Nehemiah had a big dream that required a big “we” to get it done. There was no way he could do it alone, but yet he understood that it started with him. In Nehemiah 1 and 2 – He goes only with God to propose his plan to rebuild Jerusalem to the King. In Nehemiah 2 – He goes alone to inspect and strategize just how to rebuild the city. In Nehemiah 3 and 4 – We find Nehemiah worked alongside the other workers and families. In Nehemiah 5 - He asked noblemen to donate to the needy among them, but first did so himself. Nehemiah put in his own time, his own sweat, his own money and his very life on the line for his dream and it inspired others to do the same. Your life mission begins with you! Bec
Nehemiah 2:17-18 “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies in waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach”. So they said “Yes, let us rise up and build”. And they set their hands to this good work. Nehemiah had it made! In spite of slavery and great personal trauma, Nehemiah had risen from lowly ranks to one of influence and wealth. He was blessed, but not content. For something had touched his heart and stirred him to a point of righteous restlessness. His beloved Jerusalem lay in utter devastation. So in spite of his blessing, divine discontent kept him awake in the midnight hours. Something just
1 Corinthians 15:10 By God’s grace I am what I am, and the grace that He gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God’s grace working with me. GNT When because of God’s grace to him, Jesus knocked Paul off of his horse and saved him on the Road to Damascus, Paul understood that it was only the beginning. He had been saved by grace not only for that initial encounter, but that he could live and serve Christ. The grace that Paul received at salvation wasn’t meant to leave him there. It was meant to propel Paul into his Kingdom purpose. Paul refused to Waste the Grace that he had received.
John 20:1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. NLT Mary Magdalene had, in horror, watched Jesus arrested, beaten, whipped and crucified. As she watched Him breathe His last breath and die, everything she’d hoped for died with Him. She’d seen Him laid upon a cold hard slab of stone and shut up in the tomb. Everything she’d hoped for was now shut up and shut down. EVERYTHING SHE’D LIVED FOR HAD COME TO A DEAD-END! · But when we finally reach our ending – we reach God’s beginning. · When we’ve come to our impossibilities – we are ready for His possibilities! We tend to think the atmosph
