Built for God’s Glory
MESSAGE – Rev. Dr. Dale Thiele
A Passion for God
Built for God’s Glory
- A People of the Book
- A People who Rejoice
- A People for God’s Glory
Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion:
- Read Nehemiah 8:1-12. What catches your attention from this passage? Why?
- Who gathers the people? Why do they gather?
- What takes place in this gathering that demonstrates a respect for God’s word? Is this worship of the Bible? Why or why not?
- Why do the people respond with weeping? Why would the leaders tell them to not weep?
- What is the “joy of the Lord”? How is it our strength?
- Why do the people rejoice? How should we understand and practice the connection between Scripture study and worship?
Memory Verse of the Week:
Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (ESV)
