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No Failure in God Failure Is Impossible. Nehemiah 6 :16 When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God. Nehemiah chapter 6, is all about threats and deception coming…

Introduction: Some of you have served in our armed forces and you have been sent off to basic training to get fit and learn how to function as a military unit. You know that when you get to basic, you often find that mean drill sergeant who tries to break you down. By the end of basic training, these…

Intro I would like for us to begin this morning by first thinking a bit about the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, that had once been a beacon of hope and faith The Lord had told Solomon when the temple was built, 16 For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My…

1 In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. nehemiah had waited 4 months from the time of Nehemiah 1 to come before the king and ask. He has brought the wine for the king.…

Leaders, at time must be bold. But this boldness does need to be tempered in righteousness. Boldness, without righteousness, can lead to the people’s rights being violated and trampled on. Righteousness alone can be worthless without boldness that leads to initiative and courage to follow through on…

Think back with me to a time you had to re-build something that was in a major mess in your life...got it? Maybe it was a landscaping project for a garden gone bad, or an interior re-design. Maybe you’ve experienced a leaky roof, and as you discovered your precious possessions damaged by the water, you…

Rise and Build!!

1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel, 2 that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning…

SERMON #3 ( Neh 2:1-20 ) Last week I added some key points to journey on chapter 1 Lets do a quick review of last Sunday IN ORDER FOR CHANGE TO COME, “WE MUST BELIEVE.” a few things 1. OUR POWERFUL GOD: ( IS BIGGER THAN OUR PROBLEMS ) RECOGNIZE GOD’S GREAT STRENGTH AND MIGHTY POWER BE CAREFUL THAT YOUR…

Introduction: Good morning once again. Go ahead and open your Bibles to Nehemiah 4 . Last week we covered Nehemiah motivating and organizing the work to rebuild the walls and gates of Jerusalem. Everyone was pitching in from priests to perfumers and temple servants. They each had a section based on what…

INTRO George Mueller is just one of many faithful kingdom servants throughout church history. He was a German born follower of Jesus who ended up in Bristol England, pastoring a church for over 60 years and ministering among the likes of Charles Spurgeon and DL Moody in the 19th century. Mueller is not…

Text - Nehemiah 11-12 Subject - The city Theme - Restoring the city Thesis - Repopulating the city was necessary for the spiritual and social revitalization of the Jewish people. Principle - Christian, your participation is part of God’s plan in building His kingdom. Intro For many days an old farmer…

Text - Nehemiah 6 Subject - Opposition Theme - Facing opposition Thesis - Principle - God will strengthen us to face opposition in life when we seek Him. We will all face opposition in our lives as Christians, the question is how will we respond? Intro - Jumping back in to the book of Nehemiah. It has…

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Immediately after the wall was complete (fully), Nehemiah appointed leaders to secure and protect the city. After the gates were set, he appointed gatekeepers. Gatekeepers usually protected the doors of the temple, but because of the threats, they were tasked with guarding the gates of the city. Singers…

We are gonna finish chapter 5 with some closing remarks regarding the compassionate character of Nehemiah in contrast to the corruption of the nobles and officials who we looked at last week. This message is simply Compassion in a world of Cruelty. Cruelty is the DNA of our enemy while compassion is…

Intro Nehemiah 3 is one of those hard to read chapters in the the Bible. Whenever we see lists of names, like genealogies, or procedures, think the book of Leviticus. These are difficult portions to read. But God has included them for a purpose. What is that purpose we might ask? Is it to bore us to…

INTRO GEORGE STEPHENSON spent fifteen years to perfect the locomotive. WATTS worked for thirty years on the condensing engine. Hard rubber cost GOODYEAR ten years of study, poverty and public ridicule. FIELD crossed the ocean fifty times to lay a cable so men could talk across the oceans. BURBANK the…

TEXT: JAMES 5:7-11 | A PATIENT PURSUIT INTRO EXPLANATION : Here in these verses before us, 6 times in 5 verses James addresses this matter of patience or endurance. But what can be so quick to miss is the context in which James is saying these things about Patience. v.7 say, “Be patient THEREFORE” It…

Review From sermon last week, this week, and next week, are ways for us to consider how we might resist our enemy , living courageous holy lives for Christ, who is the victor over our enemies! Last week, we look at a few observations about our enemy and observations about being faithful under attack.…

Text - Nehemiah 13 Subject - Drift Theme - Spiritual Drift Thesis - Principle - As Christians today, we must be aware to guard ourselves from spiritual drift. As we turn to our text this morning, we see an all to familiar yet still sad pattern of events. The cyclical pattern of returning to faithfulness…

Introduction Civil Defense Siren: Did you know that the siren which blasts at 12pm in Bartlett is not called a Tornado siren. It is referred to many in that way because that is its most frequent use in our area. Its actually called a CIVIL DEFENSE SIREN because it purpose is to alert the population in…

Nehemiah 6:1–14 (KJV 1900) 1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 that Sanballat and Geshem…

Do you remember the story of Joseph, the son of Jacob? He was the first son of Jacob’s favorite wife, Rachel. Jacob treated him the way a first son was expected to be treated. He gave him a robe that was made specifically to signify his importance and he intended to give him a double portion of the inheritance…