Sermon 11.11.18

This passage doesn't quite capture this, but one of the main points of the Book of Nehemiah is that anyone can be about the work of peace-making...

Go slow...

It doesn't take any particular expertise...

On the first Sunday, we talked about

The list of people involved in the reconstruction of Jerusalem's walls:

Nor does the work of peace need to occur on some sort of world historical plane...

The across the street repairers.

What it takes...

Patience...

Careful night-time inspection...

A willingness to make peace-making a fundamental priority...

In the bible, spiritual change appears to a very particular timeline — 3 days.

[Jonah]

[the length of the worship journey in Exodus]

[the amount of time the plague of darkness lasted]

[the amount of time Joshua gives the Israelites to prepare to cross into the Promised Land]

[the amount of time Esther asks the Jews in Susa to fast for her]

[the amount of time people spend with Jesus in the wilderness in Blank]

And the reason seems to be — it can take awhile for people to get some dist