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God's glory

Ezekiel 10:4 helps us to glimpse and understand God's glory: 

"Then the LORD's glory rose from above the winged creatures and moved toward the temple's threshold. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the courtyard was filled with the brightness of the LORD's glory." 

The word translated here as "glory" is kabod in Hebrew. Curiously, this word is derived from a root with the basic meaning of "heavy." From this root came, among other things, a word meaning "rich." Speakers of ancient Hebrew would refer to a rich person as "heavy in wealth" much as we might say someone is loaded. A similar extension of the literal sense of kabod included being loaded with power, reputation, or honor.

It's from this use of the word that we get the meaning of glory. God's glory is God's weightiness in wonderful qualities such as might, beauty, goodness, justice, and honor. When it comes to these characteristics and so many others, God has them in superabundance.

God's glory is solid and substantial. It isn't mere reputation. It isn't dependent on anyone or anything else. God's glory reflects his essential nature.  Power and Love - Psalm 62:11-12

Source: Christ Centered facebook page

God's attention to skills

God's attention to skills.  Let's look at His command:

Exodus 25

Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. 9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.

All skilful process that God requires from chapter 25 - 39

• 28:3, 6, 8, 15
• 31:3, 6
• 35:30-35
• 36

God cares about your skills, your talents, and He has called each one of us to serve according to our ability. I think this is why we serve in a music ministry.. we give Him all our skills and talents to worship Him, to create that 'tabernacle' where God's glory can be shown and create that space where people can come to worship Him and have personal encounterance with God.

Maz 22:4 - Engkau yang kudus yang bersemayan di atas puji-pujian orang Israel

And our objectives is to see God's glory revealed, relationship restored, true and personal encounterance, through praise and worship that impacted their life time!

Like in Exodus 40, for God's glory to come down and stay.

Exodus 40

34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.35 Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

36 In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; 37 but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. 38 So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels.

so, next week we'll talk about what is God's glory.

source: http://cdn.theresurgence.com/files/2011/10/06/Audition_Interview_Questions.pdf?1317943842

Purpose of our ministry

The purpose church & its ministry: to reconcile to God and others.

2 Cor 5

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation

In music ministry - are we bringing that ?

How are you doing relationally? with God and with others?