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If today is your first day listening or watching, my apologies, because the sermon title doesn’t apply to you. - It’s awesome to worship the Lord and encounter the Holy Spirit - God spoke to me during worship on Friday - When God speaks we need to act on it - God can speak to us in the middle of worship,…

Introduction As far back as I can remember, my dad researched the genealogy of our family. He had us traced way back to Europe even. He would rattle on about it when I was a kid but I wasn’t all that interested. Every once in awhile a story or a person in our history would peak my interest. One in particular…

We laid down our burdens, we gave Jesus the hard stuff but what does it look like to really do this life with Jesus. You don’t need to pick up your burdens that you gave to Jesus but your crisis still needs to be lived in. If you wrote down how you parent your child, when you walk out of this time of…

Rise and Build!!

What is Biblical Leadership? Nehemiah 1-2 Introduction: Good morning once again. It’s great to be back with you this morning. Go ahead and open your Bibles to the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. What are the characteristics of a godly leader? What does a godly leader do? What are they like? How…

39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed…

These last few weeks have been interesting in many ways. One of the hardest things though was being unable to respond instantly to problems. Two weeks ago I received a call from our alarm company saying that a motion sensor was set off in the church. It was in the late evening and everyone else on the…

Nehemiah 2:1–8 1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing…

INTRO George Mueller is just one of many faithful kingdom servants throughout church history. He was a German born follower of Jesus who ended up in Bristol England, pastoring a church for over 60 years and ministering among the likes of Charles Spurgeon and DL Moody in the 19th century. Mueller is not…

1 In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. nehemiah had waited 4 months from the time of Nehemiah 1 to come before the king and ask. He has brought the wine for the king.…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please turn in your Bibles with me to Ephesians 1 , Ephesians 1 . We’re good with the corporate nature of Christianity. We’re confident when it is somewhere out there. When it is someone else. We can all read the opening verses of Ephesians and think…

1 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before, 2 so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.”…

I have to start today by telling you a story about my wife, Sonia. She doesn’t know I’m doing this, but trust me, it’s a good story. This study in Nehemiah began as a heart longing in Sonia. It was at the beginning of the pandemic and she sensed that God might be wanting us to do a sermon series or some…

Do you remember the story of Joseph, the son of Jacob? He was the first son of Jacob’s favorite wife, Rachel. Jacob treated him the way a first son was expected to be treated. He gave him a robe that was made specifically to signify his importance and he intended to give him a double portion of the inheritance…

When I was a kid, I was certain I would either grow up to be a doctor or a lawyer. Other adults in my life often suggested these two options to me. My grandmother always told me I would make a great doctor, adding that it would allow her to get free plastic surgery. I’m not sure how genuine her motivations…

Leaders, at time must be bold. But this boldness does need to be tempered in righteousness. Boldness, without righteousness, can lead to the people’s rights being violated and trampled on. Righteousness alone can be worthless without boldness that leads to initiative and courage to follow through on…

Little girl at the altar with her broken doll. Continue 2021 Series - Jesus is In! Scriptures testify “about me” - John 5:39 He's the rebuilder of broken walls and lives He is the Restorer of The Nation He is the Rebuilder of everything broken The Rebuilder of the Walls - personified in Nehemiah , the…

Songs help us not forget. A truth put to melody… A song of promises and truth “Jesus Loves Me”. The children of Israel would sing too… these songs were well known by young and old alike… We find Jesus weeping… Luke 19:41-42 When He approached Jerusalem , He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If…

1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel, 2 that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning…

1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel, 2 that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning…

Nehemiah Chapter 1 Let's orient ourselves to the text, Nehemiah Chapter 1. In our text the Jewish people are God's people, God's chosen people. God allowed another nation, the Babylonians, to take God's people captive from the region of Judah. Particularly, Jerusalem located in Judah was physically the…

Session 1: Pray 5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray…

Book Introduction: Overview:Remember parallels with Ezra: Nehemiah is sent as Governor with a mandate to rebuild the walls. The book is the account of this achievement and the problems overcome in the process. Many of the themes are the same as in Ezra: Physical and spiritual restoration for a remnant.…

Introduction Last week began a new series on the book of Nehemiah and his task of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Our goal over the next several weeks is to discover the principles that Nehemiah used to rebuild the walls that we can apply to our church as we move forward during and after the pandemic.…

The lesson of Palm Sunday is the enduring victory over despair and the oppressive circumstances that cause it, even when matters seem to take a turn for the worse. Despair occurs when our will to live is broken. It is the loss of all hope, and the attitude of defeat. It can be caused by any number of…