Patience and Planning

Patience and Planning
Pastor Terry Wilcox | Nehemiah 2:11-20

Knowing the lessons revealed in Nehemiah building the wall of Jerusalem encourages and instructs us corporately as a church family and individually to glorify God with our lives.

Nehemiah 2:11-20

1. The challenge of patience. – Nehemiah 2:1,11
   Nehemiah 2:1 TLB – “One day in April, four months later.”
   800 miles at 20 miles per day plus stopping for timber.
   The prevalent question today is:
   Prayer is not about changing the mind of God; it is about changing .
2. Nehemiah checks it out.  – Nehemiah 2:11-16
   Nehemiah 2:12 – He forms a .
   What confront you?
   Make  and keep .
3. The and their . – Nehemiah 2:17
   Were they comfortable or ?
   Nehemiah 2:18 – Nehemiah recounts the journey, and the people respond.
4. The opposition . – Nehemiah 2:19-20
   Sanballat, governor of Samaria.
   Tobiah, governor of Ammon.
   Geshem, governor of the southern province.

   When we walk by faith, we will encounter the hostility of those who walk by .

   You are chosen and purposed by God. – Ephesians 2:8-10

Personal Notes