Nehemiah 3
The walls of Jerusalem have been knocked down for 142 years. No one in almost a century and a half could come up with a strategy to rebuild them. In the ancient world a city without a wall is a city without a future.
Onto this scene comes Nehemiah with two key strategies for rebuilding and fortifying the kingdom. These strategies can be applied to Grace church as we seek to build God's kingdom.
Nehemiah 3:23 Beyond them, Benjamin and Nasshub made repairs in front of their house; and next to them….
Nehemiah was on to something in this verse. He had the families work together in a united effort and he had them work in front of their own homes. Both of these are brilliant.
We can accomplish much more when we work together than when we work alone. Someone has pointed out the difference between "UNITED" and "UNTIED" is where you place the "I". When a group of Christians work together incredible things can be accomplished. But when individuals advance their own agenda and only look out for themselves failure is not far away.
The second strategy was working at their own homes first. Each family was asked to defend their own property. The best place to start working on making the community strong is in your own home. If we could train parents to make their own families strong and stable that would impact the neighborhood, the city and the nation.
As Grace church prepares for ministry headed into fall of 2016 here is your chance to change the world. Here are three questions we need to ask ourselves.
1. What gift will you use to build the kingdom at Grace this fall?
2. Where will you use that gift?
3. What is your strategy to build and protect your family spiritually?
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