It is easy to think God shoves His people into the deep end without any training or preparation. He does, after all, use the weak things of the world to put to shame the mighty, the foolish to confound the wise. So we might easily imagine He just takes a brand new novice believer and chucks them into the deep waters of life and ministry opportunity. But, though God loves to take us way outside our comfort zone, He also prepares us for that moment...
Read moreWall Dancin'
There is a time for wall-dancin’, but you’ll never get to it if you don’t have a vision for it...
Read moreThe Dangerous Place of Halfway
The halfway point of any work for God is a dangerous place. Nehemiah and the people who had a mind to work got to their halfway point rather quickly. But for them to complete the wall of Jerusalem in only fifty-two days they would need to get past the danger of halfway...
Read moreNehemiah's Willingness (3 of 3)
The close of Nehemiah’s prayer is one of my favorites in all of Scripture. Up until this point in the narrative, Nehemiah’s position in the Persian kingdom is unknown, but at the end of this prayer, we discover that he was the cupbearer to the king. Nehemiah, like Daniel before him, had received great favor and promotion in a foreign empire. As the cupbearer, Nehemiah was a right-hand man of sorts to this Persian King Artaxerxes. Nehemiah was influential and positioned well to make a request of the king, his government, and his nation...
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Read moreNehemiah's Concern (1 of 3)
God is intensely concerned with people. This should be evident by observing the natural order, things like the seasons or the finely tuned human body, but should be most evident in the cross of Christ, that “God so loved the world that He sent His only Son” (John 3:16). Nehemiah, like his God, was intensely concerned with people...
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Read moreGod's Surpassing Power
Power. Might. Strength. There is a brand of power that is human. There is also a power that belongs to God. Our text calls it “surpassing power.” I am born with Nate-power, but God gives surpassing power. He gives a might and strength which surpasses. But what does God’s surpassing power surpass?
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Read moreWhen A Dream Goes Unfulfilled
Dreams come true, unless they don’t, which is the scary thing about dreams. You think and you hope and you plan and you push, and when it doesn’t happen like you envisioned your heart breaks. With Job, you cry, "My plans are broken off, the desires of my heart" (Job 17:11).
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Read moreUnited For Unity #5 — United To God's Plan (Ephesians 3:1-13)
Teaching outline for Ephesians 3:1-13, United To God's Plan.
Read more5 Reasons For Believers To Have Kids
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