6. MAINTAINING YOUR FAITH
Gatekeepers: Stand watch over all that
enters their lives.
Singers: Routinely worship in song.
Levites:Take their role in the ministry.
7. MAINTAINING YOUR FAITH
Governors: Keeps their posts of spiritual
leadership within their sphere of influence.
Warriors: Stand to fight all things evil.
8. Psalm 137
“By the rivers of Babylon
we sat down and wept
when we remembered
Zion (Jerusalem). We
hung our harps upon the
willows in the midst of
it…
9. Psalm 137
“And those who carried
us away captive asked of
us a song, and those who
plundered us requested
joy, saying, ‘Sing for us
one of the songs of
Zion!’ How can we…
10. Psalm 137
“sing the Lord’s song in
a foreign land? If I
forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget
its skill. If I do not
remember you, let my
tongue cling to the…
11. Psalm 137
“roof of my mouth, if I
do not exalt Jerusalem
above my chief joy.”
12. GOD NEVER FORGETS
“For God is not unjust to forget your works
and the labor of love which you have shown
toward His name in that you have
ministered to the saints and do minister.
Hebrews 6:10
13. GOD NEVER FORGETS
“Then those who feared the Lord spoke to
one another, and the Lord listened and
heard them; so a book of remembrance was
written before them, for those who fear the
Lord and who meditate on His name.”
Malachi 3:16
14.
15. THE RELAY RACE
325: Council of Nicea: Cannon gathered,
Apostle’s Creed established.
30:The birth of the Church at Pentecost.
100-400: Christianity spreads to North
Africa, Asia Minor, Eastern Europe.
16. THE RELAY RACE
410: Fall of the Roman Empire; Civilization
plunged into the Dark Ages.
500-1000: Desert Fathers preserve the
Scriptures, becoming the basis of written law.
405: Jerome translates Scriptures into Latin,
called the Vulgate.
17. THE RELAY RACE
1347-1400:The Black Death kills 200
million, 60% of the world population;
Paris- 90%; birth of hospitals / orphanages
600: First monasteries preserve civilization
with Feudalism.
1000-1500: Birth of universities- Oxford,
Cambridge- 80-plus others; Magna Carta
18. THE RELAY RACE
1700-1800: Birth of America; Bill of Rights;
equal protection under the law.
1400: Bible translated into German and
English; Guttenberg invents printing.
1400-1600:World exploration, colonization;
Christianity spreads to the Americas.
19. THE RELAY RACE
1800-2000: Abolishing slavery; public school
system; orphanage/adoption agencies; prison
reform; women’s rights movement, child-labor
laws, inter-city missions; civil-rights
movement; third-world missions; alcohol/drug
reform; convalescent care, disaster relief care-
ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
