110 likes | 295 Views
"Let Us Rise Up And Build". Nehemiah 2:18. “LET US RISE UP & BUILD” Nehemiah 2:18. Good Leadership Planned Ahead (2:7-9) Examined the Situation (2:11-16) Elders (Heb. 13:17; I Pet. 5:2-3). “LET US RISE UP & BUILD” Nehemiah 2:18. Ready and Willing Eager to Work (2:18)
E N D
"Let Us Rise Up And Build" Nehemiah 2:18
“LET US RISE UP & BUILD”Nehemiah 2:18 • Good Leadership • Planned Ahead (2:7-9) • Examined the Situation (2:11-16) • Elders (Heb. 13:17; I Pet. 5:2-3)
“LET US RISE UP & BUILD”Nehemiah 2:18 • Ready and Willing • Eager to Work (2:18) • The Prophet Isaiah (Isa. 6:8) • The Apostle Paul (Romans 1:15) • Every Christian (Titus 3:1)
“LET US RISE UP & BUILD”Nehemiah 2:18 • United Effort • “So they said” – “Then they set their hands to this good work” (2:18). • Jewish People (3:1-32; 3:12, 5) • Members of a Local Church (I Cor. 1:10; Phil. 1:27; 2:2; Eph. 4:15-16)
“LET US RISE UP & BUILD”Nehemiah 2:18 • Overcame Ridicule/Discouragement • Ridicule (2:19; 4:1-3; 6:9) • Discouragement (4:10) • 2 Timothy 3:12; I Peter 4:14-16; Luke 6:22-23; I Corinthians 15:58
“LET US RISE UP & BUILD”Nehemiah 2:18 • Prepared to Fight • Kept Watch & Weapons Held • Nehemiah 4:9, 19-23 • Duty of the Spiritual Watchman • Ezekiel 33:1-9; Acts 20:29-31 • Fight the “Good” Fight • I Tim. 6:12; 2 Cor. 10:3-6; Eph. 6:10-18
“LET US RISE UP & BUILD”Nehemiah 2:18 • Prayed and Trusted in God • Nehemiah’s Prayers to God • 1:4-11; 2:4; 4:4-5, 9; 6:9 • I Thessalonians 5:17; Philippians 4:6 • Nehemiah’s Trust in God • 2:20; 4:9, 20 • 2 Corinthians 1:8-11
“LET US RISE UP & BUILD”Nehemiah 2:18 • Good Leadership • Ready and Willing • United Effort • Overcome Ridicule/Discouragement • Prepared to Fight • Pray and Trust in God