Nehemiah 1-2
God Invites All Believers
Seriousness Gets Specifics
Crisis Of Faith
Faith Changes You First
I Must Die To Myself
Invitation Often Comes As A Burden
When You Don’t Know What To Do, Do What You Know
Practice Faith Over Facts
Don’t Let Fear Diminish Your Faith
In Order To Experience The Work Of God, You Must Be Involved In The Work Of God
Having a Heart on Fire for God.
1. God’s Character is Compared to a Fire.
Deuteronomy 4:24
“For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
2. God is Working in Us to Keep the Fire Burning By the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:11
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
(A) Through God’s Word.
“Jeremiah 20:9
But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”
(B) In Jesus’ Presence.
Luke 24:32
“They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
3. We Are Responsible for Keeping the Fire Burning.
Romans 12:11
“Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.”
Fervent
“Intense Emotion”
“Extremely Hot”
4. We Are Not to Quench the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
“ Do not quench the Spirit.”
Quench
“To Stifle”
“To Extinguish”
“Where the Spirit is, He burns.”
Running Away From Your Problems Is A Race You Will Never Win.
Psalm 55
I. The Fearful Description of Agony.
(A) The Inward Agony. 2,4,5
(B) The Outward Agony. 3,10,14
(C) The Agony of Betrayal. 12-14
II. The Fantasy of Escaping From it All. 6-8
III. The Faith Not to Run, But Stay And Trust God.
(A) Place A Call. 16
(B) Make God Your Obsession. 17
(C) Leave Your Burden With God. 22
1. Jesus Is The Light Of The World
John 8
12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of Life.”
2. You Are Jesuses
What Does That Mean?
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self Control
How to Get Fully Engaged In Your Church
1. Group
Acts 2:46
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.
2. Serve
Galatians 5:13
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
3. Give
Mark 12:41-44
41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury.
42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.
44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
4. Invest
James 2:15-16
15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,”
but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
5. Invite
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.