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Set Us ApartMike MaglishPart of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahAugust 25, 2024To sanctify something is to set it apart for God’s special use and purpose. (Grace Theological Seminary) 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctifi

How to Be a Happy CamperNehemiah 8:1-18Tim NayPart of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahAugust 18, 2024—Nehemiah 8:1-18. —Nehemiah 8:17Spend an unusual amount of time reading God’s Word. —Nehemiah 8:3—Psalm 18:7-12Learn the meaning of what you are reading in God’s Word.8—Nehemiah 8:8Focus on what God has done for you, not what you’ve neglected to do.—Nehemiah 8:

Part of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahAugust 11, 20247 Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2 I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. 3 And I said to them, “Let not the gates o

Discernment is KeyNehemiah 6Mike MaglishPart of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahAugust 4, 2024Book: Tyranny of the Urgent by Charles E. HummelNow when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2 Sanballat and Gesh

When God's People Take AdvantageNehemiah 5Mike MaglishPart of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahJuly 28, 2024Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. —Nehemiah 5:12 For there were those who said, “ —Nehemiah 5:2-51) The work was hard and they were hungry. (vs 2) 2) Food was expensive and supply was low. (vs 3) 3) They we

Dealing with OppositionNehemiah 4Tim NayPart of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahJuly 21, 20244 Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. 2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice

Everyone AlignedNehemiah 3Tim NayPart of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahJuly 14, 2024Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel. 2 And next to him the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur

Preparing with WisdomNehemiah 2Mike MaglishPart of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahJuly 7, 2024 —Nehemiah 2:1-5The return of the exiles to Judah and the rebuilding of Jerusalem:1) 538 B.C. under the leadership of a man named Zerubbabel. It was during this period that the people of Israel built the second Temple.2) About eighty years later, a second group, under the priestly l

When God Breaks UsNehemiah 1Mike MaglishPart of Building Together - A Study in NehemiahJune 30, 20241 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. —Nehemiah 1:1Historical OverviewChislev is the 9th month of the calendar y

Moving Toward a Preferred FutureNehemiah OverviewTim NayPart of Building TogetherA Study in NehemiahJune 23, 2024Why Nehemiah?The leadership principles and attitude of Nehemiah are just as relevant today as they were in 445 BC.Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. —Hebrews 13:8History Leading up to Nehemiah • 70 Years of Babylonian captivity. • Zerubbabel