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Some people know how to get things done.  No matter the obstacle, they find a way.  Nehemiah was a man who could get things done.  Nehemiah achieved in 52 days what 50,000 Israelites could not do in 95 years.  It leads a reader to wonder?  How did he do that?   Over these past three sessions together we have been dissecting the how’s of Nehemiah’s amazing kingdom accomplishments.  Turn with me to Nehemiah 3 as we endeavor to discover the final three practical biblical principles for kingdom accomplishers.  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide at www.washedintheword.life & let's get Washed in the Word!

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How come some saints can motivate others to do what at first seemed utterly impossible?  Nehemiah is one of Scripture's great leaders.  Join in today as we uncover another three of the "Nine Practical Biblical Principles for Kingdom Accomplishers."   Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide at www.washedintheword.life & let's get Washed in the Word!

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Nehemiah is a man who can “Git-R-Done.”  God used Nehemiah to accomplish in 52 days something that 50,000 Israelites could not accomplish in the previous 95 years.  Nehemiah "Got-R-Done" & rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.  So what separates kingdom accomplishers from mere dreamers?  Over the next three messages we will be surveying "9 Practical Biblical Principles for Kingdom Accomplishers" from Nehemiah 2 & 3.  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide at www.washedintheword.life & let's get Washed in the Word!

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Gooooooood morning!  New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel used to quip that the key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.  Dave Barry opined: When trouble arises & things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution & is willing to take command.  Very often, that person is crazy. Many today admit we have a woeful deficit of good leaders.  Godly leaders are in even shorter supply.  Today we begin our tour of the book of Nehemiah & we meet one of the Bible’s great leaders.  So instead of integrating the next managerial fad from today’s gurus, who will be tomorrows has beens, let’s go to the fount of all wisdom & see what leadership lessons we can learn Nehemiah’s notebook.   Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide at www.washedintheword.life & let's get Washed in the Word!

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In 1966 the pinnacle of spaghetti Westerns was released when Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef & Eli Wallach were hired guns, loyal to none searching for a stolen cache of gold ending in an epic three-way duel.  The movie was The Good, the Bad & the Ugly.  Today we end our time in the book of Ezra & that is a fitting title to our text.  A book that begins with a list of the faithful ends with a list of the unfaithful. A book which begins with hope ends with tears.   This is not how we write books.  In our stories the good guys wear white hats & ride off into the sunset.  But the Bible is not fiction.  The Bible tells the truth because the truth sets us free.  The hard truth is sometimes our poor choices leave us with only ugly options. Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide at www.washedintheword.life & let's get Washed in the Word!

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In keeping with our Ezra series’ 60’s cinematic theme let’s go back to 1967 when Paul Newman introduced the world to an indomitable individual whom his fellow prisoners dubbed Cool Hand Luke.  Luke’s tenacity in the face of adversity earned the other prisoner’s respect & the guard’s attention.  The film’s iconic line comes when the prison’s captain strikes Luke & says “what we got here is failure to communicate.”  Now, what does Newman’s piercing blue eyes & The Man With No Eyes have to do with the Old Testament book of Ezra? Well, In Ezra 7 God introduces us to the titular figure of this eponymous book.  God will use Ezra to rectify a failure to communicate.   Let's turn in Scriptures pages and glean six powerful biblical principles from Ezra 7 & 8.  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide at www.washedintheword.life & let's get Washed in the Word!

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Imagine for a moment the scene before us as we move from the close of Ezra chapter 4 to the start of chapter 5.  For 16 years all temple construction had ceased.  By force & with haste Israel’s adversaries compelled the returning remnant to cease & desist.  After 16 years of neglect, tall weeds have overtaken the derelict temple site.  A palpable sense of despondency overcomes the faithful. So God’s people returned to their outlying towns & villages.  But they were not idle.  They richly rebuilt their personal homesteads.  They got so engrossed in that exercise that God moved the prophet Haggai to prophesy: “Is it a time for you…to dwell in your paneled houses, while my house lies in ruins?God’s people had forgotten their pledges as the restoration of the temple was seemingly so resoundingly thwarted by the adversaries in their midst & Artaxerxes’ decree from afar.Yet it is the midst of this painful hiatus, when the government had shut them down; when local opposition had beat them up; when God’s people were with making their own nests cozy while God’s house lie in ruins.In the midst of all that negativity God was about to do something wonderful. Something powerful.  Something only God can do.  God restarted His work.  He reinvigorated His workers.  He re-instituted His worship & He revealed His marvelous ways.  Join us today as we hear how God brought back "The Sound of Music" to his Holy Temple.  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide at www.washedintheword.life & let's get Washed in the Word!

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Sometimes saints think spiritual warfare is something new to me & you.  It’s not.  Anytime God is at work in this world Satan is skulking somewhere nearby. Satan never wants God’s work to prosper so God’s workers he will pester. Today we turn in the Old Testament to Ezra chapter 4 to endeavor to discover "The Dirty Dozen" ways Satan attempts to pour sand in our gears to try to grind God’s work to a halt.  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide at www.washedintheword.life & let's get Washed in the Word!

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Have you been in a protracted season of difficulty?  Perhaps you strayed for a season & now you have experienced some hard discipline?  If that is true for you, you are in a similar situation to the Israelites in the days of Ezra.  After 70 years of captivity brought on by their own iniquity, God graciously is restoring them to the Holy Land, but this will be a great adventure of faith, that sadly, few will agree to take.  If you are ready to roll up your sleeves and get to the work of the Lord anew, Ezra is the book for you.  Join us today as we discover together "The Magnificent Seven" of Ezra chapter 1-3.  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide & let's get Washed in the Word!

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Knowing the future helps us invest wisely in the present.  The problem is we are not prescient.  That is we don’t know the future, but God does.  God is omniscient.  God knows all.  That means God knows the future.  If knowing the future helps us invest in the present, we ought to listen if God offers prophetic truth.  This is exactly where we find ourselves today in 2 Peter 3.  God is urging us to "Know Our Future."  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide & let's get Washed in the Word!

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