The two choirs that were giving thanks then proceeded to the Temple of God, where they took their places...They played and sang loudly under the direction of Jezrahiah the choir director...and the joy of the people of Jerusalem could be heard far away...
Nehemiah 12:40,42,43 NLT
There was music, and singing...and it was loud!
So loud it could be heard a long way from the city...
What do we sing the loudest for?
What really engages our emotions?
When we talk, what animates us? What have we got plenty to talk about?
What am I loudest about?
We are loudest for that we love the most.
Last week in church some people behind me weren't from the line of professional choirs from Nehe's time.
But they sang loudest in thanksgiving to who they loved the most...and that made it beautiful.
God doesn't want our praise because it's perfect, but that it's from the heart...
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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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