It has been said that attitude is everything. Whether this is true in everything, it is certainly so regarding our obedience to God. As we finish Nehemiah, we have seen what God is trying to build into our community and into us as people. Even if attitude is not everything, it is the foundation for how we live the Christian life.

Background: On same day that Nehemiah’s community celebrated finishing the wall, they also made it a point to read from the Scriptures. They discovered that they had some problems regarding their attitude toward obeying God. They had several attitude problems that once addressed would lead to the reform found in chapters 8-10. Fast forward in time, this reform would not last and Nehemiah would be faced with these same attitudes during his 2nd term as governor. We see from Nehemiah 13 four attitudes that must be confronted in our lives that can lead to reform in our communities.

Big Idea: 4 attitudes that need to be confronted in our Christian communities (Nehemiah 13)