Invitation Celebration :: YouVersion Event

The Lord said to Moses,“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly.”

~Leviticus 23:1-2 - [NLT]

PARTY IS SACRAMENT

~Alan Hirsch

SACRAMENT: “A sacred act instituted by God Himself.”

"You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.”

~Leviticus 23:3 [NLT]

“In addition to the Sabbath, these are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.”

~Leviticus 23:4 [NLT]

#1. PASSOVER

“The Lord’s Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.”

~ Leviticus 23:5 [NLT]

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

#2. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD

“On the next day, the fifteenth day of the month, you must begin celebrating the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This festival to the Lord continues for seven days, and during that time the bread you eat must be made without yeast.”

~ Leviticus 23:6 [NLT]

#3. THE FEAST OF FIRST FRUITS

~ Leviticus 23:9-14

EXPECT

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EXPERIENCE

#4. THE FEAST OF WEEKS [or PENTECOST]

#5. THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS

~ Leviticus 23 & Numbers 29

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God...”

~ 1 Thessalonians 4:16 [NLT]

#6. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

“On the first day gather branches from magnificent trees — palm fronds, boughs from leafy trees, and willows that grow by the streams. Then celebrate with joy before the Lord your God for seven days.”

~Leviticus 23:40

ACCUMULATION LEADS TO CELEBRATION

when in fact...it is

APPRECIATION THAT LEADS TO CELEBRATION

Without exception, every person I interviewed who described living a joyful life or described themselves as joyful, actively practiced gratitude and attributed their joyfulness to their gratitude practice.”

~ Brene Brown

#7. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT

~ Leviticus 23 & 16

“But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.”

~ 1 Corinthians 14:40

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