Real Life Church | Sunday Service | November 12, 2023
Sermon: The Power of Everyone | A Man, A Can, & A Plan | Week 2
Speaker: James Brown
Notes
*LEAVE ME ALONE! I’M DOING GOD’S WORK!
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The Power of Everyone
Nehemiah 1:4 – “When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.”
What breaks your heart?
Popeye Moment: That’s all I can stands and I can’t stands no more.
Nehemiah 2:1-2
1) Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan, during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence.
2) So the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad? You don’t look sick to me. You must be deeply troubled.” Then I was terrified…
Nehemiah 2:2 – Then I was terrified…
“Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.” (John Wayne)
Nothing of any real significance is ever accomplished without some level of risk.
Nehemiah 2:3-8
3) “…but I replied, ‘Long live the king! (Nehemiah’s sucking up to the king) Why shouldn’t I be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been burned down.’”
4) “The king asked, ‘Well, how can I help you?’” “With a prayer to the God of heaven, I replied…”
5) I replied, “If it please the king, and if you are pleased with me, your servant, send me to Judah to rebuild the city where my ancestors are buried.”
6) The king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked, “How long will you be gone? When will you return?” After I told him how long I would be gone, the king agreed to my request.
7) I also said to the king, “If it please the king, let me have letters addressed to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River, instructing them to let me travel safely through their territories on my way to Judah.
8) And please give me a letter addressed to Asaph, the manager of the king’s forest, instructing him to give me timber. I will need it to make beams for the gates of the Temple fortress, for the city walls, and for a house for myself.” And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me.
Message Title: A Man, A Can, and A Plan
What does Nehemiah ask the king for?
1. Permission to go
2. Protection as he travels
3. Provisions for the rebuilding project
Nehemiah 2:17-18
17) But now I said to them, “You know very well what trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire. Let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem and end this disgrace!”
18) Then I told them about how the gracious hand of God had been on me, and about my conversation with the king. They replied at once, “Yes, let’s rebuild the wall!” So they began the good work.
“ME to WE Moment”
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