When the Joy Is Gone The Ministry Is Gone

This sermon is about serveing the Lord in newness of Spirit. We can do this. We must do this, because when the joy is gone the ministry is gone. The famous passage from Nehemiah 8:10 ">>>the joy of the Lord is your strength" is spoken in the context of the feast of Tabernacles. This important passage in the Old Testament is a "Lest We Forget" passage. The lively prinicples of this God-designed feast are for today as well as Nehemiah's day. The feast of Tabernacles is about your spiritual journey in the kingdom of God. The feast of Tabernacles is about terminal points in the kingdom of God. If you are a real believer your future is stunning. This sermon concludes with two common ways in which believers lose the joy of the Lord and their ministries too: 1. Spiritual laziness 2. Insistance on a fixed pattern.