Author Margaret Atwood’s book The Handmaid’s Tale includes a character who says, “The fact is that I hate this city. I’ve hated it so long I can hardly remember feeling any other way about it.” For some people, this is a daily reality. But Nehemiah loved his city—Jerusalem—though it was a city in shambles. How can we, by God’s grace, learn to love our city for God’s glory?

I. Loving Your City Begins by Asking the Right Questions

II. Loving Your City Includes Feeling the Right Emotion

III. Loving Your City Means Having the Right Reaction

IV. Loving Your City Involves Doing the Right Actions

Talk with God: Meditate on verses 10-11 and ask the Lord to give you His heart for the people of our city.

Talk with others: Ask your Connect Group or believing friends how you can lock shields with them in their daily walk with the Lord and as they serve Him in their community.

Talk with kids: How did God save Moses when he was a baby?