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Complete, Dedicate, Celebrate - Ezra 6:13-22

“…for the LORD had caused them to rejoice…” 
Ezra 6:22  NASB

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Remain __________________________ in Your Walk
“This temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.”  Ezra 6:15  NASB

Acts 16:6-9

Hebrews 12:1-2

Matthew 25:21

Dedicate Your ________________________ Unto the Lord
“And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.” Ezra 6:16   NASB

____________________________ in God’s Blessings
“And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice…”  Ezra 6:22  NASB

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Don’t Be Intimidated
Ezra 5:6-17

“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.”  2 Timothy 1:7  NASB

1.   Don’t Be ______________________ of the God You Serve
“Thus they answered us, saying, 'We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth…”  Ezra 5:11a NASB

 

2. Don’t Be Ashamed of the ________________ You Are On
“…and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.”  Ezra 5:11b NASB

 

3.  Always Be Ready to Share Your _____________________
“'But because our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.”  Ezra 5:12  NASB

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Someone to Watch Over You
Ezra 5:1-5

“But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until a report could come to Darius, and then a written reply be returned concerning it.”
Ezra 5:5  NASB

1.   God Watches Over _________________________________!
“Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness...”  Psalm 33:18 NASB

2. God Equips ________________ To Watch Over Me
“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ…”  Ephesians 4:11 NASB

3.  I Am _____________________ To Watch Over Others
“But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light…”  1 Peter 2:9 NASB

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Strength When You’re Stuck
Ezra 4:6-24

“Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.”  Ezra 4:24  NAS

1.  There Will Be Times in Life When It Seems Like

Forward Movement Has Ceased!

2. We Feel “Stuck” For Various Reasons”
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3.  God Will Supply Strength When We Feel Stuck

James 1:2 –

Psalm 23 -

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Enemies, Opposition and Frustration
Ezra 4:1-5

“Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle…”
Psalm 144:1 NASB

1.  When We Follow __________________________________, We Will Encounter Enemies.  Verses 1 & 2

 

2.  We Need _______________________ to Determine Who is For Us and Who is Against Us.  Verse 3

 

3.  People Will Actively __________________________ Us From Doing God’s Work.  Verses 4 & 5

 

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Responding With Worship
Ezra 3:10-13

From Last Week:  Understanding Resulted in Worship
The purpose of worship is to come before the Lord in obedience and praise Him, to hear from Him, to confess to Him, to commit our lives to Him.
The subject and object of worship is God:  Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

People Respond with Worship in ___________________Ways
“Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy…”  Ezra 3:12 NASB

Differences Test ____________________

1.  Be _____________________ to One Another.  Ephesians 5:21

2.  Elders ___________________ the Youngers.  Titus 2, 1 Peter 5

3.  Youngers _________________ the Elders.  1 Timothy 5, 1 Peter 5

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Giving, Ministry and Worship
Ezra 3:7-13

_____________________________________ Resulted in Giving
 “Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food, drink and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had from Cyrus king of Persia.”  Ezra 3:7 NASB

 

_______________________________________ Resulted in Ministry
“…all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to oversee the work of the house of the LORD.”  Ezra 3:8 NASB

 

_______________________________________ Resulted in Worship
“They sang, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, “For He is good, for His loving-kindness is upon Israel forever." And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.”  Ezra 3:11 NASB

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Luke 2

The Birth of Jesus

 ¹In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ²(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³And everyone went to his own town to register.

 ⁴So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.