GREED is one of the most powerful, motivating forces for harm in a person, a marriage, a family, a business, leadership and especially government, local or national. Do you agree with that statement? Have you or your family ever been taken advantage of or wounded by GREED? Can you look honestly into your life history and identify times when YOUR greed motivated you to make decisions which hurt either you or others? 

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How do you and I live alert and ready for the unexpected? Who are those who will respond quickly to our calls for help?  By the time we get to Nehemiah 4:18 it’s safe to say the massive project of rebuilding the Jerusalem wall had probably been going on for about a month. Yesterday we saw that Nehemiah had to develop a ‘multitasking’ defense & build plan because there was such strong opposition from Gentiles outside Jerusalem. 

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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Are you one of those people who is amazingly gifted with the ability to “multitask”? Most women raising children are great ‘multitaskers’ as they often are doing many things at one time, even with little kids clamoring for their attention. Some say that this remarkable ability deteriorates as we age, but I’m not so sure. Come with me back to Jerusalem in 445bc and let’s watch many ‘multitaskers’ working together to accomplish the amazing task of rebuilding the WALL around the city.

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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When you think about protecting yourself and your family from those who would do you harm, what specific protective steps come to your mind, or have you actually already taken some? Probably you have locks on your doors and windows, maybe even dead bolt locks, and perhaps a security alarm system for your home. Increasingly popular, in some parts of the world, are video camera monitoring systems linked directly to a person’s cell phone!  Security has always been a priority for all people living anywhere in the world in any generation, am I right? But let’s go back to a less sophisticated time when city walls were essential for the safety of city residents.  

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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You and I live at a time in history quite different from the past, even a few generations ago. That is true in almost every facet of every society in the world. Have you noticed one aspect of change that has gained amazing momentum over the past few decades is RIDICULE. Some call it the ‘shame culture’ others call it the ‘cancel culture’. Much of the media, both mainstream and social media, spend an inordinate amount of time ridiculing, criticizing and even seeking to humiliate people, especially people who are attempting to do good things. It’s more than sad, it’s shameful, do you agree? 

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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Have you ever spent much time not just watching but actually working at a major construction site? Have you ever helped with the hard work of building a wall? Working with heavy stone or concrete blocks and mortar will wear out even the strongest men very quickly, right? It’s exhausting, back-breaking work, especially in the hot sun. Come with me, let’s join such a project, but not with modern equipment.  Let’s go back, 2400 years ago, to a great wall building project in Jerusalem during the hot summer of 445bc.

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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When you hear the words “due diligence” I wonder what comes to your mind? Join me again in the city of Jerusalem in 445bc. Nehemiah had just arrived, having traveled several weeks, accompanied by the king’s soldiers and cavalry, coming all the way from Susa, the capital of the vast Persian kingdom. Already news of Nehemiah’s arrival has stirred up emotions especially among some leaders who, as Nehemiah wrote it: “Were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.” (Nehemiah 2:10)  

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Have you ever had the opportunity to make an ‘outrageous or courageous ASK’? By this I mean you were given an opportunity to make a request from someone who had almost unlimited resources and therefore they might fulfill your ‘ask’ beyond your wildest imagination! 

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Have you ever had what you might call “Sadness of Heart” and if so, what did you do about it? Join me again today with Mr. Nehemiah as he is beginning to tell us his remarkable story which we find in the Bible book which bears his name. Yesterday we saw Nehemiah was so deeply troubled by the report he received from his brother Hanani about the broken-down walls of Jerusalem, that Neheimah went into a time of profound ‘mourning, fasting and prayer’. (Nehemiah 1:2-4) We also looked closely yesterday at the prayer Nehemiah records for us which he poured out before God.  

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Fireworks will fill the skies tonight all across America. Why? It’s “Independence Day”, America’s 249th birthday! Of course, you’ll remember July 4, 1776,was NOT filled with fireworks and festivities. Oh no, it was a terrible time as Colonists were faced with dreadful challenges and felt they had no good option other than to declare and fight for their Independence.  Come with me back to Susa, the capital of the Persian Kingdom, in about 445bc as we watch a man named Nehemiah face a very similar situation.  

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Pastor Doug Anderson    “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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