Nehemiahs Concern for the Things of God

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Nehemiahs Walk with the Lord

• Nehemiahs Concern for the Things of God
• (11-3)
• Nehemiahs Compassion for the Things of God
• (14)

III. Nehemiahs Constant Conversation with God
(15-11)
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Nehemiahs work with the Lord

• Nehemiahs Focus Re-building the People by
  Rebuilding the Walls (211-332)
• A. The People embrace the Vision (211-20)
• B. The People engage the Work (31-32)
• II. Nehemiahs Foes Overcoming
  Obstacles (41- 619)

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10 Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, "The
strength of the laborers is giving out, and there
is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the
wall."  11 Also our enemies said, "Before they
know it or see us, we will be right there among
them and will kill them and put an end to the
work."  12 Then the Jews who lived near them
came and told us ten times over, "Wherever you
turn, they will attack us."
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 13 Therefore I stationed some of the people
behind the lowest points of the wall at the
exposed places, posting them by families, with
their swords, spears and bows.
14 After I looked things over, I stood up and
said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of
the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember
the Lord, who is great and awesome . . .
. . . and fight for your brothers, your sons and
your daughters, your wives and your
homes. Nehemiah 413-14
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15 When our enemies heard that we were aware of
their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all
returned to the wall, each to his own work.  
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"It is not the critic who counts not the man who
points out how the strong man stumbles or where
the doer of deeds could have done better. The
credit belongs to the man who is actually in the
arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and
blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes
up short again and again . . .
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. . . but who knows the great enthusiasms, the
great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy
cause who, at the best, knows, in the end, the
triumph of high achievement, and who, at the
worst, if he fails, at least he fails while
daring greatly, so that his place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls who knew neither
victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt Citizens
hip in a Republic,"Speech at the Sorbonne,
Paris, April 23, 1910
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True Leaders . . .
gtAre concerned for the things of God
gtAre passionate for the things of God
gtAre constantly communicating with God
gtAnticipate Gods leading to a vision
gtDream big but prepare for anything
gtUse projects to develop people
gtFocus on the development of the
individual gtAnticipate and prepare for
obstacles gtRespond to challenges
appropriately gtRemind the people of the Big
Picture
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gtDetermine How do I respond when I am
discouraged? gtFind out What am I
inputting and how does it affect my
discouragement? What am I outputting to help
others in their discouragement? gtDecide I will
keep doing what I am supposed to do and keep my
eyes and mind on Christ.
Principles for Leadership and Service
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