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Responding to Open Doors: Lessons from Nehemiah

Explore Nehemiah's response to closed doors and the open doors God provides, learning how to wait, act, and prepare for opportunities in faith.

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Responding to Open Doors: Lessons from Nehemiah

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  1. “God Does Open Doors!” Nehemiah 2:1-10

  2. “Kneeling is the best,” claimed the first preacher.

  3. “No,” countered the second preacher, “I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to heaven.”

  4. “Your both wrong,” said the third preacher. “The most effective prayer position is lying on the floor facedown.”

  5. How Nehemiah handles this closed door is vital to our realizing the kind of open doors God wants to send our direction…

  6. Purpose: to know how to respond to open doors given by God

  7. I It’s Hard to Wait for Doors to Open (2:1-2) A. Moses is an Example of This

  8. Moses took matters into his own hands – he murdered an Egyptian…

  9. Acts 7:25

  10. I It’s Hard to Wait for Doors to Open (2:1-2) A. Moses is an Example of This B. Nehemiah Was a Patient Man

  11. One day Nehemiah could not hide it any longer from the King; so, the King said, “Nehemiah, why is your face sad…?”

  12. II When Doors Open Go Through (2:3-9)

  13. II When Doors Open Go Through (2:3-9) A. The King is Answered

  14. When the door opened, Nehemiah had his “list” ready…

  15. II When Doors Open Go Through (2:3-9) A. The King is Answered B. Nehemiah Asked for Three Matters

  16. So why did the King change the law? The difference was not in the task but in the one superintending it!

  17. Did Nehemiah show lack of faith in asking for protection?...

  18. Nehemiah asked the King to change his law, asked for protection, and now he asks the King to pay for all of it!...

  19. III Three Points of Application to Open Doors (2:10) A. Prayer is Faith Employed

  20. When encountering closed doors, especially doors that are another person(s), never try to…

  21. What doors need to be opened here at the Church of Christ in Eaton?

  22. III Three Points of Application to Open Doors (2:10) A. Prayer is Faith Employed B. Patience is Faith Evidenced

  23. It’s like the preacher who became a funeral director. After 20 years of preaching he retired and went into the funeral home business. When asked why he responded…

  24. The point is this: God uses waiting to teach our need to abandon our solutions and rely on His instead…

  25. III Three Points of Application to Open Doors (2:10) A. Prayer is Faith Employed B. Patience is Faith Evidenced C. Preparation is Faith Exercised

  26. Reason #1 = Afraid that God won’t open it! Reason #2 = Afraid that God will open it!

  27. An officer was serving his second tour overseas. He had been away from his family for over sixteen months. He received word from his wife…

  28. Summary and Conclusion: You have to admire this little girl’s initiative. How about us? Are we willing to take it to the Lord in prayer asking Him to open doors and are we confident that He will open doors in accordance to His will and time table?...

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