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Ezra 5 - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: July 26, 2012

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (Ezra 5:1)

Spiritual attacks are meant to not only stop our personal spiritual growth, but to also stop the outpouring of ministry.

Life Lesson (Ezra 5:3)

Jesus is worthy to be served.

Life Lesson (Ezra 5:4)

Let nothing move you from your calling to serve, give and love God and people.

Life Lesson (Ezra 5:5)

We are all called to help build the Kingdom of God through evangelism.

Life Lesson (Ezra 5:15)

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Life Lesson (Ezra 5:17)

Make the most of your life with the time you have been given and make the biggest difference you can in this world.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Zechariah 4:6 NKJV

"This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the Lord of hosts."

Zechariah 13:9 (partial) NKJV

I will say, 'This is My people'; And each one will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

Zechariah 14:9 NKJV

And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be - "The Lord is one," And His name one.

Haggai 1:2 NLT

"This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: The people are saying, 'The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.'"

Isaiah 55:6 NKJV

Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

Haggai 1:6 NLT

You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!

1 Corinthians 14:3 NLT

But one who prophesies strengthens others, encourages them, and comforts them.

Colossians 3:16-17 NKJV

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Colossians 3:23-24 NKJV

And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Colossians 3:23-24 NLT

Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24 Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.

2 Timothy 4:7 NKJV

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Acts 20:24 KJV

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

2 Chronicles 16:9 (partial) NKJV

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.

Ezra 5:5 NLT

But because their God was watching over them, the leaders of the Jews were not prevented from building until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.

2 Peter 3:9 NKJV

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 NKJV

18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 NLT

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

Acts 1:8 NKJV

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

1 John 2:19 NLT

These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.

Colossians 3:23-24 NKJV

And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Ephesians 5:16 NKJV

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:16 NLT

Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.

Ephesians 5:16 AMP

Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.

Philippians 1:6 NKJV

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

Philippians 1:6 NLT

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Philippians 1:6 AMP

And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.

2 Timothy 4:7 NKJV

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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