NEXT | The Impact of Nehemiah
1. Nehemiah was faithful to God his entire life. Remember me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services. Nehemiah 13:14 We must decide what we are faithful to. Nehemiah faithfully built the house of God. As God’s Church…
Read MoreNEXT | Give Your Best
1. Nehemiah and the people did something great for God. After the wall was rebuilt… Nehemiah 7:1 Nehemiah did what God called him to do. So the wall was completed in fifty-two days. Nehemiah 6:15 Do what God has called you to do: salvation and discipleship. Do not merely listen to the word, and so…
Read MoreNEXT | Stay Faithful
1. God has given you a great project! I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Nehemiah 6:3b Nehemiah and the people had a great project from God, and so do we. What has God called you to build? Jerusalem is to the Jews like the Church is to Christians. Stay faithful…
Read MoreNEXT | Help the Poor
1. The importance of Godly leaders. I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest! Nehemiah 5:10 Nehemiah is a Godly leader. Leadership is about influence. Therefore, we are all leaders. Leadership matters. Great leaders put others before themselves, while terrible leaders put…
Read MoreNEXT | Prepare for Challenges
1. When you are doing God’s work, you will face opposition. When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews. Nehemiah 4:1 Nehemiah faced opposition, and so will we. You can be in the center of God’s will and still go through struggles. In…
Read MoreNEXT | Following God Takes Boldness
Nehemiah had a vision from God (Nehemiah 1), then he developed a plan (Nehemiah 2). The king said to me, “What is it you want?” Then I prayed to the God of heaven, and I answered the king, “If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him…
Read MoreNEXT | The Call to Nehemiah and to Us
1. Pray about God’s call in your life. When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Nehemiah 1:4 There are nine prayers in Nehemiah – the most of any book in the Bible. The first thing Nehemiah does when…
Read MoreWhen God is Doing a New Thing // Kelly Minter
Don’t wait for your circumstances to improve to start serving the Lord. Ezra 3:10-13 Haggai 2:3-5 Don’t miss the new thing God is doing because you’re clinging to an old vision. Ezra 4:23-24, Ezra 5:1-2 Haggai 1:7-9 When our own house becomes more important than God’s house, we lose the joy of both. Ezra 6:16-17…
Read MoreGod Is Able // Part 6
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 1. Christ Jesus is the same through all generations. I am…
Read MoreGod Is Able // Part 5
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us to Him be glory in the church… Ephesians 3:20-21 God’s glory is always for our good. God’s Glory Hebrew – Kabod Greek – Doxa God’s glory is all of…
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