Paul’s treasure in clay pots –need to see the value in each individual, in our community and in ourselves

jewels in a crown. How attractive and beautiful they will be!  Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine

the young women.

- You first – our priority

- One way! lead us along the path

The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty.

‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

2 Chronicles 7 The Dedication of the Temple

Let us not hide our light (in the building)

new, different things ....

Let us embrace all that is good and new

Help us to be discerning

light of the sun (picture for us and revival) beautiful sight

Murmuration we will dance Your dance in unity

ancestors to give them. “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave

you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of

the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.

Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be

afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the

oppressed free and break every yoke?  Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer

with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?  Then

your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before

you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;  you will cry for

help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious

talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,

then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.  The Lord will guide you always;

he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered

garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old

foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was

pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

have overcome the world.”

PASS ON YOUR GIFTS (TEACH)

a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to

them, because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be

stoned to death.” The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.” But you have come to

Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of

angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God,

the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the

sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

After these things, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of

Hilkiah, the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of

Meraioth, the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of

Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest— this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a teacher well versed in the Law

of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he asked, for the hand of

the Lord his God was on him. Some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers and temple

servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth

month of the seventh year of the king. He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and

he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him. For Ezra had

devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.

King Artaxerxes’ Letter to Ezra This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest, a teacher of

the Law, a man learned in matters concerning the commands and decrees of the Lord for Israel: Artaxerxes, king of

kings, To Ezra the priest, teacher of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings. Now I decree that any of the Israelites

in my kingdom, including priests and Levites, who volunteer to go to Jerusalem with you, may go. You are sent by the

king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your

hand. Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given to the

God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, together with all the silver and gold you may obtain from the province

of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem. With

this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and

sacrifice them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.

You and your fellow Israelites may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance

with the will of your God. Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of

your God. And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you are responsible to supply, you may provide

from the royal treasury. Now I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates are to provide

with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you— up to a

hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt

without limit. Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of

heaven. Why should his wrath fall on the realm of the king and of his sons? You are also to know that you have no

authority to impose taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers, temple servants or

other workers at this house of God. And you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God, which you possess,

appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates—all who know the laws of

your God. And you are to teach any who do nWhoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king

must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment. Praise be to the Lord, the

God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s heart to bring honor to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in this

way and who has extended his good favor to me before the king and his advisers and all the king’s powerful officials.

Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me, I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.

deceitfulness.

own.

SAVIOUR, SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD SHALL COME

than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be

glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit “If you

love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be

with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But

you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who

loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them

and make our home with them But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach

you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. “As the Father has loved me, so have I

loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my

Father’s commands and remain in his love. You are my friends if you do what I command. This is my command:

Love each other.

for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

foe and the avenger.

Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! As when fire

sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the

nations to quake before you! For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the

mountains trembled before you. Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any

God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

the locust swarm—my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will

praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.

27 Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and that there is no other; never again will my

people be shamed.

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in

what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. My

brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.