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OUTLINE FOR SUNDAY MESSAGE, 11-30-25
“THE JOY OF THE LORD,”
NEH. 8:10 (KJV)
Nehemiah 8:10 (KJV)
10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
Our text is found during the time of Jewish exiles rebuilding Jerusalem under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah. They have completed the walls at the disapproval of their enemies Sanballat and Tobiah who fought against the rebuilding of Jerusalem, but God was with His people. Ezra and Nehemiah encouraged the people in our text with the powerful words “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” It was a powerful time for the Jewish people. The price for rebelling against the Lord was high, but now the people of God found favor once again with their God because they were convicted in their hearts after Ezra read the book of the law of Moses and were saddened to know that they broke God’s laws but were also glad because they wanted to be back in right relationship with the God of their fathers. Even in their current predicament “The joy of the Lord was their strength.”
The word “joy” here in Neh. 8:10 is from the Hebrew word chedvah, pronounced khed-vaw, Strongs H2302, and it means rejoicing:- (gladness). In the Old Testament and the New Testament God Himself is the ground and object of the Believer’s joy.
Psalm 35:9 (KJV)
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord:
It shall rejoice in his salvation.
Psalm 43:4 (KJV)
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God,
Unto God my exceeding joy:
Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Isaiah 61:10–11 (KJV)
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
And as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth;
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth
Before all the nations.
Luke 1:47 (KJV)
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Romans 5:11 (KJV)
11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Philippians 3:1 (KJV)
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
Philippians 4:4 (KJV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Joy is associated with life. Experiences of sorrow prepare for, and enlarge, the capacity for “joy.” Persecution for Christ’s sake enhances “joy.” Other sources of “joy” are faith, hope, the “joy” of others, which is distinctive of Christian sympathy.
DANCE LIKE DAVID DANCED
2 Samuel 6:15–23 (KJV)
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. 20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! 21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
David had brought the Ark of God back to Jerusalem. The Ark had been captured by the Philistines back during the days of the prophet Samuel as a young man when the glory of the Lord had departed from Israel, 1 Sam. 4: 11, 21, 22. The Philistines had taken the Ark and suffered for it, 1 Sam. 5:1-7. The Ark, which symbolized the presence of the Lord, was kept in Kirjathjearim with Eleazar the son of Abinadab for 20 years because of the plagues of the Lord upon anyone who handled that Ark improperly, 1 Sam. 7:1, 2. After David became king he wanted to bring the Ark back to Jerusalem but when Uzzah attempted to steady the Ark he was slain of the Lord because only the Levites were to handle the Ark so it ended up at a black man’s house name Obededom, 2 Sam. 6:10. David heard that while the Ark was at Obededom’s house that Obededom’s house was blessed therefore David went to bring the Ark up to Jerusalem by praising and worshipping the Lord, 2 Sam. 6:11-14. This is where we find our text. David is so full of joy for finally bringing up the Ark that he danced before the Lord with all of his heart.
Psalm 16:11 (KJV)
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life:
In thy presence is fulness of joy;
At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
David’s faith in His God was so that he brought worship to a totally different level whereas he taught the people how to approach God without a sacrifice of a goat, bull, or lamb, but through praise and worship. After all Israel had been through and now David had gotten the presence of the Lord symbolized by the Ark of the Covenant, back in it’s rightful place he danced with joy before the Lord. If you’ve ever been in a difficult place and while you’re going through that time you just don’t know for sure how you’re going to come out of that difficult place but you had faith in God. Still though, when that time came that you realized that you would be victorious you danced like David danced, because experiences of sorrow prepare for, and enlarge, the capacity for “joy.” The joy that David had was not a joy from having possessions, or being rich, famous, or having power, but because of his faith in God, the joy of the Lord was his strength just like for any Believer who has faith in God today, that faith will translate into a joy that’s not from stuff, but out of a relationship with God. He is our joy and like David there’s times I want to express that joy and dance like David danced. You may have your way of expressing joy. The Holiness Churches shout. The Pentecostal Churches dance. The Charismatic Churches do a little jig. Whatever we do it is an expression of our joy out of our walk with Him. Some people may just raise their hands in expressing their joy. Others may cry tears of joy. Personally, like David, I like to dance.
OUTLINE FOR BIBLE STUDY MONDAY, 11-24-25
“FAITH & VISION,”
MK. 9:17-29 (KJV)
Mark 9:17–29 (KJV)
17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. 19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. 20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. 21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. 22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. 23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. 28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? 29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
EXPOSITION OF MK. 9:17-29
Jesus was confronted with this young man who was possessed. His father said that he had brought his son to Jesus’ disciples, but they could not cast the demon out of his son. Jesus told His disciples that this kind comes out only by prayer and fasting. Now we know that prayer and fasting does not automatically bring us to a place of power with God but they do position us to be more sensitive spiritually and more keen to the spirit realm which is what, in my humble opinion, prayer and fasting will do for us as it relates to spiritual warfare. Jesus spoke to the demon, taking authority over it and the young man was delivered. We see this repeatedly with Christ when He encountered people oppressed of the devil.
Matthew 4:23–25 (KJV)
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
Matthew 8:14–17 (KJV)
14 And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. 16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Mark 6:1–6 (KJV)
And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. 4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. 5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
The vision is bigger than us. It’s a message of hope. It’s a message of peace. It’s a message of life.
Luke 4:14–21 (KJV)
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Matthew 28:18–20 (KJV)
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 16:15–20 (KJV)
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Romans 1:16–17 (KJV)
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
God, through Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob, that through their seed that all nations and families of the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis 22:15–18 (KJV)
15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 26:1–5 (KJV)
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 28:10–16 (KJV)
10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.
Galatians 3:13–16 (KJV)
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
We must see that it’s not just about one man, or one Church, or one group, or one denomination, or one race of people, or one nation, or one whatever, but God so loved the whole world that He gave His only begotten Son, John 3:14–21 (KJV):
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
The vision is bigger than us. That’s because the vision is of God and no one person, or group of people, or Church, or denomination, have a monopoly on the Holy Ghost or the gospel. We need discernment from God just like He gave the vision to Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob, He’ll reveal to us His plans for this generation that all nations and families of the earth shall be blessed.
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