Tuesday
PRaP 11/7/06
“For the joy of the LORD is your
strength!”
This is from Nehemiah 8 when the Book of the
Law of God was read to the people of Israel . When these
people heard God’s law they began to weep and were on their face in worship
to God. After this they were in celebration to God for
seven days living in booths made of palm branches and other materials.
"Go out into the hill country and bring
back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and
shade trees, to make booths"-as it is written. [b]
After the reading of the Word the priests had
to go through and calm people from their weeping.
The Levites calmed all the
people, saying, "Be still, for this is a sacred day. Do not grieve."
Have you ever experienced
anything like this today? Had such a worship service that
it went on for 7 days? To feel what these people felt to be
in worship such as this I would find it amazing. How I
would love to give it up to God like this. But we live in a
world that this doesn’t take place any more. We take God
for granted. We know He is there and we worship him on
Sunday and sometimes Wednesday but what about just an all out worship fest?
Let’s have a Jesus pa loosa, a Woodstock
like Jesus Fest, a reading of the Bible from day break to noon in a way that
all will understand. Let’s start on Sunday and lay it all
on the line for Christ and worship face down to the ground and then celebrate
for 7 days and then end in an assembly to give thanks. Let’s
live in booths for the week and enjoy food and sweet drinks and send some to
those who have none and have them join the celebration of God. Show
the world that the joy of the LORD is your strength! Think
about it
PRaP Nehemiah 8
Key Verse:
Nehemiah
8:10
Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some
to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord.
Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is
your strength."
Psalm
28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song.
PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor,
Dad, DJ Dude
From The Desk Of:
Pastor Stephen Eldridge
christian_connection_ministry_me@yahoo.com
c2C http://www.c2cministry.org
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