{"id":2047,"date":"2015-11-08T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2015-11-08T18:48:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T22:48:00","slug":"the-joy-of-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Message by Dr. David Drake<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rec1108-113549.mp3\">rec1108-113549<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Nehemiah 12:27-43<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Outlet of Our Worship<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I. Worship Involves the Celebration of an Occasion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nehemiah 12:27a (NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">27 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nehemiah 6:15-16 (NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of <i>the month<\/i> Elul, in fifty-two days.<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0When all our enemies heard <i>of it,<\/i> and all the nations surrounding us saw <i>it,<\/i> they lost their confidence; for they recognized that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Worship Involves Elements Expressing Our Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nehemiah 12:27b (NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">27\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\"> with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs <i>to the accompaniment<\/i> of cymbals, harps and lyres.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 150:3-5 (NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Praise Him with trumpet sound; <span class=\"poetry1\">Praise Him with harp and lyre.<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Praise Him with timbrel and dancing; <span class=\"poetry1\">Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Praise Him with loud cymbals; <span class=\"poetry1\">Praise Him with resounding cymbals.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colossians 3:16 (NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms <i>and<\/i> hymns <i>and<\/i> spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>III. Worship Involves Leaders Guiding Our Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nehemiah 12:30-31 (NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">30 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall.<br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">31 <\/span><\/sup><span class=\"ind\">\u00a0Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proceeding to the right on top of the wall toward the Refuse Gate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nehemiah 12:38, 40, 42\u00a0(NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">38 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The second choir proceeded to the left, while I followed them with half of the people on the wall, above the Tower of Furnaces, to the Broad Wall, <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">40 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me; <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">42 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam and Ezer. And the singers sang, with Jezrahiah <i>their<\/i> leader,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 139:23-24 (NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Search me, O God, and know my heart; <span class=\"poetry1\">Try me and know my anxious thoughts;<\/span> <span class=\"poetry1\"><br \/>\n<sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">24 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And see if there be any hurtful way in me, <span class=\"poetry1\">And lead me in the everlasting way.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV. Worship Involves Spiritual Ingredients Revealing Our Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nehemiah 12:43 (NASB)<br \/>\n<\/strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">43 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar. <span class=\"ind\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message by Dr. David Drake rec1108-113549 Nehemiah 12:27-43 &nbsp; The Outlet of Our Worship &nbsp; I. 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