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Series: re:Solve
Dave Gustavsen
Nehemiah 2:1-10
I want to give greetings to everyone who's worshiping with us today, whether it's at our Lincoln Park Campus or our Acoustic Service or online-great to have you with us.
The theme of today's message is very simple: there's is big difference between wanting to do something, or talking about doing something, or even planning to do something...and actually doing something. In other words, there's a huge difference between intentions and actions.
In your life, can you think of some good intentions that you've had? I'm going to get in shape. I'm going to learn to speak Russian. I'm going to read through the entire Bible this year. I'm going to go on a mission trip. And you've thought about it, and you've talked about it...but the reality is, it never actually happened. Anything like that in your life? Of course! Because good intentions are easy; actions are much harder.
And you know what? Maybe some of those things that never happened aren't really that important. Right? Because lots of our resolutions are pretty self-focused, so it's probably okay that they never happen. But some of them are important. We started talking about this last week: there are things that we should feel discontent about, because God feels discontent about them. And that's what I want to talk about today. How do you take your good intentions-the God-given ones-and turn them into reality?
So...quick review: Nehemiah was a Jewish man who lived in the fifth century, BC. Israel was under the rule of Persia, and Nehemiah lived in a place called Susa, which was in Persia-modern-day Iran. He had a great job as the cup-bearer to the king-so he lived very well. But in chapter one, Nehemiah got the report that things back in his homeland of Jerusalem were a mess: the city walls were broken down; the people were demoralized. And Nehemiah was deeply bothered by that news. And he started to formulate a plan to do somethi ...
Series: re:Solve
Dave Gustavsen
Nehemiah 2:1-10
I want to give greetings to everyone who's worshiping with us today, whether it's at our Lincoln Park Campus or our Acoustic Service or online-great to have you with us.
The theme of today's message is very simple: there's is big difference between wanting to do something, or talking about doing something, or even planning to do something...and actually doing something. In other words, there's a huge difference between intentions and actions.
In your life, can you think of some good intentions that you've had? I'm going to get in shape. I'm going to learn to speak Russian. I'm going to read through the entire Bible this year. I'm going to go on a mission trip. And you've thought about it, and you've talked about it...but the reality is, it never actually happened. Anything like that in your life? Of course! Because good intentions are easy; actions are much harder.
And you know what? Maybe some of those things that never happened aren't really that important. Right? Because lots of our resolutions are pretty self-focused, so it's probably okay that they never happen. But some of them are important. We started talking about this last week: there are things that we should feel discontent about, because God feels discontent about them. And that's what I want to talk about today. How do you take your good intentions-the God-given ones-and turn them into reality?
So...quick review: Nehemiah was a Jewish man who lived in the fifth century, BC. Israel was under the rule of Persia, and Nehemiah lived in a place called Susa, which was in Persia-modern-day Iran. He had a great job as the cup-bearer to the king-so he lived very well. But in chapter one, Nehemiah got the report that things back in his homeland of Jerusalem were a mess: the city walls were broken down; the people were demoralized. And Nehemiah was deeply bothered by that news. And he started to formulate a plan to do somethi ...
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