Nehemiah 11:1 – Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. As we’ve looked at several reasons why God calls His people to cities to do ministry, today we’ll look at the final reason as evidenced in Nehemiah 11 as we follow in the example of Jesus Himself. Six, Jesus Himself relocated from Heaven … Read more
Nehemiah 11:3 – These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem… Throughout the Bible, God calls His people to cities to do ministry, because ministry flows from the resources of the city out into the countryside and beyond. In Nehemiah 11, we see at least six reasons why God calls His people … Read more
Matthew 5:14 – “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden…” As we near the end of the great book on leadership, Nehemiah, chapter 11 gives six reasons why God calls His people to cities to do ministry and today we’ll look at several more reasons. Two, … Read more
Nehemiah 11:2 – And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem. As we read Nehemiah 11, there are at least six reasons why God moves and calls His people to different nations, particularly cities, to do ministry, and we’ll look at the first one today. One, cities are strategic … Read more
Nehemiah 11:1 – Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. My wife Grace and I have been doing ministry together our entire marriage, always in larger cities, having even moved a few times in response to God’s calling. We know many ministry families, including international missionaries, who have done the same thing. For … Read more
Nehemiah 9:33 – Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly. In the book of Nehemiah, we learn that there was what we could call “dead religion” for 141 years, when the people of God were not meeting together to worship … Read more
Nehemiah 9:2 – And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. In religion, people judge one another. In revival, people judge themselves. True repentance in our life is different from four kinds of counterfeit repentance: Mere Confession – Had God’s people only confessed … Read more
Nehemiah 9:6 – “You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you…” In Nehemiah 9, there is … Read more
Nehemiah 9:1 – Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads. Dead religion happens when people do spiritual things without the life of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said this is what happens when people say and sing things … Read more
Nehemiah 8:9 – And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. In … Read more
Nehemiah 8:4a – And Ezra stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. Ezra’s lengthy sermon summarized the Pentateuch (meaning book in five parts), the first five books of the Bible written by Moses. Listening to the sermon were every man and woman who was old enough to understand what was … Read more
Colossians 3:23-24 – Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. In Nehemiah 3, large groups of people under leadership on specific teams were deployed to rebuild Jerusalem. It took many … Read more