No Progress Without Problems

No Progress Without Problems
Pastor Terry Wilcox | Nehemiah 2:1-10

What U.S. President wrote this in 1838?

The first and almost the only book deserving universal attention is the Bible…. The Bible is the book of all others, to be read at all ages, and in all conditions of human life; not to be read once or twice or thrice through, and then laid aside, but to be read in small portions of one or two chapters every day, and never to be intermitted unless by some overruling necessity. I speak as a man of the world to men of the world; and I say to you, “Search the Scriptures.”

Charles Dickens and Ben Franklin were his friends. He stunned Congress by demanding constitutional liberties for Americans of African descent.

From Nehemiah Chapter 1

1. Nehemiah was given a burden from God.  Nehemiah 1:4
2. He starts . Nehemiah 1:5-10
   
   

From Nehemiah 2:1-10

3. Nehemiah reveals God’s project to the King. Nehemiah 2:1-5
4. The King and Queen ask.  Nehemiah 2:6
5. Nehemiah asks .  Nehemiah 2:7-8
6. God’s favor via the King.  Nehemiah 2:8
7. is stirred.  Nehemiah 2:10

Personal Notes