#BibleLesson Timeless Truths. Let’s Celebrate! Nehemiah 11-12

EFFECTIVE WORSHIP BEGINS WITH

THE PERSON YOU ARE

Be the Person You Are in God

• Worship is for all kinds of people.
• Celebrate the Person You Are in God

Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten of them to live in Jerusalem, the holy city,while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns. 2 The people commended all who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. 

Nehemiah 11:1-2

Effective Worship Included Necessary Prioritization

• Separation from the routine of busy lives is a priority. Prioritizing worship is part of honoring the Sabbath.
• Gathering with Other Believers in Worship is a Priority

You must have both of these.

 

the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres. 28 The musicians also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem—from the villages of the Netophathites, 29 from Beth Gilgal, and from the area of Geba and Azmaveth, for the musicians had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem. 30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people, the gates and the wall. 

Nehemiah 12:27-30

Effective Worship Includes Necessary Preparation

• Allow God to help you focus.
• Allow God to fill you with anticipation.

31 I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of[e] the wall. I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on top of[f] the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate. 32 Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them, 33 along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, 35 as well as some priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zakkur, the son of Asaph, 36 and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani—with musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the teacher of the Law led the procession. 37 At the Fountain Gate they continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the site of David’s palace to the Water Gate on the east.

38 The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of[g] the wall, together with half the people—past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall, 39 over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah[h] Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

Nehemiah 12:31-39

Effective Worship Includes Necessary Participation

• Know the audience… Who God is.
• Know the prompts and performers… who you are.

40 The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials, 41 as well as the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah with their trumpets— 42 and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam and Ezer. The choirs sang under the direction of Jezrahiah. 43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.

Nehemiah 12:40-43

Prompts move you TOWARD God.

You, as a performer, must DO worship.

Glorify the Lord with me;

    let us exalt his name together. Ps 34:3

You do not worship for what you get out of it,

Rather,

worship is putting your all into it.

Thanks to Dr. Dan Copp for the primary teaching in this post.

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