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  • When The Foundations Must Be Laid Again

    Contributed by Sonny Thomas, Sr. on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,109 views

    If you always keep an ever humbling reminder of why you had to be restored and what consequences your time in sin produced, you will never need another restoration.

    Exiles have begun returning to Jerusalem. Years of Babylonian captivity due to disobedience is the only reminder of a land once favored by God. Remnants from Israel now return back to their homeland with the daunting task of picking up the pieces. Jeshua the high priest and Zerubbabel the ...read more

  • Turkey And Blessings

    Contributed by Bradford Robinson on Feb 6, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,277 views

    This sermon takes a look at how often we are simply ungrateful for all that God has done for us and reminds us to always give thanks.

    Dr. H.A. Ironside was a wonderful preacher who was known at times for being rather blunt. One day in a crowded restaurant, just as he was about to begin his meal, a man approached and asked if he could join him. Ironside invited his to have a seat. Then, as was his custom, Dr. Ironside bowed his ...read more

  • Building Up What Was Broken Down

    Contributed by Chris Medina on Jun 11, 2003
    based on 120 ratings
     | 71,642 views

    The exiles who returned to Judah from captivity bgan the rebuilding process for the Temple. However it was their own hearts that needed restoring and it was God Himself who became the builder.

    Ezra: Building Up What Was Broken Down” Ezra 3:1-13 Read Ezra 3:1-13 Last Monday morning, a young man named Sgt. Sean Peterson was in our home. Sgt. Peterson is a recruiter for the Army here in Merced and was telling Laurie and I about the arrangements for Kevina going up to Stockton to take the ...read more

  • Restoring Proper Worship Series

    Contributed by Ely Lambert on Jun 2, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 13,638 views

    Christendom is struggling with what is true worship, and just how we are to worship the Living God. Ezra gives some great insight into this subject.

    Restoring Proper Worship Ezra 3 Preached at the Laurel Church of Christ On March 2, 2003 Introduction: I. “After attending church one Sunday morning, a little boy knelt at his bedside that night and prayed, “Dear God, we had a good time at church today – but I wish you had been there!” A. The ...read more

  • "Don't Let Discouragers Frustrate God's Plan For Your Life"

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 23, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 25,155 views

    We can’t listen to people and live in victory.

    Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches August 11, 2002 “Don’t Let Discouragers Frustrate God’s Plan for Your Life” Ezra 3:10-12 Ezra 4:1-5 INTRODUCTION: It is easy to become discouraged. Right? Discouragement comes in many ways to all of us. It comes through circumstances of daily life that happen to ...read more

  • Are You Plugged In To Celebrate God's Goodness? Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 80 ratings
     | 18,207 views

    When God’s people returned to Jerusalem after nearly a century of exile, they found their city in ruins. The Temple of God–where they believed God lived–was destroyed. This is a story about how God’s people plugged in to His supernatural power.

    Are You Plugged in to Celebrate God’s Goodness? Ezra 3:10-13 by Dr. David O. Dykes INTRODUCTION I have a light here, but it’s not doing what it was created to do. It’s not shining. The reason it isn’t fulfilling its purpose for existence is because it isn’t plugged in to a source of power. I’ve ...read more

  • Overcoming Disappointment

    Contributed by Ray Pritchard on Sep 8, 2003
    based on 100 ratings
     | 104,528 views

    It is better to rejoice over what you have than to weep over what you used to have.

    Overcoming Disappointment Ezra 3 The year is 537 B.C. The place is Jerusalem. The Jews have just returned from a long captivity in Babylon. Some have been gone from their homeland for 70 years. Others have been gone for 50 years. They were sent into captivity as part of God’s judgment on ...read more

  • Have You Set Your Altar?

    Contributed by Robert Massey on Aug 27, 2002
    based on 104 ratings
     | 17,865 views

    Our relationship with God should be the most important relationship that we have. When we place that relationship as Priority One, there are effects that should be seen in our lives. This message demonstrates what those effects are.

    We know that certain ones who were living in Babylon after Cyrus came to reign were touched by God to leave Babylon and go back to Jerusalem and rebuild the city that had been torn down seventy years before by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. God had prophesied of this over two hundred years ...read more

  • "Why The Old Men Wept?"

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Dec 3, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 7,084 views

    What the difference between being a young man and being an old man? The young men shouted and the old men wept... why?

    Title: "WHY THE OLD MEN WEPT?" Introduction: WHY THE YOUNG MEN SHOUTED? It is much easier to shout than it is to weep. There is a certain depth in weeping. The young men shouted because they finally had something to believe in. The foundation of the Temple had been rebuilt and laid. They were ...read more

  • Caught Between A Laugh And A Cry

    Contributed by Wilson Murphy on May 1, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 9,423 views

    We need to have a hunger for more of God, while being thankful for what God has already done.

    Caught between a Laugh and a Cry Ezra 3:10-13 10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11And they sang ...read more

  • Work It! Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 35 ratings
     | 25,150 views

    What can the remnant teach us about how to be a working church? They can teach us three traits of a working church.

    1. A working church is mobilized (3:8a—emphasis on “ALL they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem”) 2. A working church is organized (3:8b—emphasis on “APPOINTED” and “SET FORWARD THE WORK) 3. A working church is unified (3:9—emphasis on “TOGETHER”) Well, the delay is over. Last ...read more

  • What's All The Racket? Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 54 ratings
     | 17,851 views

    Did you know that there are times that the church should be noisy? Not from idle talking and milling around during worship—but a church should be noisy just like the remnant was. A church should be noisy when it’s working.

    1. Initial celebration (3:10-11) 2. Individual hesitation (3:12) 3. Ideal harmonization (3:13) One time there was an old farmer who wasn’t much into modern conveniences. As a matter of fact, he didn’t have much contact with the outside world at all. He thought that everything he needed was right ...read more

  • Almost Right Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Feb 27, 2008
    based on 30 ratings
     | 10,271 views

    The question isn’t whether we’re going to encounter opposition. The question is, how are we going to handle it when it comes. The remnant did exactly what they were supposed to do—almost. They stood strong in the face of opposition but they didn’t quit

    1. How did the opposition respond to the remnant? a. With distrust (1) b. With deception (2) 2. How did the remnant respond to the opposition? a. With discernment (3a) b. With determination (3b) c. With direction (3c) It would be nice if everything in life was easy, wouldn’t it? It would be nice ...read more

  • Swimming Upstream Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Feb 27, 2008
    based on 40 ratings
     | 23,530 views

    Do you ever feel like everything is opposing you? That is what the remnant was experiencing. The first step to facing our opposition the right way is to "know our enemy."

    In our walk as Christians and in our work as a church… 1. We must stand against the persistence of our opposition (4:4-7) 2. We must stand against the pervasiveness of our opposition (4:8-10) 3. We must stand against the persuasiveness of our opposition (4:11-16) 4. We must stand against the ...read more

  • Satanic Activity Series

    Contributed by J. Brad Campbell on Jun 15, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,895 views

    this is the seventh sermon in a series dealing with things that will keep your prayers from being answered

    HINDRANCES TO PRAYER ------------------------------------------------- LESSON #7 SATANIC ACTIVITY TEXT: EZRA 4:4-6 REVIEW: What was our lesson on last week? Carnal motives. Is it possible to pray for something righteous and according to Gods will and still have our prayers unanswered? Yes if we ...read more