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Nehemiah’s seven keys to progress
DEAL WITH DRIFT (Nehemiah 13:4-31)

1. DEALING WITH DRIFT IN ISRAEL
a. What Nehemiah found
God’s house defiled (vv4-5)
God’s tithes diverted (v10)
God’s day desecrated (vv15a 20)
God’s people diluted (vv23-24 28a)
b. What Nehemiah felt (v8a)
c. What Nehemiah did
He purified God’s house (vv8b-9)
He restored God’s tithes (vv11-14)
He protected God’s day (vv15b-22)
He separated God’s people (vv25-31)

2. DEALING WITH DRIFT IN OURSELVES
a. Be awake to our natural tendency to drift
b. Be alert to the signs of drift
c. Be attuned to our attitude toward drift
d. Be aware that drift has consequences
e. Be active in dealing with drift