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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
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Nehemiah’s seven keys to progress
PRAY FOR REVIVAL (Nehemiah 9:1-10:39)
1. DEEP CONTRITION (9:1-4)
2. CAREFUL REFLECTION (9:5-31)
3. HONEST CONFESSION (9:32-37)
4. RENEWED DEDICATION (9:38-10:39)
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Nehemiah’s Seven Keys to Progress
LISTEN TO THE BIBLE (Nehemiah 8:1-18)
1. STIRRED TO HUNGER FOR THE WORD OF GOD (VV1-8)
a. The Holy Spirit stirred them to want God ‘s Word
b.The Holy Spirit sustained them in listening to God ‘s Word
c. The Holy Spirit helped them understand God ‘s Word
2. STIRRED TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF GOD (VV9-12)
a. The joy of forgiveness
b.The joy of fellowship
c. The joy of understanding
3. STIRRED TO OBEY THE COMMAND OF GOD (VV13-18)
a. United obedience
b.Costly obedience
c. Rewarding obedience
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Nehemiah ends with the prayer Remember me with Favour. Throughout the book Nehemiah shows that he was living with a future hope.
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Collapse in the Christian Life is seldom a blowout – it is usually a slow leakPaul LittleNehemiah 13: The slow drift. When Nehemiah return from his absence he finds the city of Jerusalem has slipped into disobedience again.
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O Lord I have heard the report of you and your work O Lord do I fear.
In the midst of the years revive it;
in the midst of the years make it known;
in wrath remember mercy.Hab 3:2
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Nehemiah 2 – 5 – Lessons from the way Nehemiah dealt with internal and external oppostion
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Nehemiah’s Calling: Nehemiah 1
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Nehemiah 1
Can one person really make a difference in the world? Can one prayer really change a nation? If Nehemiah is anything to go by the answer is: YES! Often our hearts are so hard and desensitised to the needs around us. As a result often our prayer lives lack consistency passion depth and an earnest cry for God to intervene. Our country desperately needs your prayers. Nehemiah is going to challenge us to answer this question: How do you get a God-sized burden for a God-sized task!