So I captured some of the key points from a great sermon I heard when I was in Redding, California, at Bethel Church. If you like it go and check out the free weekly sermon's available on podcast.
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- Nehemiah 8
- When moving redemptively, there is no "us and them", just us - as "all have sinned". The Lord doesn't entrust the breakthrough to those who separate themselves from the need.
- Nehemiah 8:9-12. "Do not sorrow for the joy of the Lord is your strength."
- Rejoicing takes faith in Gods grace. We have joy because we rejoice. The greatest demonstration of faith is to rejoice when it is the last thing we want to do.
- Nehemiah 9:1
- There were 7 days celebration for 1 day of repentance. Sometimes God takes us through a season of joy and blessing, and then through that allows us to become convicted of things in our life which are not of him.
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What I felt most challenged about in the sermon was that when we partner with God and seek his redemptive power for people or situations, we must not seperate ourselves from the need. We need to recognise it and carry that need to the Lord. When we cry out to him, we stand with those people, in that need, and intercede for that with God.
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