dimensions, of course, but even so this will be a story on a European scale. There are many things which are not physically visible; the Bible calls these sowing. We often make the mistake of sowing the seed, which falls on the soil, and we feel that nothing has happened. Of course it has! We sowed! Something will happen. The law of sowing and reaping is irrevocable, and This is the day! is already enjoying the harvest in many areas. It arouses the interest of many both for and against. I trust that, after Stadium 2021, the constant criticisers will fall silent. Even if they do not accept what we are doing as good, at least they will not oppose it.”

Béla Pintérartist, worship leader

“What do I expect from this forthcoming big stadium event? Unity, love, friendship, the outpour and the fi re of the Holy Spirit, salvations, healings, deliverances—so I expect all that is usually involved where God’s kingdom appears. To me, this event is a powerful teaching from God about the way He works. First, He plants the seed, then He nurtures it, waters it, and then He expects acts of faith from us which express that we trust in Him. And then something we could never do by ourselves happens. We will be able to worship the Almighty God in the biggest stadium of the country.”

László Prazsákmusician, worship leader