WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:06.240 We'll begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We'll sing in Psalm 96a, in the Sing 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:15.000 Psalms version, Psalm 96a, singing from verse 1 to verse 9, page 1 to 6 of the psalm book, 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:17.940 the tune is Argyle, Psalm 96a. 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:24.060 Oh, sing a new song to the Lord, sing praises to his name and his salvation day by day let 00:00:24.060 --> 00:00:25.900 all the earth proclaim. 00:00:25.900 --> 00:00:29.320 We'll sing from verse 1 to 9 to God's praise. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.900 O sing a new song to the Lord, sing praises to his name and his salvation day by day. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:07.000 Let all the earth proclaim. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:24.000 His glory and his mighty deeds to every love dear. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:41.000 How great that God saves the Lord, with him no gods compare. 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:52.819 For other gods are good and stones. 00:01:52.819 --> 00:01:54.819 The Lord, we'll sing the Lord, in the name of God. 00:01:54.819 --> 00:01:55.819 The Lord, we'll sing by day. 00:01:55.819 --> 00:01:59.819 The Lord, we'll sing by day. 00:01:59.819 --> 00:02:01.819 The Lord, we'll sing by day. 00:02:01.819 --> 00:02:18.900 Of power and majesty and his, he dwells in glorious light. 00:02:18.900 --> 00:02:37.120 All nations do, the Lord has died, the glory that is due. 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:55.120 Glory to God's name, the sky to God, and praise His name anew. 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:13.120 Enter in the gates with joy and pain, an opening with you. 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:31.200 Worship the Lord in holy fear, on earth, the core and the love. 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.400 Let's unite our hearts together in prayer. 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:40.140 Let us pray. 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:54.080 Lord our God, our Father in heaven, to worship you anew this evening hour, we thank you for the praise which we come with. 00:03:54.719 --> 00:04:01.840 We thank you that we can come singing a song to the Lord, singing anew full of praise to you. 00:04:02.540 --> 00:04:06.900 For we thank you that that is a song that you have given to your people. 00:04:06.900 --> 00:04:13.580 A song that at one point we had no desire to sing and no longing for at all. 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:20.980 But we thank you that so many of the Psalms describe to us that transforming power that you have. 00:04:21.220 --> 00:04:29.860 You're the one who is able to lift us up, to bring us out of the clay and set our feet on the rock as another describes, 00:04:29.860 --> 00:04:31.980 putting a new song in our mouth. 00:04:32.520 --> 00:04:36.360 We thank you, Lord, that we have a song of praise to sing. 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:41.080 And we come this evening, Lord, to worship you as the living God. 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:45.980 And we thank you that we come acknowledging your power and sovereignty, 00:04:46.819 --> 00:04:50.340 acknowledging your rule over us as a people and your world as a whole. 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:57.639 For we are reminded in this Psalm how you are the one who has made the heaven's height and all that's contained in them. 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:07.120 And so we come thankful that we have access to you in and through the name of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:15.120 Thankful that we come not of any good in our sin, or righteousness of ourselves, 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:18.539 but we come humbly through the righteousness of Christ. 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:26.259 For we know that we are sinners, and yet we know too that there is power in the blood of Christ to forgive all our sins. 00:05:26.259 --> 00:05:30.939 That we have one who came to take our sins upon himself. 00:05:31.620 --> 00:05:36.920 All that we deserve, he took from us and bore our sins on the cross. 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:40.879 And so we come, O Lord, looking to you this evening. 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.279 Thankful for all that you have done. 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:46.439 Thankful for all that we can come with this evening. 00:05:46.599 --> 00:05:50.939 We are told to come with joy and bring an offering with us. 00:05:50.939 --> 00:05:55.120 And we come to offer whatever else we have, we come to offer praise. 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:57.759 We offer our lives up to you, Lord. 00:05:57.819 --> 00:06:02.579 We offer all that we are and have up to you as our Lord and as our God. 00:06:03.379 --> 00:06:07.379 And we pray, Lord, that you will help us to be still in your presence this evening, 00:06:08.019 --> 00:06:09.439 to worship you aright. 00:06:10.300 --> 00:06:13.300 Come, O Lord, able to put all other things to one side. 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:17.540 We acknowledge that our minds can be so cluttered and so busy. 00:06:18.180 --> 00:06:20.240 We can already be planning the week ahead. 00:06:20.939 --> 00:06:25.300 We can already be thinking about all that maybe lies ahead of us in this coming week. 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:32.240 But we thank you, Lord, that you help us just for this time to be still and to know that you are God. 00:06:33.060 --> 00:06:38.639 And so, Lord, take away these distractions that so often keep us from hearing what you are saying to us. 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:42.460 And give us ears to hear through your word and by your spirit. 00:06:42.459 --> 00:06:49.519 That you are speaking to us, your voice calling to us, to each of us, to come to you. 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:56.680 Whatever situation we are in, if we are believing in you with all our hearts, we come leaning upon you. 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:00.339 We come, O Lord, dependent upon you for all things. 00:07:00.939 --> 00:07:06.379 But perhaps others come, O Lord, not knowing that assurance of faith. 00:07:06.379 --> 00:07:12.439 Not knowing what it is to know the Lord Jesus as a personal Savior. 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:22.079 Maybe knowing much about him and hearing your word many times and yet still not experiencing that life-changing moment. 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:29.180 Of those who are still maybe struggling to understand you. 00:07:29.180 --> 00:07:33.900 Or seeking you with all their hearts but feeling as close to them. 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:37.340 That, Lord, you would open the doors for them. 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:39.740 That you would bring them into your heart. 00:07:39.840 --> 00:07:43.199 That you would bring in and build on those who are being saved. 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:50.460 We thank you for the times of blessing that your church has enjoyed down through all the generations. 00:07:50.459 --> 00:08:20.439 We thank you for the times of blessing that you are in your word. 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:21.199 As a people. 00:08:21.739 --> 00:08:25.500 Here in our midst as a congregation and as a community here, Lord. 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:31.419 We long to see you enlivening us and quickening us in these days, Lord. 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:36.240 When we see so much that we despair at and are despondent about. 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.079 Lord, help us to lift our eyes to you. 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:45.840 And to recognize you as the one who is able to change all that we see around us. 00:08:45.860 --> 00:08:47.240 And to change it for good. 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:51.220 And the hearts that are hard towards you, Lord, you are able to suffer. 00:08:51.860 --> 00:08:53.740 Those who are angry against you. 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.779 Those who so often curse you. 00:08:57.440 --> 00:09:01.000 Who despise your name and who reject you so often. 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:03.419 We know, Lord, that they are many. 00:09:04.259 --> 00:09:06.379 But yet, Lord, you are able to transform. 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:08.820 You are able to work in power. 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:12.299 You are able to bring them to love you with all their hearts. 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:14.919 As we heard this morning of Saul. 00:09:15.599 --> 00:09:19.819 How he met the Lord in the midst of a life of chaos. 00:09:20.199 --> 00:09:23.620 On his way to persecute Christians. 00:09:24.319 --> 00:09:27.959 He met with the Lord and his life was transformed so quickly. 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:32.120 And we thank you that there is that testimony and witness through your word. 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:34.519 And that we see it to this, Lord. 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:38.659 You are able to do so much more than we ask or imagine. 00:09:39.539 --> 00:09:42.360 And that keeps us, Lord, coming to you in prayer. 00:09:42.819 --> 00:09:44.480 Because we cannot do it ourselves. 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:45.639 We depend on you. 00:09:45.819 --> 00:09:48.579 So we come praying for you to work, oh Lord. 00:09:48.699 --> 00:09:54.720 Work in our families, in our homes, in our communities and workplaces around us, Lord. 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.919 We pray to see your hand upon us for good. 00:09:57.980 --> 00:10:01.600 The good hand of the Lord we will read of this evening. 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.019 We pray to see it here in our midst, oh Lord. 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:08.460 And we thank you that your church has been here. 00:10:09.019 --> 00:10:13.860 And through the other islands as we pray for the communion season in our midst, Lord. 00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:18.580 We thank you for these times of refreshing around your word. 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:23.680 And pray it would be so for those who are gathered even this evening in our back. 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:25.879 We pray that they would have had a blessed weekend. 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:31.980 And we pray for Reverend Rory Stott as he is ministering to them this evening. 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:35.419 We pray, Lord, for the congregation as they gather. 00:10:35.939 --> 00:10:38.700 Even with some of our own young folk there as well, Lord. 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:42.379 We pray it will be a time of blessing and refreshing to all. 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.279 In the fellowship and in the preaching of your word. 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:48.960 Your spirit will be present and be at work in power. 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:55.720 We pray for the upcoming weekend as well in Calanation Cross with communions taking place there. 00:10:56.259 --> 00:11:02.100 We pray for your servants who will be ministering, Reverend Alistair MacLeod and Dr. Malcolm McLean. 00:11:02.700 --> 00:11:06.960 And we pray, Lord, that you will use them as instruments in your hands. 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:14.820 As we heard again this morning, we pray, Lord, that they will be used by you as they proclaim the riches of Christ. 00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:18.680 There will be times of blessing and encouragement around your word. 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:21.540 We pray that for our nation too. 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:26.360 Lord, we thank you that there are many churches around our land here. 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:33.260 We so often focus on the challenges that surround us as a nation and all that is wrong with us. 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:40.260 We thank you, Lord, that many of our cities and towns and villages have a rich gospel witness. 00:11:40.259 --> 00:11:46.720 And we pray for your people, people who live in our town here over the summer months, 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.439 who come from different parts of the land and different congregations. 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:55.539 We pray, Lord, that where your word is preached with truth and authority, 00:11:55.779 --> 00:11:57.879 that your blessing will be upon it. 00:11:58.439 --> 00:12:01.819 That you will revive our land and bless us as a nation. 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:09.179 Lord, turn us one more than towards you to know days of your power and your refreshing in our midst. 00:12:09.179 --> 00:12:15.519 We remember, Lord, our world as well and so much of what goes on around us, Lord. 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:22.579 Yet again, we thank you that in the wilderness of the earth, you have your people scattered far and wide 00:12:22.579 --> 00:12:25.259 in many different lands among many different people. 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:28.279 We thank you for your church that is being built. 00:12:28.839 --> 00:12:33.839 We thank you for your people who are faithful to you in all corners of the world. 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:40.080 A praying people, a worshipping people, a people who worship the true and the living God, 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:47.360 even in the midst of those who worship idols made of wood or stone or so many other materials. 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:53.379 We thank you that there are those of your people pointing others towards the riches of Christ 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:58.439 and the hope of the gospel and the joy of eternal life through him. 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:02.720 And so we pray, Lord, that you will build up your church near and far 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:07.580 and that we would see your glory present in all our lands throughout the world. 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:09.419 Remember us as a people. 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:15.379 We pray for you to be near with us, our homes and our families and all our loved ones. 00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:21.320 We commit them to you, O Lord, and ask that in every need we have that we will be able to come, 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:25.059 to come with our burdens to you, to cast them upon you, 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:29.700 and to be able, Lord, to see your hand giving us all that we need. 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:34.500 Not maybe what we ask for, Lord, but we know that you will give as we need. 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:38.539 You will give grace that is sufficient for every circumstance. 00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:44.620 And so we ask, O Lord, surround our people, surround them in different needs at this time. 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:49.339 Those who are unwell, those who are concerned for loved ones, 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:53.919 or just struggling in different ways at this time. 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:58.919 O Lord, we commit them to you and ask that you will surround them and uphold them 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:01.719 and be very near to them in all their different needs. 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:06.860 Lord, we thank you for the blessing of fellowship and the blessing of prayer 00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:10.399 to be able to share together in all these different ways. 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:13.279 And we pray, Lord, that you will hear us together, 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.560 that you will hear our prayers even as we offer them up now, 00:14:17.060 --> 00:14:19.240 that you will hear our praise as we offer it up, 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:25.259 and that as we come to your word, Lord, you will help us to hear you as you speak to us. 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:29.899 So, Lord, guide our worship, guide us, guide our focus to you, 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:32.279 and help us to lift our eyes up to you, 00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:35.360 and to look and depend on you for all things. 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:38.139 So, Lord, go continue with us, we pray, 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:40.659 with us in the week ahead as well, Lord, 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:43.340 guide all our steps and all that we do and say. 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:46.500 May it be to your glory and for your glory, 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:48.060 and for yours alone. 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:51.440 We ask it all for our sins, Lord, 00:14:51.560 --> 00:14:55.000 acknowledging how often we fall short, 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:58.159 of how we sin in thought, word, and in deed. 00:14:58.860 --> 00:15:00.200 And yet, O Lord, we come, 00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:02.580 asking and pleading for forgiveness, 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:04.580 for all our shortcomings. 00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:07.940 So, hear our prayers and continue with us, we ask. 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:10.700 So, we ask it all in Jesus' name. 00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:11.560 Amen. 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.960 Again, sing to God's praise, this time in Psalm 44. 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.900 And let's sing Psalms. 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.200 Psalm 44 on page 54 of the Psalm books. 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:31.020 Psalm 44, we'll sing verse 1 to verse 8, 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:32.180 the tune is Tiverton. 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:37.680 O God, we with our ears have heard our fathers told us so, 00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:41.300 what you accomplished in their days and days of long ago. 00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:45.160 Your hand drove nations out and placed our fathers there, 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:47.500 and said, you crushed the peoples, 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:52.120 but you caused our tribes to grow and spread. 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:54.600 We'll sing these verses, verse 1 to 8, 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:57.539 Psalm 44, to God's praise. 00:15:57.539 --> 00:16:16.199 O God, we with our ears have heard our fathers told us so, 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:30.200 what you accomplished in their days and days of long ago. 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:32.200 You crushed the peoples, but you caused our tribes to grow and spread. 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:34.200 You crushed the peoples, but you caused our tribes to grow and spread. 00:16:34.200 --> 00:17:04.180 In the name of the Lord, we with our fathers to grow and spread. 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:18.980 It was not by their sword or arm that they possessed the land, 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:27.319 but by your love and faith are shown, 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:34.980 and by your mighty hand. 00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:49.980 You are my King and God, Lord, I forging all victories. 00:17:49.980 --> 00:18:05.980 Through you we travel down our foes and brought our enemies. 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:15.980 My soul does not bring victory. 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:21.980 Lord, do I trust my hope. 00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:37.980 You put our enemies to shame and overcome our foes. 00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:46.980 In God alone we make our roles, 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:53.980 Rejoice in all day long. 00:18:53.980 --> 00:19:09.980 And to your name forevermore we offer praise in song. 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:19.980 We'll turn together now to read in God's word in the Book of Nehemiah, 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:23.980 in the Old Testament, Nehemiah chapter 2. 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:28.980 We can read the whole of this chapter together. 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:30.980 Nehemiah chapter 2. 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:40.980 So Nehemiah chapter 2, taking up a reading at the beginning. 00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:45.980 In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Arcterxes, 00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.980 when wine was before him, 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:51.980 I took up the wine and gave it to the king. 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:54.980 Now I had not been sad in his presence. 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:56.980 And the king said to me, 00:19:56.980 --> 00:20:01.980 Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:04.980 This is nothing but sadness of the heart. 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:07.980 Then I was very much afraid. 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:09.980 I said to the king, 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.980 Let the king live forever. 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:14.980 Why should not my face be sad, 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:17.980 When the city, the place of my father's graves, 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:19.980 lies in ruins. 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:23.980 And its gates have been destroyed by fire. 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:25.980 Then the king said to me, 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:27.980 What are you requesting? 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:30.980 So I prayed to the God of heaven. 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:32.980 And I said to the king, 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:34.980 If it pleases the king, 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:37.980 And if your servant has found favour in your sight, 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:40.980 That you send me to Judah, 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.980 To the city of my father's graves, 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:44.980 That I may rebuild it. 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:47.980 And the king said to me, 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:50.980 The queen sitting beside him, 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:52.980 How long will you be gone? 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:54.980 And when will you return? 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.980 So it pleased the king to send me, 00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:58.980 When I had given him a time. 00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.980 And I said to the king, 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.980 If it pleases the king, 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:06.980 Let letters be given to me for the government of the province, 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.980 Beyond the river, 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:11.980 That they may let me pass through until I come to Judah. 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.980 And a letter to Asaph, 00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:15.980 The keeper of the king's forest, 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:18.980 That he may give me timber to make beams, 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:21.980 For the gates of the fortress of the temple, 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:23.980 And for the wall of the city, 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:26.980 And for the house that I shall occupy. 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:29.980 And the king granted me what I asked, 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:32.980 For the good hand of my God was upon me. 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:36.980 Then I came to the leaders of the province, 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.980 Beyond the river, 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:40.980 And gave them the king's letters. 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.980 Now the king had sent with me, 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:45.980 Officers of the army and horsemen. 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:51.980 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:57.980 It displeased them that no one had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel. 00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:00.980 So I went to Jerusalem, 00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.980 And I was there for three days. 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.980 Then I arose in the night, 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.980 I and a few men with me. 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:10.980 And I told no one what my God would do to my heart, 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.980 To do for Jerusalem. 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:14.980 There was no animal with me, 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.980 But the one on which I rode. 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:18.980 I went out by night, 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.980 By the valley gate of the dragon spring, 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.980 To the dung gate, 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.980 And I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.980 That were broken down, 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:30.980 And its gates that had been destroyed by fire. 00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:32.980 Then I went to the fountain gate, 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:34.980 And to the king's pool. 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:37.980 But there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass. 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:40.980 Then I went up in the night by the valley, 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.980 And inspected the wall. 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.980 And I turned back and entered by the valley gate, 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.980 And I turned. 00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.980 And the officials did not know, 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.980 Where I had gone, 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.980 Or what I was doing. 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:53.980 And I had told the Jews, 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.980 The priests, 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.980 The nobles, 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.980 The officials, 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.980 And the rest, 00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.980 For where to do the work. 00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:00.980 Then I said to them, 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:02.980 You see the trouble, 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:05.980 How Jerusalem lies in ruins, 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.980 With its gates burned. 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.980 Come, 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:10.980 Let us build the wall of Jerusalem, 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:13.980 The longer suffer the Israel. 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.980 And I told them of the hand of my God, 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:18.980 That had been upon me for good. 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:22.980 And also of the words that the king had spoken to me. 00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.980 And they said, 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:26.980 Let us rise up and build. 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:30.980 So they strengthened their hands for the good work. 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.980 But when Sanballat the Horonite, 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.980 And Tobiah the Ammonite, 00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.980 Heard, 00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:38.980 And Geshem the Arab heard of it, 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.980 They jeered at us, 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.980 And despised us, 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.980 And said, 00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:44.980 What is this thing that you are doing? 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:47.980 Are you rebelling against the king? 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.980 Then I replied to them, 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:53.980 The God of heaven will make us prosper. 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.980 And we his servants will arise, 00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:58.980 And build up and build, 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:03.980 And we will not have any portion or claim in Jerusalem. 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.980 Amen. 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:08.980 And may God bless that reading from his word. 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:11.980 And before we turn back to look at this passage, 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:15.980 And sing again to God's praise in Psalm 79, 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.980 In the Scottish Psalter, 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:18.980 Page 331. 00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:23.980 Psalm 79, 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.980 Page 331. 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:31.980 We are going to sing from verse 5 down to verse 9, 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:34.980 The tune of St. Minver. 00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:36.980 How long, Lord, shall thine anger last? 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.980 Will thou still keep the same? 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:42.980 And shall thy fervent jealousy burn like unto a flame? 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:46.980 We'll sing from verse 5 down to verse 9, 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:51.980 Where it speaks of the glory of the Lord being the help towards his people. 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.980 So we'll sing verse 5 to 9, 00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.980 To God's praise. 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.980 So we'll sing verse 5 to 9, 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.980 To God's praise. 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.980 Amen. 00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:59.980 Come, Hu. 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:06.980 And shall thy fervent jealousy burn like unto a hill? 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.980 Amen. 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.980 For that can also tend that to go? 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.980 Or you'll sing from verse 6. 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.980 Princeономette of the bus with ainsi presented to Class. 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.620 Time, 00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:15.420 Ar Rock Centre, 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.980 To God's praise, 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.759 Lambë, 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:20.819 no matter how long, 00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.940 Hear thy fervent jealousy chillin'. 00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:24.920 For that пл indic act shall I take zodiac Excellent. 00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:32.680 See her like a true affair. 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:49.680 On his report, thy duty for the time ever known. 00:25:49.680 --> 00:26:06.680 And all those kingdoms within name have never called upon. 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:23.680 For these are they who Jacob have devout with grueling. 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:41.680 And they, his amity, his hope have caused ways to lie. 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:58.680 Against us might not for mercies thy tender mercy show. 00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:16.680 Let there be a seedily for we all can be low. 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:22.680 For thine is glory. 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:32.680 Help us, Lord, to my Savior be. 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:43.900 Deliver us for thine's sake. 00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:50.460 O march away our sin. 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.180 Amen. 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:59.880 We can turn back to our reading in Nehemiah chapter 2. 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:03.340 And we can read again at verse 17. 00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:07.660 Nehemiah chapter 2 at verse 17. 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:10.540 Then I said to them, 00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:16.400 You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates opened. 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:22.940 Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision. 00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:28.400 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:32.160 and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:37.060 And they said, Let us rise up and build. 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:41.920 So they strengthened their hands for the good work. 00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:49.560 A few weeks ago now we were looking at chapter 1 of Nehemiah. 00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:57.259 That Nehemiah and the burden that Nehemiah had when he heard of the ruin that Jerusalem was in 00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:59.660 and the people and their despondency. 00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:01.279 And he was burdened for them. 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:05.279 And it was a burden that he was taking to the Lord. 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:11.359 Last week we were looking at the New Testament and we were looking at Colossians chapter 4. 00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:17.220 We were seeing Paul's team ministry and the people that he had around him 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:21.539 and how so many people were used in different ways for the Lord. 00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.920 Times there as well. 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:27.259 And we're thinking of linking the two together. 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:31.680 However, we see Nehemiah, the fact that was to be done in Jerusalem, 00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:38.759 he couldn't do it alone in the same way as Paul couldn't do the ministry of the gospel 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:45.220 that he would hope to do without having those who could help him and be with him along the way as well. 00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:52.440 We're thinking there of two men who were strong leaders in the church in their day. 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:57.519 But since we looked at these two passages over these last few weeks, 00:29:57.539 --> 00:30:00.180 have you considered them for yourself? 00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:04.400 Have you thought about what does it mean for me as a member, 00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:07.559 as an adherent here in the congregation in Stornoway? 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:12.700 What do these passages say to me in my own role in the church 00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:18.419 and how I might be serving the Lord or how I may be able to serve the Lord? 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:22.240 Has it made a difference to the burden that you feel for this place 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:29.359 or the vision that you have for this place, for this congregation, for this town, 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:32.179 for the work of the Lord? 00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:37.340 As we return to Nehemiah this evening in chapter 2, 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:44.580 we return with that remembrance of his burden for Jerusalem in our minds as well 00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:47.940 and the burden and vision that he had in Jerusalem. 00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:51.720 We saw in the opening chapter, chapter 1, 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:58.320 a simple question that Nehemiah asked of his brother who had come to visit. 00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:03.419 A simple question turned his life upside down. 00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.799 In the beginning of chapter 1, 00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:09.500 Hanani, his brother, had come from Judah. 00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:12.279 Nehemiah asked him just a simple question, 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:14.960 How are they in Jerusalem? 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:17.740 How are they in Jerusalem? 00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:22.819 And the answer that he heard in verse 3 of chapter 1 was this, 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:24.200 They said to him, 00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:32.439 The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:40.279 The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are destroyed by fire. 00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:45.099 It wasn't the answer he would have been hoping for. 00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:47.720 And it was an answer that left him troubled, 00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:52.720 so much trouble that he said in verse 4 that as soon as I heard these words, 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:57.279 I sat down and wept and mourned for days. 00:31:58.100 --> 00:32:02.000 He was distraught at what he had been told, 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:06.680 about what he was hearing about his beloved Jerusalem and its people. 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.579 They were in destruction. 00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.799 They were in shame. 00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:15.680 But he wanted to do something about it. 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:19.160 There was a burden on him that would not go. 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:24.019 And that is sometimes the way the Lord works in his people. 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:26.540 Often he gives people a burden. 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:28.980 A burden for a particular people. 00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:30.620 For a particular place. 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.980 For a particular work. 00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:35.460 A burden that just will not go away. 00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:40.779 A burden that won't go away until we do something about it. 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:47.960 And Nehemiah couldn't let this go until something was done about it. 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:53.140 And do you know what makes this burden and vision of Nehemiah even more remarkable? 00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:56.740 This burden that he had for Jerusalem and its people. 00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:59.860 What makes it even more remarkable is this. 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:02.039 He had never been there. 00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:05.380 He had never been in Jerusalem. 00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:11.240 He was born to parents who had been taken captive from Jerusalem. 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:15.080 He was born about 900 miles away. 00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:17.600 As we read of him here, he's in Persia. 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:23.320 In the capital of Persia, which was hundreds of miles away from Jerusalem. 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.500 He'd never been there. 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:29.420 And yet his heart was towards his homeland and his people. 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.380 He just wouldn't know. 00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:41.960 And it made me think of how this year marked 100 years since the Metagama and the Marloch sailed from these shores. 00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:48.420 With hundreds of people belonging to our islands here who would never see this place again. 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:53.780 And yet who had a great burden and a love for this place. 00:33:53.779 --> 00:34:03.639 And over the last year we've seen some of their family come over to see this place with a real heart and a longing and a burden for this place. 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:07.420 But it begs the question of us. 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:11.820 Do we have a real burden for this place? 00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:17.440 Do we have a real love for this place and its people? 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:22.659 As we think of the kind of ruin that we're seeing around us again and again. 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:27.760 The ruin that sin brings into our lives and into our communities. 00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:31.559 Does it make us weep and mourn? 00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:41.400 Does it give us a burden for this place to see the gospel going out here and making a difference to our people? 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:47.740 And if we do, how do we grasp this burden prayerfully and practically? 00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:56.960 How do we seek to fulfill this burden and this vision for our own town and our place to be a place blessed by God? 00:34:58.139 --> 00:35:00.400 Well that's what we learn as we look to Nehemiah. 00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:04.599 And how his burden that he just couldn't let go. 00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:06.400 It became a reality. 00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:13.740 It became something that he saw the good hand of the Lord at work in in so many different ways. 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:23.079 And how he encouraged and inspired a people to be involved in the work to the point that they would say in verse 18, 00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:26.599 Let us rise up and build. 00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:31.900 There are lessons we learn from Nehemiah and his leadership. 00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:35.099 About a godly vision. 00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:42.160 And about trusting God and going forward in his strength. 00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:48.019 Paul in Colossians, he couldn't do the ministry alone. 00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:52.680 The spread of the gospel, he couldn't do it by himself. 00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:57.880 Nehemiah here, he couldn't rebuild the walls by himself. 00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:03.099 He couldn't see God's hand for good upon the people by himself. 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.740 And neither can we. 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:08.940 We need a shared vision. 00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:15.680 A vision that we all have and a burden that we all have together for the good of this place. 00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:19.460 One church leader put it like this. 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:22.779 A godly vision is right for the times. 00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:26.079 Right for the church and right for the people. 00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:30.539 A godly vision promotes faith rather than fear. 00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:34.579 A godly vision motivates people to action. 00:36:35.379 --> 00:36:38.799 A godly vision requires risk taking. 00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:44.580 A godly vision glorifies God and not people. 00:36:45.580 --> 00:36:50.120 That's what Nehemiah's vision and his burden was like. 00:36:50.119 --> 00:37:00.460 Let's pray that that would be our vision and our burden here in this town and for the place where the Lord has put us today. 00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:03.940 To keep us going in the work of the Lord. 00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:05.400 Encouraged. 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.480 Encouraged. 00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:14.340 Good hand of the Lord upon us in all that we go to do for the Lord. 00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:19.720 We're not going to look at every detail of the book of Nehemiah. 00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:29.960 But we're going to take steps from key points here and look how we can learn from Nehemiah and the work that the people were involved in. 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:32.400 We read the whole of chapter 2. 00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:35.500 But we're going to look at just the latter half of it. 00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:38.639 Verse 9 down to the end of the chapter. 00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:43.559 But we see the context in the whole of this chapter just for what was happening. 00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:50.240 But you notice that there's a big change between verse 8 and verse 9. 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:56.220 Both in terms of time and in the place where they're based. 00:37:56.219 --> 00:38:01.639 In verse 8, Nehemiah is still with the king in Persia. 00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:07.079 He is still 900 miles away from Jerusalem. 00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:13.699 But in verse 9, we've jumped forward probably around four months in time. 00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:22.339 Nehemiah and those who were with him have traveled that journey of around 900 miles from Susa down to Jerusalem. 00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:25.079 And this is where we pick it up. 00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:28.239 So the time has moved on about four months. 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:30.039 The place has moved on. 00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:31.619 Coming to Jerusalem. 00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:35.519 Nehemiah seeing the place for the first time. 00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:40.400 And tonight we're going to look at three lessons from Nehemiah's leadership here. 00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:47.179 As he comes to share his vision and his burden with the people of Jerusalem. 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:52.440 And there's three things, three lessons to take with us. 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:55.920 First is this, a time to rest. 00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:59.659 Secondly, we see a time to review. 00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:04.179 And then thirdly, a time to rise. 00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:08.099 So first, a time to rest. 00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:15.619 You might expect Nehemiah to arrive at Jerusalem and immediately to get going with the work. 00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:24.619 After all, when you read through the destruction that you see in the walls, how they're demolished, the gates are burned. 00:39:25.319 --> 00:39:26.920 There's so much to be done. 00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:29.920 You think he's just going to get going with it. 00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:31.680 That may be our attitude. 00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:34.420 When we see there's something that needs to be done. 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.880 We just need to get on. 00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:37.820 There's so much to do. 00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:39.500 Let's just get on with it. 00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:48.579 Well, four months of traveling over 900 miles through harsh countryside would take its toll on anyone. 00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:55.219 And so verse 11 gives us our first key lesson from Nehemiah. 00:39:55.980 --> 00:40:00.219 And that is, fresh for the task. 00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.739 In verse 11 it says, 00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:15.459 Nehemiah, like us all, had his limits. 00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:24.319 He had needs, both physical and spiritual needs, to be watched and guarded against first and foremost. 00:40:25.899 --> 00:40:29.639 Three days after arriving in Jerusalem, he rested. 00:40:30.959 --> 00:40:32.339 He didn't get on with the work. 00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:38.420 Immediately, he took these days to rest, both physically and spiritually. 00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:43.280 And it's interesting how you look at this chapter in Nehemiah. 00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:47.100 Nehemiah had come to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls. 00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:50.059 And if you go to the previous book, Ezra. 00:40:50.660 --> 00:40:52.519 And Ezra was similar to Nehemiah. 00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:56.120 He was used by God, but for rebuilding the temple. 00:40:56.820 --> 00:41:01.420 In Ezra chapter 8, verse 32, it says this. 00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.660 It says this. 00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:06.579 We came to Jerusalem, and there we remained three days. 00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:13.220 They arrived in Jerusalem, and for three days they rested in the days of Ezra. 00:41:14.220 --> 00:41:16.519 The same is true of Nehemiah. 00:41:16.600 --> 00:41:20.620 We went to Jerusalem, and we were there three days. 00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:25.179 So there's got to be a lesson there for us to learn. 00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:33.659 Nehemiah was seeing how much there was to be done, and yet his immediate priority was to rest. 00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:35.659 And how important is rest? 00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:41.259 And how important is rest when we think of being involved in the world of the Lord today? 00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:49.859 Today, the first day of the week, the Lord's Day, it's a reminder to us of the importance of rest. 00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:53.460 It's a creation ordinance, as we call it. 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:56.660 Something that God put in place from the very beginning. 00:41:57.160 --> 00:42:01.860 The Lord's Day, the seventh day, was to be a day of rest. 00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:09.039 And we know ourselves that when we become tired, we're not as effective. 00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:15.740 And if we are tired over a long period of time, our work will suffer. 00:42:16.640 --> 00:42:19.840 Our production is not going to be what it should be. 00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:23.059 Our service for the Lord isn't going to be what it should be. 00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:29.880 And if the Lord is commanding rest for his people, we have to make sure that we are allowing for it. 00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:34.639 Both personally, but also as a congregation. 00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:38.219 That we don't burn people out. 00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:40.519 Ezra knew it. 00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:42.039 Nehemiah knew it. 00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:47.159 The Lord Jesus himself knew the importance of rest. 00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:51.519 Of keeping fresh in the work. 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:57.380 In the New Testament, you read of the Lord Jesus at the death of John the Baptist. 00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:01.280 In Matthew 14, verse 13, after he'd heard the news, 00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:08.539 When Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. 00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:12.039 Something you see often in the life of Jesus. 00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:15.119 He finds a place to be by himself. 00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:19.820 But he also knew the importance of it for his disciples too. 00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:22.780 In Mark 6, verse 31, 00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:30.160 Jesus having sent his disciples out two by two to go on the work of the spread of the gospel, 00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:31.300 They had come back. 00:43:32.140 --> 00:43:33.800 And he said to them as they returned, 00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.580 He said to them, 00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:39.360 Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while. 00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:42.000 For many were coming and going, 00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.159 And they had no leisure even to eat. 00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:50.519 The importance of rest is there for us to see. 00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:54.820 And that's what the first lesson that we learn from Nehemiah. 00:43:55.619 --> 00:44:00.400 He came to Jerusalem and was there three days. 00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:05.579 We have to guard ourselves carefully. 00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:10.579 To guard our people carefully from overexertion, 00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:13.559 From being overtired, overworked. 00:44:14.220 --> 00:44:15.840 When we are tired, like I said, 00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:18.000 We won't achieve as much. 00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:20.340 The enthusiasm will wane. 00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:22.840 It will not be what it should be. 00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:25.039 Rest is crucial. 00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:29.500 It's a story of two woodcutters. 00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:31.360 One was experienced. 00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:33.599 One was just starting out, 00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:35.179 But young and enthusiastic. 00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:38.539 And he challenged the older man. 00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:42.800 He challenged him to an all-day woodcutting competition. 00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:45.880 And the challenger, the young man, 00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:47.380 Worked hard all day. 00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:49.320 Hardly stopped all day. 00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.940 Just a brief lunch break. 00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:55.159 And yet every time he was looking across to the older woodcutter, 00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:57.559 He seemed to be sitting down and resting. 00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:59.300 He couldn't understand it. 00:44:59.320 --> 00:44:59.800 And he thought, 00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:02.099 I'll be way ahead in this contest. 00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:04.360 But at the end of the day, 00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:06.200 The challenger was surprised to find 00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:10.940 That the older man had chopped so much more wood than he had. 00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:12.840 And he couldn't understand it. 00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.579 I don't get it. 00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:13.940 He said, 00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:15.400 Every time I looked, 00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.980 You seem to be taking a rest. 00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:19.940 And yet I was working hard all day. 00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:23.240 The older woodsman said, 00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:24.360 But you didn't notice 00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:27.400 That I was sharpening my axe 00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:30.679 Every time I sat down to take a rest. 00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:33.179 And so often, 00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:36.240 We can be like that ourselves too. 00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:38.639 We can just keep going, 00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:39.700 Thinking we're affecting, 00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:41.240 We're doing so much. 00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:42.820 When in reality, 00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:44.780 We could be achieving so much more 00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:47.579 Just with a bit of rest. 00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:50.319 We need physical rest, 00:45:50.380 --> 00:45:53.219 But we also need spiritual rest as well. 00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:56.059 Because Nehemiah in these three days 00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:59.299 Had time to spend with God as well. 00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:03.059 Because you find that God had put this burden 00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:04.639 In his heart. 00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:08.480 And God was still putting this burden 00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:09.920 In his heart as well. 00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:12.519 In verse 12 it says, 00:46:12.720 --> 00:46:14.180 And I told no one 00:46:14.180 --> 00:46:16.659 What my God had put in my heart 00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:18.519 To do for Jerusalem. 00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:22.519 It's a continuous tense. 00:46:22.740 --> 00:46:24.220 It's an ongoing burden 00:46:24.900 --> 00:46:27.159 That the Lord is placing in his heart. 00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:29.260 And he was taking his time now 00:46:29.260 --> 00:46:31.480 To be close with God. 00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:33.539 And again, 00:46:33.639 --> 00:46:36.420 There's a lesson there for ourselves as well. 00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:38.680 To allow ourselves time 00:46:38.680 --> 00:46:40.240 To listen to God 00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:41.400 Before rushing in 00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:42.480 To the work 00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:44.480 That we seek to do for the Lord. 00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:46.300 To be still 00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:47.480 And listen 00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:48.639 To the Lord. 00:46:48.740 --> 00:46:49.539 We look around 00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:50.599 And there's no shortage 00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:52.480 Of things to do. 00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:53.800 There's no shortage of things 00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:54.400 That we could 00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:56.059 And perhaps should do. 00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:59.700 But Nehemiah gives us this lesson. 00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.619 Take time 00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:02.039 To be fresh 00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:03.320 For the work. 00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:04.780 Take time 00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:06.019 To listen 00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:07.400 To the Lord. 00:47:08.600 --> 00:47:10.040 So that's the first lesson 00:47:10.040 --> 00:47:11.220 That we learn 00:47:11.220 --> 00:47:12.640 From Nehemiah. 00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:14.720 The second lesson 00:47:14.720 --> 00:47:15.440 Is this 00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:16.640 Time 00:47:16.640 --> 00:47:17.880 To review. 00:47:18.820 --> 00:47:19.360 You would think 00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:20.660 After three days 00:47:20.660 --> 00:47:22.240 Refreshing himself 00:47:22.240 --> 00:47:23.340 Right, it's time 00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:24.480 Now to get on 00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:25.380 With the work. 00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:28.120 But like any good leader 00:47:28.120 --> 00:47:29.260 He needs to know 00:47:29.260 --> 00:47:31.000 What's ahead of him. 00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:33.460 And so he takes time 00:47:33.460 --> 00:47:34.619 To review. 00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:36.599 To see himself 00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:37.579 What is happening 00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:38.820 Or what has happened 00:47:38.820 --> 00:47:40.000 In Jerusalem. 00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:41.860 From verse 13 00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:43.639 Down there 00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:45.079 To verse 16. 00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:46.139 You see 00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:47.340 He takes his time 00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:48.639 Going around the city. 00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:50.280 Inspecting 00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:51.519 Everything that is 00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:52.460 Going on 00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:54.220 Around him. 00:47:55.340 --> 00:47:56.940 An American businessman 00:47:56.940 --> 00:47:58.800 Called Max Dupree. 00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:00.800 He speaks 00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:01.519 He spoke of the 00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:02.480 Responsibility 00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.460 Involved 00:48:03.460 --> 00:48:04.280 In leadership. 00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:05.800 He was a successful 00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:06.940 Businessman 00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:08.480 And he also wrote 00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:09.200 Many books 00:48:09.200 --> 00:48:10.380 On leadership. 00:48:10.580 --> 00:48:11.400 And he said this 00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:13.560 The first responsibility 00:48:13.560 --> 00:48:14.300 Of a leader 00:48:14.300 --> 00:48:15.360 Is to define 00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:16.260 Reality. 00:48:17.580 --> 00:48:18.340 Leaders need 00:48:18.340 --> 00:48:19.500 To have a good picture 00:48:19.500 --> 00:48:20.480 Of what is really 00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:21.019 Going on 00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:21.740 Around them. 00:48:22.380 --> 00:48:22.840 And they need 00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:23.760 To help others 00:48:23.760 --> 00:48:24.820 Take an honest 00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:25.220 Look 00:48:25.220 --> 00:48:26.880 At this reality. 00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:28.820 Now you might 00:48:28.820 --> 00:48:29.619 Say to yourself 00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:30.500 Why are we going 00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:31.059 To listen 00:48:31.059 --> 00:48:32.740 To a businessman? 00:48:33.460 --> 00:48:34.260 What does he 00:48:34.260 --> 00:48:34.940 Have to say 00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:35.500 To us 00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:36.380 Here in 00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:37.039 Stornoway 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:37.480 Tonight? 00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:39.440 Well the key 00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:40.180 Lesson from 00:48:40.180 --> 00:48:41.000 Max Dupree 00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:41.680 Was yes 00:48:41.680 --> 00:48:42.340 He was a very 00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:43.200 Successful 00:48:43.200 --> 00:48:44.039 Businessman 00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:45.360 But first 00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:46.119 And foremost 00:48:46.119 --> 00:48:46.720 He was a 00:48:46.720 --> 00:48:47.180 Christian. 00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:48.920 He was a 00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:49.360 Christian 00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:50.320 Who put the 00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:50.680 Lord 00:48:50.680 --> 00:48:51.599 Front and 00:48:51.599 --> 00:48:52.280 Foremost 00:48:52.280 --> 00:48:53.559 In everything 00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:54.860 That he did. 00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:57.400 He is saying 00:48:57.400 --> 00:48:58.300 When we're 00:48:58.300 --> 00:48:58.820 Looking at 00:48:58.820 --> 00:48:59.660 Doing anything 00:48:59.660 --> 00:49:00.740 And work 00:49:00.740 --> 00:49:01.579 And serving 00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:02.240 As leaders 00:49:02.240 --> 00:49:03.039 In the church 00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:03.559 That we put 00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:04.099 The Lord 00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:04.760 First 00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:05.700 Of course 00:49:05.700 --> 00:49:06.280 We listen 00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:07.400 We learn 00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:07.880 From all 00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:08.519 Kinds of 00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:08.980 People 00:49:08.980 --> 00:49:09.740 From all 00:49:09.740 --> 00:49:10.240 Kinds of 00:49:10.240 --> 00:49:10.840 Christians 00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:12.260 From all 00:49:12.260 --> 00:49:12.920 Kinds of 00:49:12.920 --> 00:49:13.500 Walks 00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.579 Of life 00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:15.700 And the need 00:49:15.700 --> 00:49:16.599 For reality 00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:17.740 Is there 00:49:17.740 --> 00:49:18.920 Before us 00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:19.940 Not to be 00:49:19.940 --> 00:49:20.720 Blinkered 00:49:20.720 --> 00:49:21.640 To what is 00:49:21.640 --> 00:49:22.240 Going on 00:49:22.240 --> 00:49:22.700 Around us 00:49:22.699 --> 00:49:23.039 Not to 00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:23.460 Think 00:49:23.460 --> 00:49:24.119 That we 00:49:24.119 --> 00:49:24.619 Have all 00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:25.219 The answers 00:49:25.219 --> 00:49:25.559 And know 00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:26.199 Exactly 00:49:26.199 --> 00:49:27.119 What's 00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:27.679 Going on 00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:28.019 And what 00:49:28.019 --> 00:49:28.439 Needs 00:49:28.439 --> 00:49:28.819 To be 00:49:28.819 --> 00:49:29.199 Done 00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:31.139 We need 00:49:31.139 --> 00:49:31.719 To take 00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:32.239 Time 00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:33.319 To review 00:49:33.319 --> 00:49:34.579 We need 00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:34.899 To take 00:49:34.899 --> 00:49:35.259 Time 00:49:35.259 --> 00:49:36.179 To listen 00:49:36.179 --> 00:49:36.579 And to 00:49:36.579 --> 00:49:37.179 See for 00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:37.819 Ourselves 00:49:37.819 --> 00:49:38.899 What is 00:49:38.899 --> 00:49:39.399 Happening 00:49:39.399 --> 00:49:40.019 Around us 00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:40.799 What are 00:49:40.799 --> 00:49:41.359 People 00:49:41.359 --> 00:49:41.819 Thinking 00:49:41.819 --> 00:49:42.839 How are 00:49:42.839 --> 00:49:43.599 They engaging 00:49:43.599 --> 00:49:44.039 With the 00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:44.419 World 00:49:44.419 --> 00:49:45.339 Or not 00:49:45.339 --> 00:49:45.839 Engaging 00:49:45.839 --> 00:49:46.279 With the 00:49:46.279 --> 00:49:46.759 Gospel 00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:48.180 We know 00:49:48.180 --> 00:49:48.980 They need 00:49:48.980 --> 00:49:49.680 The Gospel 00:49:49.680 --> 00:49:50.700 But do 00:49:50.700 --> 00:49:51.160 We really 00:49:51.160 --> 00:49:51.660 Know how 00:49:51.660 --> 00:49:52.180 To speak 00:49:52.180 --> 00:49:52.460 To them 00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:53.080 About it 00:49:53.080 --> 00:49:53.780 Do we 00:49:53.780 --> 00:49:54.180 Know the 00:49:54.180 --> 00:49:54.540 Needs 00:49:54.540 --> 00:49:55.180 Of those 00:49:55.180 --> 00:49:55.840 Who are 00:49:55.840 --> 00:49:56.780 Around us 00:49:56.780 --> 00:49:58.080 We can 00:49:58.080 --> 00:49:58.560 Learn 00:49:58.560 --> 00:49:59.640 From others 00:49:59.640 --> 00:49:59.960 And we 00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:00.280 Shouldn't 00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:00.980 Be scared 00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:01.560 To do 00:50:01.560 --> 00:50:01.920 So 00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:03.140 There's a 00:50:03.140 --> 00:50:04.020 Great example 00:50:04.020 --> 00:50:04.660 For us 00:50:04.660 --> 00:50:05.380 In scripture 00:50:05.380 --> 00:50:06.500 One of the 00:50:06.500 --> 00:50:06.940 Greatest 00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:07.520 Leaders of 00:50:07.520 --> 00:50:07.940 God's 00:50:07.940 --> 00:50:08.400 People 00:50:08.400 --> 00:50:09.280 Moses 00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:10.300 Who had 00:50:10.300 --> 00:50:11.160 Led the 00:50:11.160 --> 00:50:11.620 Children of 00:50:11.620 --> 00:50:11.900 Israel 00:50:11.900 --> 00:50:13.020 From Egypt 00:50:13.020 --> 00:50:13.640 Into the 00:50:13.640 --> 00:50:14.260 Wilderness 00:50:14.260 --> 00:50:15.560 He was 00:50:15.560 --> 00:50:16.120 Struggling 00:50:16.120 --> 00:50:16.980 To keep 00:50:16.980 --> 00:50:17.480 On top 00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:17.920 Of things 00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:18.340 At one 00:50:18.340 --> 00:50:18.720 Point 00:50:18.720 --> 00:50:19.960 He was 00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:20.360 Trying to 00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:20.740 Do it 00:50:20.740 --> 00:50:21.660 All by 00:50:21.660 --> 00:50:22.260 Himself 00:50:22.260 --> 00:50:23.880 He needed 00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:24.500 To hear 00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:25.180 Someone else 00:50:25.180 --> 00:50:25.600 Coming 00:50:25.600 --> 00:50:26.420 With some 00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:26.980 Advice 00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:27.540 To him 00:50:27.540 --> 00:50:28.320 And it 00:50:28.320 --> 00:50:28.600 Was his 00:50:28.600 --> 00:50:29.360 Father-in-law 00:50:29.360 --> 00:50:30.060 Jethro 00:50:30.060 --> 00:50:30.800 Who came 00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:31.220 To him 00:50:31.220 --> 00:50:31.740 And saw 00:50:31.740 --> 00:50:32.140 What was 00:50:32.140 --> 00:50:32.620 Going on 00:50:32.620 --> 00:50:33.080 And said 00:50:33.080 --> 00:50:33.500 To him 00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:34.280 What you 00:50:34.280 --> 00:50:34.780 Are doing 00:50:34.780 --> 00:50:35.320 Is not 00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:35.740 Good 00:50:35.740 --> 00:50:37.560 You and 00:50:37.560 --> 00:50:37.980 The people 00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:39.040 With you 00:50:39.040 --> 00:50:39.840 Will certainly 00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:40.980 Wear yourselves 00:50:40.980 --> 00:50:41.360 Out 00:50:41.360 --> 00:50:42.020 For this 00:50:42.020 --> 00:50:42.420 Thing is 00:50:42.420 --> 00:50:43.140 Too heavy 00:50:43.140 --> 00:50:43.800 For you 00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:44.420 You are 00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:45.080 Not able 00:50:45.080 --> 00:50:45.600 To do 00:50:45.600 --> 00:50:45.880 It 00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:46.640 Alone 00:50:46.640 --> 00:50:49.440 He didn't 00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:50.120 Take time 00:50:50.120 --> 00:50:50.800 To review 00:50:50.800 --> 00:50:52.539 Someone had 00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:53.019 To come 00:50:53.019 --> 00:50:53.580 To him 00:50:53.580 --> 00:50:54.420 And tell 00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:54.620 Him 00:50:54.620 --> 00:50:55.620 What you 00:50:55.620 --> 00:50:56.100 Are doing 00:50:56.100 --> 00:50:57.039 Is not 00:50:57.039 --> 00:50:57.420 Good 00:50:57.420 --> 00:50:59.240 But for 00:50:59.240 --> 00:51:00.200 Ourselves 00:51:00.200 --> 00:51:01.220 What we 00:51:01.220 --> 00:51:01.800 Learn here 00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:02.780 From Nehemiah 00:51:02.780 --> 00:51:03.960 Nehemiah 00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:04.380 Who has 00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:04.900 Known 00:51:04.900 --> 00:51:05.400 In 00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:06.680 Verse 8 00:51:06.680 --> 00:51:07.180 The good 00:51:07.180 --> 00:51:07.720 Hand of 00:51:07.720 --> 00:51:08.400 My God 00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:09.360 Was upon 00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:09.640 Me 00:51:09.640 --> 00:51:11.440 We learn 00:51:11.440 --> 00:51:12.900 That we 00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:13.300 Need 00:51:13.300 --> 00:51:14.100 To 00:51:14.100 --> 00:51:14.120 To 00:51:14.120 --> 00:51:16.080 To 00:51:16.080 --> 00:51:16.780 Define 00:51:16.780 --> 00:51:17.900 The reality 00:51:17.900 --> 00:51:18.400 Of what 00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:18.820 Is going 00:51:18.820 --> 00:51:19.200 On 00:51:19.200 --> 00:51:19.960 Around 00:51:19.960 --> 00:51:20.460 Us 00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:21.800 The last 00:51:21.800 --> 00:51:23.019 Nehemiah 00:51:23.019 --> 00:51:23.280 One 00:51:23.280 --> 00:51:23.900 I quoted 00:51:23.900 --> 00:51:24.820 A man 00:51:24.820 --> 00:51:25.200 Called 00:51:25.200 --> 00:51:25.860 George 00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:26.440 Barna 00:51:26.440 --> 00:51:26.820 Again 00:51:26.820 --> 00:51:27.760 A Christian 00:51:27.760 --> 00:51:28.240 Writer 00:51:28.240 --> 00:51:28.780 Who spoke 00:51:28.780 --> 00:51:29.440 About vision 00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:29.900 For the 00:51:29.900 --> 00:51:30.340 Church 00:51:30.340 --> 00:51:30.760 And one 00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:31.340 Aspect 00:51:31.340 --> 00:51:32.340 He spoke 00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:32.820 Of was 00:51:32.820 --> 00:51:33.240 This 00:51:33.240 --> 00:51:34.380 Vision 00:51:34.380 --> 00:51:34.960 Is a 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:35.600 Result 00:51:35.600 --> 00:51:35.980 Of how 00:51:35.980 --> 00:51:36.640 We spent 00:51:36.640 --> 00:51:37.000 Much 00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:37.560 Time 00:51:37.560 --> 00:51:38.840 Absorbing 00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:39.600 The facts 00:51:39.600 --> 00:51:40.700 About the 00:51:40.700 --> 00:51:41.240 Community 00:51:41.239 --> 00:51:42.359 Taking 00:51:42.359 --> 00:51:42.979 Time 00:51:42.979 --> 00:51:44.000 To 00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:44.500 Think 00:51:44.500 --> 00:51:44.979 Things 00:51:44.979 --> 00:51:46.000 And this 00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:46.299 Is what 00:51:46.299 --> 00:51:46.959 Nehemiah 00:51:46.959 --> 00:51:47.500 Is doing 00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:48.759 Taking 00:51:48.759 --> 00:51:49.259 Time 00:51:49.259 --> 00:51:50.059 To himself 00:51:50.059 --> 00:51:50.919 To look 00:51:50.919 --> 00:51:51.199 At the 00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:51.939 Situation 00:51:51.939 --> 00:51:53.299 And notice 00:51:53.299 --> 00:51:53.639 How he 00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:54.039 Does it 00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:54.919 Discreetly 00:51:54.919 --> 00:51:55.939 In verse 00:51:55.939 --> 00:51:56.719 12 00:51:56.719 --> 00:51:57.539 He says 00:51:57.539 --> 00:51:58.279 I arose 00:51:58.279 --> 00:51:58.759 In the 00:51:58.759 --> 00:51:59.059 Night 00:51:59.059 --> 00:51:59.299 And I 00:51:59.299 --> 00:51:59.619 Had a 00:51:59.619 --> 00:51:59.919 Few 00:51:59.919 --> 00:52:00.319 Men 00:52:00.319 --> 00:52:01.319 With me 00:52:01.319 --> 00:52:01.799 Just a 00:52:01.799 --> 00:52:02.339 Small 00:52:02.339 --> 00:52:02.939 Group 00:52:02.939 --> 00:52:03.799 They went 00:52:03.799 --> 00:52:04.099 Out 00:52:04.099 --> 00:52:04.959 To review 00:52:04.959 --> 00:52:05.599 The 00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:06.619 Devastation 00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:07.539 Of 00:52:07.539 --> 00:52:08.239 Jerusalem 00:52:08.239 --> 00:52:10.019 One of 00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:10.579 The reasons 00:52:10.579 --> 00:52:11.239 Was 00:52:11.239 --> 00:52:12.259 Because 00:52:12.259 --> 00:52:12.699 There was 00:52:12.699 --> 00:52:13.440 Opposition 00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:16.139 Sanballat 00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:17.079 And Tobiah 00:52:17.079 --> 00:52:17.799 We've heard 00:52:17.799 --> 00:52:18.619 Mention of 00:52:18.619 --> 00:52:19.819 In verse 00:52:19.819 --> 00:52:20.299 10 00:52:20.299 --> 00:52:21.739 Will come 00:52:21.739 --> 00:52:22.059 Back 00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:22.579 Again 00:52:22.579 --> 00:52:23.099 God 00:52:23.099 --> 00:52:23.460 Willing 00:52:23.460 --> 00:52:24.079 But there 00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:24.539 Was those 00:52:24.539 --> 00:52:24.839 Who were 00:52:24.839 --> 00:52:25.599 Opposed 00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:26.259 To the 00:52:26.259 --> 00:52:26.460 Work 00:52:26.460 --> 00:52:26.719 So he 00:52:26.719 --> 00:52:27.099 Was doing 00:52:27.099 --> 00:52:27.259 It 00:52:27.259 --> 00:52:28.139 Discreetly 00:52:28.139 --> 00:52:29.139 Doing it 00:52:29.139 --> 00:52:30.019 Quietly 00:52:30.019 --> 00:52:31.000 But taking 00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:31.880 Some trusted 00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:32.579 Men with 00:52:32.579 --> 00:52:32.759 Him 00:52:32.759 --> 00:52:33.619 To see 00:52:33.619 --> 00:52:34.019 What was 00:52:34.019 --> 00:52:34.739 Going on 00:52:34.739 --> 00:52:35.639 Around 00:52:35.639 --> 00:52:37.779 Is a 00:52:37.779 --> 00:52:38.079 Bit like 00:52:38.079 --> 00:52:38.339 He was 00:52:38.339 --> 00:52:38.879 Starting 00:52:38.879 --> 00:52:39.559 To grow 00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:40.699 His team 00:52:40.699 --> 00:52:41.059 But a 00:52:41.059 --> 00:52:41.619 Review 00:52:41.619 --> 00:52:42.579 Did 00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:43.059 To be 00:52:43.059 --> 00:52:43.539 Carried 00:52:43.539 --> 00:52:43.960 Out 00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:45.179 To see 00:52:45.179 --> 00:52:46.420 The size 00:52:46.420 --> 00:52:46.879 Of the 00:52:46.879 --> 00:52:47.400 Task 00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:48.960 Everywhere 00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:49.659 They looked 00:52:49.659 --> 00:52:50.519 The walls 00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:50.960 Were in 00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:51.859 Devastation 00:52:51.859 --> 00:52:52.719 There was 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:53.219 Parts 00:52:53.219 --> 00:52:53.779 They couldn't 00:52:53.779 --> 00:52:54.559 Hardly 00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:55.099 Get through 00:52:55.099 --> 00:52:55.519 Because of 00:52:55.519 --> 00:52:56.400 The devastation 00:52:56.400 --> 00:52:56.739 That there 00:52:56.739 --> 00:52:57.219 Was 00:52:57.219 --> 00:52:58.339 But the 00:52:58.339 --> 00:52:58.739 Review 00:52:58.739 --> 00:52:59.359 Enabled 00:52:59.359 --> 00:52:59.719 Them 00:52:59.719 --> 00:53:00.859 To plan 00:53:00.859 --> 00:53:03.139 And remember 00:53:03.139 --> 00:53:03.960 Nehemiah's 00:53:03.960 --> 00:53:04.400 Sorrow 00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:05.420 In chapter 00:53:05.420 --> 00:53:05.820 One 00:53:05.820 --> 00:53:06.559 Heard 00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:06.880 Of the 00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:07.780 Devastation 00:53:07.780 --> 00:53:08.960 Here he 00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:09.340 Is now 00:53:09.340 --> 00:53:10.200 Seeing it 00:53:10.200 --> 00:53:11.119 For himself 00:53:11.119 --> 00:53:11.720 For the 00:53:11.720 --> 00:53:12.579 First time 00:53:12.579 --> 00:53:13.720 And it 00:53:13.720 --> 00:53:14.099 Could have 00:53:14.099 --> 00:53:14.720 Made him 00:53:14.720 --> 00:53:15.559 Go one 00:53:15.559 --> 00:53:16.019 Of two 00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:16.740 Ways 00:53:16.740 --> 00:53:18.880 Just his 00:53:18.880 --> 00:53:19.340 Sorrow 00:53:19.340 --> 00:53:20.599 To consume 00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:20.880 Him 00:53:20.880 --> 00:53:21.659 At the 00:53:21.659 --> 00:53:22.300 State of 00:53:22.300 --> 00:53:22.840 Affairs 00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:23.639 Before him 00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:24.519 And perhaps 00:53:24.519 --> 00:53:25.720 Looking in 00:53:25.720 --> 00:53:26.159 The past 00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:26.980 If only we 00:53:26.980 --> 00:53:27.920 Had what 00:53:27.920 --> 00:53:28.440 We once 00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:28.900 Had 00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:30.400 And losing 00:53:30.400 --> 00:53:31.200 Focus 00:53:31.200 --> 00:53:32.860 Or it 00:53:32.860 --> 00:53:33.099 Could have 00:53:33.099 --> 00:53:33.340 Put him 00:53:33.340 --> 00:53:33.659 The other 00:53:33.659 --> 00:53:33.920 Way 00:53:33.920 --> 00:53:35.780 Determination 00:53:35.780 --> 00:53:37.840 And trust 00:53:37.840 --> 00:53:38.820 And faith 00:53:38.820 --> 00:53:40.200 And hope 00:53:40.200 --> 00:53:40.559 For the 00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:41.019 Future 00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:43.059 And that's 00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:43.760 Where he 00:53:43.760 --> 00:53:44.320 Goes 00:53:44.320 --> 00:53:47.320 It gives 00:53:47.320 --> 00:53:47.660 Him a 00:53:47.660 --> 00:53:48.660 Determination 00:53:48.660 --> 00:53:50.140 To know 00:53:50.140 --> 00:53:51.140 The good 00:53:51.140 --> 00:53:51.740 Hand of 00:53:51.740 --> 00:53:52.260 The Lord 00:53:52.260 --> 00:53:53.160 Upon them 00:53:53.160 --> 00:53:54.160 And to 00:53:54.160 --> 00:53:54.640 Go and 00:53:54.640 --> 00:53:55.559 Do the 00:53:55.559 --> 00:53:56.260 Work that 00:53:56.260 --> 00:53:57.180 Was involved 00:53:57.180 --> 00:53:58.700 And for 00:53:58.700 --> 00:53:59.700 Ourselves we 00:53:59.700 --> 00:54:00.000 Need to 00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:00.580 Think of 00:54:00.580 --> 00:54:01.320 This too 00:54:01.320 --> 00:54:03.100 A review 00:54:03.100 --> 00:54:04.059 Of what 00:54:04.059 --> 00:54:04.580 We do 00:54:04.580 --> 00:54:05.519 And why 00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:06.500 We do 00:54:06.500 --> 00:54:06.780 It 00:54:06.780 --> 00:54:07.760 When we 00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:08.240 See the 00:54:08.240 --> 00:54:09.080 Devastation 00:54:09.080 --> 00:54:09.540 Of sin 00:54:09.540 --> 00:54:10.320 Around us 00:54:10.320 --> 00:54:11.200 It may 00:54:11.200 --> 00:54:11.840 Make us 00:54:11.840 --> 00:54:12.300 Think of 00:54:12.300 --> 00:54:13.040 Just a 00:54:13.040 --> 00:54:13.540 Past 00:54:13.540 --> 00:54:14.600 If only 00:54:14.600 --> 00:54:15.380 Things were 00:54:15.380 --> 00:54:15.620 The way 00:54:15.620 --> 00:54:16.300 They once 00:54:16.300 --> 00:54:16.760 Were 00:54:16.760 --> 00:54:18.500 And we 00:54:18.500 --> 00:54:18.820 Can get 00:54:18.820 --> 00:54:19.540 Consumed 00:54:19.540 --> 00:54:20.360 By that 00:54:20.360 --> 00:54:22.220 Or it 00:54:22.220 --> 00:54:22.800 Can put us 00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:23.620 Another way 00:54:23.620 --> 00:54:25.019 Determined 00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:25.400 To go 00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:25.980 Forward 00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:26.800 In faith 00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:28.340 Trusting 00:54:28.340 --> 00:54:29.140 That rebuilding 00:54:29.140 --> 00:54:30.040 Is possible 00:54:30.040 --> 00:54:30.900 Trusting 00:54:30.900 --> 00:54:31.180 That the 00:54:31.180 --> 00:54:31.519 Lord 00:54:31.519 --> 00:54:32.240 Is with us 00:54:32.240 --> 00:54:32.600 We can 00:54:32.600 --> 00:54:32.960 Know 00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:33.720 The good 00:54:33.720 --> 00:54:34.140 Hand of 00:54:34.140 --> 00:54:34.680 The Lord 00:54:34.680 --> 00:54:36.000 Upon us 00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:37.739 The question 00:54:37.739 --> 00:54:38.440 Is do we 00:54:38.440 --> 00:54:39.639 Have that 00:54:39.639 --> 00:54:40.699 Vision here 00:54:40.699 --> 00:54:42.179 Do we 00:54:42.179 --> 00:54:42.619 Have it 00:54:42.619 --> 00:54:43.719 In ourselves 00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:44.079 Do we 00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:44.460 Have it 00:54:44.460 --> 00:54:45.619 Collectively 00:54:45.619 --> 00:54:46.199 Together 00:54:46.199 --> 00:54:48.119 To review 00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:49.159 What we 00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:49.699 Are doing 00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:51.179 And to 00:54:51.179 --> 00:54:52.280 Ask ourselves 00:54:52.280 --> 00:54:53.179 Challenging 00:54:53.179 --> 00:54:53.800 Questions 00:54:53.800 --> 00:54:55.280 At times 00:54:55.280 --> 00:54:56.760 But to 00:54:56.760 --> 00:54:57.559 Trust the 00:54:57.559 --> 00:54:57.960 Lord 00:54:57.960 --> 00:54:58.760 Going 00:54:58.760 --> 00:54:59.360 Forward 00:54:59.360 --> 00:55:00.239 The gospel 00:55:00.239 --> 00:55:01.300 Doesn't 00:55:01.300 --> 00:55:02.059 Change 00:55:02.059 --> 00:55:03.699 But times 00:55:03.699 --> 00:55:04.400 Change 00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:05.400 People 00:55:05.400 --> 00:55:06.160 Change 00:55:06.160 --> 00:55:07.119 And we 00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:07.500 Need to 00:55:07.500 --> 00:55:08.660 Ask ourselves 00:55:08.660 --> 00:55:09.559 Are we 00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:10.500 Engaging in 00:55:10.500 --> 00:55:10.920 The work 00:55:10.920 --> 00:55:11.260 Of the 00:55:11.260 --> 00:55:11.720 Gospel 00:55:11.720 --> 00:55:12.660 In the 00:55:12.660 --> 00:55:13.619 Best way 00:55:13.619 --> 00:55:14.539 Possible 00:55:14.539 --> 00:55:15.700 And doing 00:55:15.700 --> 00:55:16.200 It all 00:55:16.200 --> 00:55:17.059 For the 00:55:17.059 --> 00:55:17.539 Glory 00:55:17.539 --> 00:55:18.820 Of God 00:55:18.820 --> 00:55:20.940 So the 00:55:20.940 --> 00:55:21.320 Second 00:55:21.320 --> 00:55:22.160 Lesson is 00:55:22.160 --> 00:55:23.360 A time 00:55:23.360 --> 00:55:24.619 To review 00:55:24.619 --> 00:55:25.880 First 00:55:25.880 --> 00:55:27.039 Rest 00:55:27.039 --> 00:55:27.539 To be 00:55:27.539 --> 00:55:27.920 Fresh 00:55:27.920 --> 00:55:28.220 For the 00:55:28.220 --> 00:55:28.680 Task 00:55:28.680 --> 00:55:29.940 Second 00:55:29.940 --> 00:55:30.460 A time 00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:30.940 To review 00:55:30.940 --> 00:55:31.820 But thirdly 00:55:31.820 --> 00:55:32.860 And perhaps 00:55:32.860 --> 00:55:33.940 More importantly 00:55:33.940 --> 00:55:35.420 A time 00:55:35.420 --> 00:55:36.400 To inspire 00:55:36.400 --> 00:55:37.120 For the 00:55:37.120 --> 00:55:37.800 Task 00:55:37.800 --> 00:55:39.059 A time 00:55:39.059 --> 00:55:40.559 To rise 00:55:40.559 --> 00:55:42.120 When we 00:55:42.120 --> 00:55:42.539 Look at 00:55:42.539 --> 00:55:44.220 Nehemiah 00:55:44.220 --> 00:55:44.900 As a leader 00:55:44.900 --> 00:55:45.340 Here 00:55:45.340 --> 00:55:45.820 This is where 00:55:45.820 --> 00:55:46.480 You see him 00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:47.780 Coming to the 00:55:47.780 --> 00:55:48.059 Fore 00:55:48.059 --> 00:55:48.760 He spent 00:55:48.760 --> 00:55:49.480 His time 00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:50.360 Resting 00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:50.960 He spent 00:55:50.960 --> 00:55:51.700 His time 00:55:51.700 --> 00:55:52.740 Reviewing 00:55:52.740 --> 00:55:53.300 But then you 00:55:53.300 --> 00:55:53.780 See him in 00:55:53.780 --> 00:55:54.680 Verse 7 00:55:54.680 --> 00:55:55.680 17 and 00:55:55.680 --> 00:55:56.180 18 00:55:56.179 --> 00:55:57.739 Where we 00:55:57.739 --> 00:55:58.359 See three 00:55:58.359 --> 00:55:59.599 Things that 00:55:59.599 --> 00:56:00.199 As a leader 00:56:00.199 --> 00:56:00.940 He does 00:56:00.940 --> 00:56:02.199 So well 00:56:02.199 --> 00:56:04.480 First of all 00:56:04.480 --> 00:56:05.039 You see what 00:56:05.039 --> 00:56:05.759 He says there 00:56:05.759 --> 00:56:06.159 In verse 00:56:06.159 --> 00:56:06.879 17 00:56:06.879 --> 00:56:08.259 Then I 00:56:08.259 --> 00:56:09.019 Said to 00:56:09.019 --> 00:56:09.199 Them 00:56:09.199 --> 00:56:09.739 This is him 00:56:09.739 --> 00:56:10.379 Now beginning 00:56:10.379 --> 00:56:11.440 To show his 00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:12.199 Vision to 00:56:12.199 --> 00:56:12.759 The rest 00:56:12.759 --> 00:56:13.059 Of the 00:56:13.059 --> 00:56:13.500 People 00:56:13.500 --> 00:56:14.359 He says 00:56:14.359 --> 00:56:15.159 You see 00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:16.019 The trouble 00:56:16.019 --> 00:56:17.319 We are in 00:56:17.319 --> 00:56:19.960 There is 00:56:19.960 --> 00:56:21.419 A responsibility 00:56:21.419 --> 00:56:22.579 To define 00:56:22.579 --> 00:56:23.279 Reality 00:56:23.279 --> 00:56:24.039 A good 00:56:24.039 --> 00:56:24.359 Leader 00:56:24.359 --> 00:56:25.239 Must have 00:56:25.239 --> 00:56:26.699 And here 00:56:26.699 --> 00:56:27.639 Nehemiah 00:56:27.639 --> 00:56:28.839 Doesn't hide 00:56:28.839 --> 00:56:29.899 The troubles 00:56:29.899 --> 00:56:30.319 He doesn't 00:56:30.319 --> 00:56:30.879 Hide the 00:56:30.879 --> 00:56:31.419 Issues that 00:56:31.419 --> 00:56:31.979 Are before 00:56:31.979 --> 00:56:32.299 Them 00:56:32.299 --> 00:56:33.819 And he 00:56:33.819 --> 00:56:34.619 Claims 00:56:34.619 --> 00:56:35.319 These issues 00:56:35.319 --> 00:56:36.039 Himself 00:56:36.039 --> 00:56:37.779 He doesn't 00:56:37.779 --> 00:56:38.659 Blame them 00:56:38.659 --> 00:56:39.479 For not 00:56:39.479 --> 00:56:39.959 Having done 00:56:39.959 --> 00:56:40.539 Anything up 00:56:40.539 --> 00:56:40.939 To this 00:56:40.939 --> 00:56:41.339 Point 00:56:41.339 --> 00:56:42.239 He doesn't 00:56:42.239 --> 00:56:42.559 Look to 00:56:42.559 --> 00:56:43.079 The past 00:56:43.079 --> 00:56:43.619 And blame 00:56:43.619 --> 00:56:44.199 Those who 00:56:44.199 --> 00:56:44.959 Have maybe 00:56:44.959 --> 00:56:45.679 Doing any 00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:46.459 Failures in 00:56:46.459 --> 00:56:47.079 The past 00:56:47.079 --> 00:56:48.219 He says 00:56:48.219 --> 00:56:48.779 This is 00:56:48.779 --> 00:56:49.479 Our 00:56:49.479 --> 00:56:50.000 Trouble 00:56:50.000 --> 00:56:51.199 We are 00:56:51.199 --> 00:56:51.839 In this 00:56:51.839 --> 00:56:52.819 Together 00:56:52.819 --> 00:56:53.919 You see 00:56:53.919 --> 00:56:54.639 The trouble 00:56:54.639 --> 00:56:55.659 We are 00:56:55.659 --> 00:56:55.920 In 00:56:55.920 --> 00:56:59.159 And that 00:56:59.159 --> 00:56:59.859 Is how 00:56:59.859 --> 00:57:00.319 We are 00:57:00.319 --> 00:57:00.879 To be 00:57:00.879 --> 00:57:02.019 As well 00:57:02.019 --> 00:57:04.079 He feels 00:57:04.079 --> 00:57:04.679 A part 00:57:04.679 --> 00:57:05.119 Of it 00:57:05.119 --> 00:57:05.739 And he 00:57:05.739 --> 00:57:06.119 Makes the 00:57:06.119 --> 00:57:07.019 People feel 00:57:07.019 --> 00:57:07.519 A part 00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:07.960 Of it 00:57:07.960 --> 00:57:08.619 All 00:57:08.619 --> 00:57:09.159 Together 00:57:09.159 --> 00:57:10.319 Instead of 00:57:10.319 --> 00:57:10.839 Looking to 00:57:10.839 --> 00:57:11.339 Blame 00:57:11.339 --> 00:57:12.679 He's looking 00:57:12.679 --> 00:57:13.539 For a 00:57:13.539 --> 00:57:13.980 Solution 00:57:13.980 --> 00:57:15.980 And surely 00:57:15.980 --> 00:57:16.400 That is 00:57:16.400 --> 00:57:17.500 What inspires 00:57:17.500 --> 00:57:18.760 A prayerful 00:57:18.760 --> 00:57:19.340 People 00:57:19.340 --> 00:57:20.380 Not to 00:57:20.380 --> 00:57:20.719 Look to 00:57:20.719 --> 00:57:21.179 Blame 00:57:21.179 --> 00:57:21.619 Anyone 00:57:21.619 --> 00:57:22.360 For the 00:57:22.360 --> 00:57:22.980 Situation 00:57:22.980 --> 00:57:23.639 We find 00:57:23.639 --> 00:57:24.159 Ourselves 00:57:24.159 --> 00:57:24.780 In today 00:57:24.780 --> 00:57:25.480 In a 00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:25.980 Spiritual 00:57:25.980 --> 00:57:26.539 Way 00:57:26.539 --> 00:57:28.000 But to 00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:28.539 Look for 00:57:28.539 --> 00:57:29.159 The solution 00:57:29.159 --> 00:57:30.599 To look 00:57:30.599 --> 00:57:31.280 To God 00:57:31.280 --> 00:57:32.240 And to 00:57:32.240 --> 00:57:32.800 Trust 00:57:32.800 --> 00:57:33.760 In him 00:57:33.760 --> 00:57:34.159 We are 00:57:34.159 --> 00:57:35.219 In this 00:57:35.219 --> 00:57:35.820 Trouble 00:57:35.820 --> 00:57:36.820 Together 00:57:36.820 --> 00:57:39.620 You see 00:57:39.620 --> 00:57:40.260 The trouble 00:57:40.260 --> 00:57:41.100 We are 00:57:41.100 --> 00:57:41.260 In 00:57:41.260 --> 00:57:41.460 How 00:57:41.460 --> 00:57:41.960 Jerusalem 00:57:41.960 --> 00:57:42.580 Lies 00:57:42.580 --> 00:57:43.059 In ruins 00:57:43.059 --> 00:57:43.400 And the 00:57:43.400 --> 00:57:43.760 Gates 00:57:43.760 --> 00:57:44.860 Are burned 00:57:44.860 --> 00:57:45.900 There is 00:57:45.900 --> 00:57:46.440 The reality 00:57:46.440 --> 00:57:46.740 Of the 00:57:46.740 --> 00:57:47.420 Situation 00:57:47.420 --> 00:57:48.220 And we 00:57:48.220 --> 00:57:48.500 Need 00:57:48.500 --> 00:57:49.260 The reality 00:57:49.260 --> 00:57:51.540 But we 00:57:51.540 --> 00:57:51.860 Need to 00:57:51.860 --> 00:57:52.580 Realize 00:57:52.580 --> 00:57:53.360 We are 00:57:53.360 --> 00:57:53.980 In this 00:57:53.980 --> 00:57:54.880 Together 00:57:54.880 --> 00:57:56.760 Be a 00:57:56.760 --> 00:57:57.380 Collective 00:57:57.380 --> 00:57:58.420 Vision 00:57:58.420 --> 00:57:59.060 A 00:57:59.060 --> 00:57:59.680 Collective 00:57:59.680 --> 00:58:01.020 Burden 00:58:01.020 --> 00:58:02.760 And that's 00:58:02.760 --> 00:58:03.260 The second 00:58:03.260 --> 00:58:03.920 Thing that we 00:58:03.920 --> 00:58:04.860 See of 00:58:04.860 --> 00:58:05.740 Nehemiah's 00:58:05.740 --> 00:58:06.340 Leadership 00:58:06.340 --> 00:58:06.860 Here 00:58:06.860 --> 00:58:07.920 He inspires 00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:10.400 We are 00:58:10.400 --> 00:58:10.840 In this 00:58:10.840 --> 00:58:11.280 Trouble 00:58:11.280 --> 00:58:11.760 He says 00:58:11.760 --> 00:58:12.140 But then 00:58:12.140 --> 00:58:12.380 In the 00:58:12.380 --> 00:58:12.620 Middle 00:58:12.620 --> 00:58:13.520 Of verse 00:58:13.520 --> 00:58:13.980 17 00:58:13.980 --> 00:58:14.360 He says 00:58:14.360 --> 00:58:14.900 Come 00:58:14.900 --> 00:58:16.540 Let us 00:58:16.540 --> 00:58:17.340 Build the 00:58:17.340 --> 00:58:17.940 Wall of 00:58:17.940 --> 00:58:18.500 Jerusalem 00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:19.380 That we 00:58:19.380 --> 00:58:19.820 May no 00:58:19.820 --> 00:58:20.400 Longer 00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:21.219 Suffer 00:58:21.219 --> 00:58:23.619 He gives 00:58:23.619 --> 00:58:24.019 Them a 00:58:24.019 --> 00:58:24.460 Call 00:58:24.460 --> 00:58:25.159 And he 00:58:25.159 --> 00:58:25.440 Gives 00:58:25.440 --> 00:58:25.820 Them a 00:58:25.820 --> 00:58:26.460 Purpose 00:58:26.460 --> 00:58:26.860 Here 00:58:26.860 --> 00:58:27.800 The work 00:58:27.800 --> 00:58:28.300 Is put 00:58:28.300 --> 00:58:29.219 Before them 00:58:29.219 --> 00:58:30.539 But also 00:58:30.539 --> 00:58:31.679 The goal 00:58:31.679 --> 00:58:32.920 Not just 00:58:32.920 --> 00:58:33.880 Doing something 00:58:33.880 --> 00:58:35.079 For the sake 00:58:35.079 --> 00:58:35.719 Of doing it 00:58:35.719 --> 00:58:36.539 But doing it 00:58:36.539 --> 00:58:37.159 With an 00:58:37.159 --> 00:58:37.880 Outcome in 00:58:37.880 --> 00:58:38.260 Mind 00:58:38.260 --> 00:58:39.380 After reviewing 00:58:39.380 --> 00:58:40.340 Where they 00:58:40.340 --> 00:58:41.039 Should be 00:58:41.039 --> 00:58:41.800 He says 00:58:41.800 --> 00:58:42.320 Come 00:58:42.320 --> 00:58:43.719 Let us 00:58:43.719 --> 00:58:44.360 Build 00:58:44.360 --> 00:58:45.360 Together 00:58:45.360 --> 00:58:46.619 Let us 00:58:46.619 --> 00:58:47.079 Build 00:58:47.079 --> 00:58:48.219 The wall 00:58:48.219 --> 00:58:49.719 Of Jerusalem 00:58:49.719 --> 00:58:51.759 One 00:58:51.759 --> 00:58:52.419 Commentator 00:58:52.419 --> 00:58:53.139 Writing on 00:58:53.139 --> 00:58:53.739 This verse 00:58:53.739 --> 00:58:54.099 Says 00:58:54.099 --> 00:58:54.739 Here is a 00:58:54.739 --> 00:58:55.059 Man 00:58:55.059 --> 00:58:55.779 Who is 00:58:55.779 --> 00:58:56.359 Ready to 00:58:56.359 --> 00:58:56.939 Work for 00:58:56.939 --> 00:58:57.419 The Lord 00:58:57.419 --> 00:58:58.599 But knows 00:58:58.599 --> 00:58:59.439 Exactly 00:58:59.439 --> 00:59:00.279 Why he 00:59:00.279 --> 00:59:01.019 Is doing 00:59:01.019 --> 00:59:01.379 It 00:59:01.379 --> 00:59:02.980 Some 00:59:02.980 --> 00:59:03.459 Church 00:59:03.459 --> 00:59:04.199 Activities 00:59:04.199 --> 00:59:05.039 Are habitually 00:59:05.039 --> 00:59:05.699 Maintained 00:59:05.699 --> 00:59:06.659 Largely 00:59:06.659 --> 00:59:07.279 Because they 00:59:07.279 --> 00:59:07.500 Have been 00:59:07.500 --> 00:59:08.199 In existence 00:59:08.199 --> 00:59:08.939 For some 00:59:08.939 --> 00:59:09.399 Time 00:59:09.399 --> 00:59:10.379 And the 00:59:10.379 --> 00:59:10.939 Good people 00:59:10.939 --> 00:59:11.419 Who work 00:59:11.419 --> 00:59:11.839 In them 00:59:11.839 --> 00:59:12.500 Are too 00:59:12.500 --> 00:59:13.099 Busy to 00:59:13.099 --> 00:59:13.679 Evaluate 00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:13.899 Their 00:59:13.899 --> 00:59:14.500 Purpose 00:59:14.500 --> 00:59:15.480 Motives 00:59:15.480 --> 00:59:16.199 And 00:59:16.199 --> 00:59:16.840 Aims 00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:18.920 Does that 00:59:18.920 --> 00:59:19.400 Sound 00:59:19.400 --> 00:59:20.239 Familiar 00:59:20.239 --> 00:59:22.579 Does that 00:59:22.579 --> 00:59:23.059 Sound like 00:59:23.059 --> 00:59:23.579 Something 00:59:23.579 --> 00:59:26.880 That we 00:59:26.880 --> 00:59:27.440 Need to 00:59:27.440 --> 00:59:28.119 Ask for 00:59:28.119 --> 00:59:28.780 Ourselves 00:59:28.780 --> 00:59:29.739 What are we 00:59:29.739 --> 00:59:30.320 Doing and 00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:30.719 Why 00:59:30.719 --> 00:59:33.599 Getting one 00:59:33.599 --> 00:59:34.239 Another to 00:59:34.239 --> 00:59:35.360 Come and 00:59:35.360 --> 00:59:36.159 Build the 00:59:36.159 --> 00:59:36.860 Kingdom of 00:59:36.860 --> 00:59:37.320 God 00:59:37.320 --> 00:59:39.179 Here was 00:59:39.179 --> 00:59:40.099 Nehemiah 00:59:40.099 --> 00:59:41.319 The walls 00:59:41.319 --> 00:59:41.880 Were burned 00:59:41.880 --> 00:59:42.759 And ruined 00:59:42.759 --> 00:59:43.460 The people 00:59:43.460 --> 00:59:44.259 Were in 00:59:44.259 --> 00:59:44.920 Dismay 00:59:44.920 --> 00:59:45.779 And yet 00:59:45.779 --> 00:59:46.119 He says 00:59:46.119 --> 00:59:46.599 Come 00:59:46.599 --> 00:59:47.559 Let us 00:59:47.559 --> 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