- Big Idea: Jesus is never without effect on our lives. He will always cause a FALLING or RISING to happen

- Who does Jesus cause to fall?: THE TRADITIONALISTS

- Who does Jesus cause to fall?: THE JUDGMENTAL

- Who does Jesus cause to fall?: THE UNWILLING

- Big Idea: Jesus is never without effect on our lives. He will always cause a FALLING or RISING to happen

- Who does Jesus cause to fall?: THE EXTERNALISTS

- Who does Jesus cause to fall?: THE HYPOCRITES

- Who does Jesus cause to fall?: THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS

- When you experience pain from others: Be FORGIVING

- When you experience pain because of yourself: Be REFORMED

- When you experience pain from the enemy: Be RESISTANT

- When you experience pain from a holy trial: Be FAITHFUL

- Respond to the threat with FASTING

- Trust your life in the HANDS of GOD

- WATCH and WAIT for God's providence

- Turn your FASTING into FEASTING

- 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