Getting Ready For Sunday: How To Prepare For Sojourn Gathered, 8-16-2009

If you’ve been following Pastor Daniel’s series on How To Party this week, you know that we’ll be camping out in Nehemiah 8 during this Sunday’s sermon.  This is a pivotal chapter, and a good antidote to “long-faced” Christianity.  God’s Word brings joy to His children.  Nehemiah shows us that there is a time to [...]

Three Days To Great Parties — Day Three

For the past couple days we’ve been talking about parties, like the one from Nehemiah 8 that lasted seven days.  It teaches us that God’s people should be a people of celebration.  The Word of the Lord is Good News!  He brings hope, healing and even eternal life.  We will enjoy him forever — a [...]

The Folly Of Pride

I have been thinking a lot recently about the difference between pride and humility.  We have been hearing sermon after sermon about renewal, and they all involve men who humbled themselves under God.
Just this past Sunday we heard of Nehemiah humbling himself by recognizing his own brokenness and God’s awesomeness.  This is humility – to [...]

Three Days To Great Parties — Day Two

Yesterday I shared some of Nehemiah’s story with you, which we will unpack much more this Sunday at Sojourn Gathered.  Among the many things we can learn from Nehemiah, he teaches us:

We are a people of the Word. This fact — that we have the Word of God — should lead us to celebrate.

So remember, [...]

Three Days To Great Parties – Day One

God’s people know how to throw parties. Don’t believe me? Take Nehemiah 8:9-18.  As Ezra and Nehemiah taught the people God’s Word, they realized that no people have reason to party like God’s people:
“This day is sacred to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been [...]

Sojourn Morning Prayer Notes From Nehemiah 1

We hope you’ll join us tomorrow morning (Tuesday, August 11) from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. at The 930 for the monthly Sojourn prayer meeting.  Come pray with the elders, believing that God hears and answers our prayers as we seek His will for our church, our families and this city.
Here, you’ll find the prayer [...]

Stepping Up With Nehemiah — Learn To Be A Leader

Yesterday at Sojourn Gathered I preached from Nehemiah 1 and 2.  I hope you’ll take the challenge to read through Nehemiah this week as part of our Old Testament reading guide.  Like I said in the sermon, it doesn’t matter if you’re way behind in the reading guide.  In fact, I declare that today is [...]