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Series: Ezra
Mike Stone
Ezra 7:27
Part of the series: EZRA
Praising the God Who Rebuilds and Restores
At first, Ezra appears to be a book about rebuilding Jerusalem and the temple. But it's more about God rebuilding a people for the ultimate glory of Jesus.
As we embark on our own building project, I want to use the book of Ezra to keep us focused on this truth. The work of God is never about building a building. It's about God building a people for the glory of His Son, Jesus Christ.
In our own congregation, we have a new building project about to begin called ''NEXT GEN NOW.'' It is a multi-phased building plan that will strategically position us to reach the next generation more fully and effectively than ever before.
As we look into the future together, it's important that we take a moment and look into the past and see how the snapshot of this moment fits into the grand drama that God has been writing since the founding of our church.
And more importantly, we want to see where this moment fits into the Divine narrative that began somewhere in eternity past and will find its ultimate consummation on the pages of eternity future.
And it's all wrapped up in a little phrase in 7:27, ''God of our Fathers.''
In 1876 an Episcopal priest named Daniel Roberts wrote a hymn to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Roberts was a veteran of the Civil War. With war on his mind and gratitude in his heart, Roberts penned:
God of our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Leads forth in beauty all the starry band.
Of Shining worlds in splendor through the skies
Our grateful songs, before thy throne arise.
Thy Love divine hath led us in the past.
In this free land by thee our lot is cast.
Be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay.
Thy Word Our Law, thy Paths our chosen ways.
Although the hymn had not been written when Ezra left the throne room of king Artexerxes, the same sentimen ...
Series: Ezra
Mike Stone
Ezra 7:27
Part of the series: EZRA
Praising the God Who Rebuilds and Restores
At first, Ezra appears to be a book about rebuilding Jerusalem and the temple. But it's more about God rebuilding a people for the ultimate glory of Jesus.
As we embark on our own building project, I want to use the book of Ezra to keep us focused on this truth. The work of God is never about building a building. It's about God building a people for the glory of His Son, Jesus Christ.
In our own congregation, we have a new building project about to begin called ''NEXT GEN NOW.'' It is a multi-phased building plan that will strategically position us to reach the next generation more fully and effectively than ever before.
As we look into the future together, it's important that we take a moment and look into the past and see how the snapshot of this moment fits into the grand drama that God has been writing since the founding of our church.
And more importantly, we want to see where this moment fits into the Divine narrative that began somewhere in eternity past and will find its ultimate consummation on the pages of eternity future.
And it's all wrapped up in a little phrase in 7:27, ''God of our Fathers.''
In 1876 an Episcopal priest named Daniel Roberts wrote a hymn to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Roberts was a veteran of the Civil War. With war on his mind and gratitude in his heart, Roberts penned:
God of our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Leads forth in beauty all the starry band.
Of Shining worlds in splendor through the skies
Our grateful songs, before thy throne arise.
Thy Love divine hath led us in the past.
In this free land by thee our lot is cast.
Be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay.
Thy Word Our Law, thy Paths our chosen ways.
Although the hymn had not been written when Ezra left the throne room of king Artexerxes, the same sentimen ...
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