OUR MESSAGE FOR TODAY’S SUNDAY SERVICE ON AUGUST 16, 2015 IS NEHEMIAH 8:1-18 THE LORD OF PEACE WITH HIS JOY FOR US THROUGH HIS WORD:

OUR MESSAGE FOR TODAY’S SUNDAY SERVICE ON AUGUST 16, 2015 IS NEHEMIAH 8:1-18 THE LORD OF PEACE WITH HIS JOY FOR US THROUGH HIS WORD: 1. I am always excited each time I open the book of law of the Almighty God, which I call the book of wisdom, there is no how you can open the “BIBLE” and will not benefit something from it that will give you peace of mind and great joy. Are you restless, distressed, worried or confused? Read the word of God and get back your peace and the joy of the Lord will be your strength. See verses 1-5 2. We must come to the understanding that the Priests of God are charged with the responsibility of expanding the scriptures to meet the needs of the congregations, because the word of God answers all things and doeth all things because it is God himself read John 1:1. See as the Priest of God Ezra used the word to restore Joy in the land: a) He blessed the Lord the Great God and all the people said Amen b) He praised God and everybody lifted up their hands with joy c) With joy the people bowed their heads on the ground to God d) Ezra and the Levites caused the people to understand the law e) The minister’s responsibility is to use the word to meet needs f) Nehemiah, Ezra and the Levites all taught the people the word for their joy to be full, but they were crying because of their shortcoming but the priest said to them that the day is Holy unto the Lord and not for weeping but to rejoice and be at peace g) When you receive the word of God with your heart, you will eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: because the day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. See verses 6-10 3. I encourage you to make out time to study the word, swallow it make it a life style to be path of you, so that nothing will rub you of your peace and joy. When you make it a duty that must be fulfilled daily in your home, the results it will bring into your family lives will be so amazing that everybody around you will like to be infected with the word especially when you receive the words that were declared by your priests, it opens the following doors: a) Abundance that has no end known as limitless blessings b) Fulfillment and accomplishments that will make you a celebrity c) It turns you to lend to nations and never to borrow d) The Lord himself will be the one that will build you in all areas. See verses 11-16. 4. Finally I want to encourage you to make use of the word of God to restore all things that the enemies may have stolen from you, use the word to command the supernatural, use it to restore peace and joy, use it to reverse all irreversible in your life, use it to silent every power of darkness, use it to raise the death back to life, for that is what you are called to do as a child of God. May “The Lord of Peace” open doors of great joy for you this week as you take authority with the word of God to make a difference as a child of God Amen? See verses 17-18. 5. My prayer for you today is to receive the Anointing power from the Lord of Peace with joy through his word that will make you a vessel of honour all the days of your life in Jesus name Amen. Read below: Nehemiah 8:1-18 King James Version (KJV) 8 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. 9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 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. 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. 13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. 14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. 18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. Watch out for our AUGUST 2015 daily words of Exhortations on “EMPOWERMENT FROM THE LORD OF PEACE WITH US" TOMORROW AUGUST 17, 2015. Be blessed as you receive THE EMPOWERMENT FOR THE MONTH OF THE LORD OF PEACE WITH YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. For updates join our conversation on tweeter @lwfmpower and like us on Facebook at Living Water Foundation Ministries (LWFM), you can also contact us at info@lwfm.us or www.lwfw.org