NEHEMIAH - DISCONTENT (1 OF 6)
Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11
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Nehemiah - Discontent (1 of 6)
Series: re:Solve
Dave Gustavsen
Nehemiah 1
So...does everybody have their Lego? Everyone got a Lego when you walked in today? I'll tell you what that's about in just a little while. In the meantime you're welcome to play with it, although there's not much you can do with one Lego. Which is part of the point. But we'll get to that later.
So-this is the time of year when we think about resolutions, right? No matter how bad we might have messed things up last year, there's a sense that this is a new start, and a new opportunity to get things right. And I know what some of you are thinking. You're thinking, ''I don't do resolutions. That's childish. That doesn't work.'' Okay. If you want to be like that, fine. But let me ask you a question: do you see things in your life that you're not completely satisfied with, that you wish were different? (There's probably a couple of guys out there, looking at their biceps and going, ''I can't think of anything.'') But most of us would say, ''Of course! I have lots of room for improvement.''
So whether we call them ''resolutions'' or not, most of us are hoping for some kind of change. Right? Things that we dream about, and focus on, and invest time and money in, and work toward.
And here's the point I want to make: our resolutions matter. The things that we choose to go after will radically affect how our lives turn out. And the reason we chose the book of Nehemiah for this first series of the year is this: Nehemiah was a person who had to decide what was really worth going after in life.
So-let's read today's passage-Nehemiah chapter one:
1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. 3 They said to me, ''Those who survived the exil ...
Series: re:Solve
Dave Gustavsen
Nehemiah 1
So...does everybody have their Lego? Everyone got a Lego when you walked in today? I'll tell you what that's about in just a little while. In the meantime you're welcome to play with it, although there's not much you can do with one Lego. Which is part of the point. But we'll get to that later.
So-this is the time of year when we think about resolutions, right? No matter how bad we might have messed things up last year, there's a sense that this is a new start, and a new opportunity to get things right. And I know what some of you are thinking. You're thinking, ''I don't do resolutions. That's childish. That doesn't work.'' Okay. If you want to be like that, fine. But let me ask you a question: do you see things in your life that you're not completely satisfied with, that you wish were different? (There's probably a couple of guys out there, looking at their biceps and going, ''I can't think of anything.'') But most of us would say, ''Of course! I have lots of room for improvement.''
So whether we call them ''resolutions'' or not, most of us are hoping for some kind of change. Right? Things that we dream about, and focus on, and invest time and money in, and work toward.
And here's the point I want to make: our resolutions matter. The things that we choose to go after will radically affect how our lives turn out. And the reason we chose the book of Nehemiah for this first series of the year is this: Nehemiah was a person who had to decide what was really worth going after in life.
So-let's read today's passage-Nehemiah chapter one:
1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. 3 They said to me, ''Those who survived the exil ...
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