- Nehemiah's intercession was birthed in A BURDEN

- Nehemiah's prayerful INTERCESSION led to his physical INTERVENTION

- Nehemiah's intercession faced steep OPPOSITION

- Nehemiah's intercession led to significant CHANGE

- Jesus showed us how to pass the test of fasting: Be led by the Spirit, to resist the enemy, through the power of the word, to accomplish God's will

- Follow the Spirit into your WILDERNESS

- Resist the enemy's APPEALING OFFERS

- Invoke the power of God's WORD

- Step into God's GREATER WILL

- A divine encounter begins with your intentional SEPARATION

- Divine encounter requires dedicated SEEKING

- Divine encounter is sparked by personal SACRIFICE

- A divine encounter provokes God's SHOWING and your SHIFTING

- There will always be easy exit points in your journey of faith

- Love is your greatest motivation

- The highest form of freedom is allegiance, not autonomy

- True devotion is being bound to something bigger than yourself

Promises for John in his Kaleidoscope:

Mary's kaleidoscope began showing amazing GRACE Mary saw HUMILITY at every turn of her kaleidoscopeMary's FAITH revealed miracles in her kaleidoscope Mary's FAITH revealed miracles in her kaleidoscopeMary's SURRENDER kept her kaleidoscope turningMary REVELLED in the wonder of her kaleidoscope