Revival at Watergate

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Revival at Watergate

• Nehemiah 8-9

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Revival at Watergate

• Richard Nixons Watergate
• Nehemiahs Watergate
• The place where spiritual revival began
• Why did it begin at this time?

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A. Believers Were Hungry for Spiritual Reality

• There was a spiritual vacuum in the city81
• Gods Word was publicly proclaimed 82-3
  
• The believers attitude to Gods Word81-7

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B. Believers Were Willing to Tell The Truth
About Themselves

• Their initial response 89
• A double confession 91-37 - of faith in
  God - of their own personal sin

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C. The Value of Telling The Whole Truth

• Helps us to call sin by its proper name
• Encourages us to confess our sins
• Brings us to the cross of our Lord

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• Look into the mirror tell God the truth it
  will be the beginning of spiritual restoration