{"id":376,"date":"2014-08-02T22:16:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T22:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/?p=376"},"modified":"2014-08-02T22:16:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T22:16:53","slug":"dedication-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.log.ambassadorsofchrist.info\/aoc\/august\/dedication-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedication time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The\u00a0<em>Kotel\u00a0<\/em>in Jerusalem was a wall built surround the 2nd temple built. When the Romans destroyed the temple in 70 C.E.. a remnant of the wall remained. For the Jews the\u00a0<em>Kotel<\/em> is a symbol of the holiest place, the temple. Throughout the years Jews have been visiting the wall and inserting prayer requests into the cracks believing that God will answer their prayers. For a while the Arabs\u00a0used the wall as a dumping ground for garbage to deeming the Jews, but when the Jordanians took it over\u00a0they granted the Jews to visit it; 1949. Just like the wall, for Christians churches and people of God are places where everyone can leave their prayer requests for God. Of course we do not need a place or person to leave our prayers in, we can just come to the Father and he will hear us. God has established these vehicles whereby others can come and receive prayer, encouragement, security, and every benefit a wall can give.<\/div>\n<p>Nehemiah 12:27<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"versenum\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\">27\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the dedication<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0harps and lyres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The dedication of this wall was very important to Nehemiah and the people under his rule. It was a time to give thanks to God for his mercy and loving kindness he had had upon his people. It is a privilege to be dedicated unto the Lord. We present and dedicate our children to the Lord (Mt. 19:14), because we understand the He has something special with children. Dedication to the Lord grants us special privilege to put into God&#8217;s hands our possessions, children and all things as sacrifices understanding that he will receive it and bless us for it(2 chr. 29:31). Hannah thought it important to dedicate her only son Samuel to the Lord and leave him in the temple (1Sam. 1:21-22), because when we dedicate our children to him his redeeming plan commences. It is important that we dedicate our things unto God too, because when a material thing is dedicated unto the Lord it is blessed.<\/p>\n<p>Things are those things that create obstacle for us to become dedicated to God; your worried about leaving your house on Sundays to go to church because you don&#8217;t have an alarm. We worry about our job, not being able to take off on Sundays for church to dedicate a little time for God. One of the things that happens when we dedicate our jobs, and things to God is that we do not worry; Jesus said do not worry for anything (Mt. 6:25-27). When king Hezekiah requested the people of Israel to bring their tithes and offerings to God&#8217;s house, the people were free to worship God (2Chr. 31:4-5). \u00a0When you give to God a sense of relief is set upon us that allow us to get into worship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Kotel\u00a0in Jerusalem was a wall built surround the 2nd temple built. When the Romans destroyed the temple in 70 C.E.. a remnant of the wall remained. For the Jews the\u00a0Kotel is a symbol of the holiest place, the temple. 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