Sermon Tone Analysis

Last week we began our sermons series entitled RE: - RE is one of one of those prefixes that comes up in many restorative words… For example

RE is a Prefix that comes up as a renewal and restorative word..

one of those prefixes that comes up in many restorative words… For example We talk about being Refilled, recharged, refueled, restored....

We talk about being Re-filled, re-charged, re-fueled, re-stored....

For example We talk about being Refilled, recharged, refueled, restored....

When we are thinking of making positive changes we use words like re- purposing, re-building, re -thinking, Resolutions,

When we are thinking of making positive changes we use words like re- purposing, re -thinking, Re -solutions,

When we are thinking of making positive changes we use words like re- purposing, re-building, re -thinking, Resolutions,

We can go on and on…with this prefix...RE simply means to do something “Again.” .

It speaks of fresh start....renew -

This morning we are going to talk about rebuilding…broken places.

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We love creative process of imagining, designing and then building things….

We build toys, houses, roads, furniture—we even build nations.

We build our bodies and we all try to build relationships and friendships.....

Buildings comes from the what we can be envision.

We see this in some of the architectural marvels around the world...

it is amazing what the imagination is able to do… for example… look at some of these architectural marvels..

We love to the process of imagining, designing and building things…We see this in some of the architectural marvels around the world...

it is amazing what the imagination is able to do… for example… look at some of these architectural marvels..

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Re Build ---

The Crooked House poland

It is part of human nature to build things.

We love to imagine, design and build things… We see this in some of these actectual marvells..

The Basket Building (Ohio, United States)

Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, United States)

Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, United States)

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

We build toys, houses, roads, furniture—we even build nations.

We build our bodies and we all try to build relationships and friendships.

RE simply means “Again.” .

t speaks of fresh start.... Restart, Reboot, Reconnect…rebuild...

In the Old Testament, God was the master builder.

The word “to build” in Hebrew is banah and it refers to the construction, new or renewed, of just about anything.

Its most significant use is the Lord’s “building” of His nation and people—they are the work of His hands.

People are amazing...Just think about it that each one of these building began with a thought… then through series of actions became a reality…

The book of Hebrews we are told t that it is by faith that we understand that the ages were framed by the Word of God and that what is seen was not made out of visible things.. that God is the architect and the master builder...

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The book of Hebrews we are told that

We see this same creativity is the Master builder— In creation..

The writer to the Hebrews reminds us that it is by faith that we understand that the ages were framed by the Word of God and that what is seen was not made out of visible things.. what started off in the mind of God came the reality of creation…

The writer to the Hebrews reminds us that it is by faith that we understand that the ages were framed by the Word of God and that what is seen was not made out of visible things

David said that unless the Lord builds the house they laborer labor in vain.

Just think about it that each one of these building began a thought… then through series of actions became a reality...

Anything we construct with our hands whether a nation, a church, a marriage, a family…

God is the architect and the master builder...

The word “to build” in Hebrew is banah - It means to develop buildings, to begin to build, to rebuild, to repair or to Set up.

it can be applied to building a nation, a church, a marriage, a family… in Solomon uses in context of the temple.. Solomon stresses the importance of God being in the center of the building process.

It can be applied to building a nation, a church, a marriage, a family…

Solomon who build the first temple… spoke of the master builder… being apart of the process of building… whether it is a church, a nation, a family…

speaks of process - It means to develop buildings, to begin to build, to rebuild, to repair or to Set up.

Anything we construct with our hands whether a nation, a church, a marriage, a family

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Seek a God Vision for your life..

In Solomon uses banah in context of building the Lords house..

God is about building… building up his people, .

psalms 127:1

A Latin motto says, Nisi Dominus Frusta.

It comes from the first words of this psalm and means “Without the Lord, Frustration.”

It is the motto of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, appearing on its crest, and is affixed to the city’s official documents.

It could be attached to the lives of many who are trying to live their lives without the Almighty.

“Speech to the Convention for Forming a Constitution for the United States,” delivered in Philadelphia in 1787.

A Latin motto says, Nisi Dominus Frusta.

It comes from the first words of this psalm and means “Without the Lord, Frustration.”

It is the motto of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, appearing on its crest, and is affixed to the city’s official documents.

It could be attached to the lives of many who are trying to live their lives without the Almighty.

Solomon gives this admonition - that God should be at the center of the building process… whether its his temple, your life, you family.. if God is not in those plans that all that you thought was meaningful may just end up being hay and stubble…

to be wise in the way that we go about building our lives.. because if God is not in those plans that all that you thought was meaningful may just end up being hay and stubble…

Benjamin Franklin understood the futility of work without God and expressed it well in his “Speech to the Convention for Forming a Constitution for the United States,” delivered in Philadelphia in 1787.

Franklin understood the futility of work without God and expressed it well in his “Speech to the Convention for Forming a Constitution for the United States,” delivered in Philadelphia in 1787.

In that speech he said,

Benjamin Franklin was not a Christian; he was a deist, though he appreciated Christians.

He thought well of George Whitefield, the Calvinistic evangelist, for example.

Franklin understood the futility of work without God and expressed it well in his “Speech to the Convention for Forming a Constitution for the United States,” delivered in Philadelphia in 1787.

In the beginning of the contest with Britain when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the Divine protection.

Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered.

All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence.

To that kind Providence we owe this opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity.

And have we now forgotten this powerful Friend?

Or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance?

I have lived for a long time (81 years), and the longer I live the more convincing proof I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.

And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it possible that an empire can rise without his aid?

We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.”

I firmly believe this, and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall proceed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel.

“ I have lived for a long time (81 years), and the longer I live the more convincing proof I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.

And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it possible that an empire can rise without his aid?

We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.”

We are going back to Haggai… a minor prophet… one of the last three Prophets in the OT.. Haggai, Zephaniah and Malachi...

Solomon gives us some wisdom here that if God is not in those plans that all that you thought was meaningful may just end up being hay and stubble…

The city of Edinburgh, Scotland, has as its crest- A Latin motto says, “Nisi Dominus Frusta.”

That comes directly out of psalms 127 it means, “Without the Lord, Frustration.”

That motto affixed to the city’s official documents but can also be a fixed to our plans that exclude the Lord...

That comes directly out of psalms 127 it means, “Without the Lord, Frustration.”

That motto affixed to the city’s official documents.

affixed to the city’s official documents.

It could be attached to the lives of many who are trying to live their lives without the Almighty.

It could be attached to the lives of many who are trying to live their lives without

The converse is true when God are our plans -- what ever we build will have lasting value...

The converse is true when God are our plans -- what ever we build will have lasting value...

Because it is the

converse is true also when God is in the building...…we are reminded that if we are willing, “the Lord builds the house” and “the Lord watches over the city” (v. 1, italics added).