Vision: Nehemiah Ch 1

lessons from nehemiah - Sermon Schedule - Feb 9th - Mar 1st March 8th Nehemiah Dave Limmer March 15th - 29thFamily Room Vision April 5th April 12th Palm Sunday Easter Sunday Themes in Nehemiah Vision Prayer Leadership Problems Repentance/Revival Vision How does vision start? What does it involve? Where is God in the equation? History -586 B.C. -539 B.C. Persia -538 B.C. -536 B.C. -516 B.C. -458 B.C. -445 B.C. Jerusalem destroyed by the Babylonians Babylon overthrown by Cyrus the king of First exiles return to Jerusalem Temple reconstruction began Temple completed Ezra made trip to Jerusalem Nehemiah to Jerusalem, rebuilt wall Vision starts with a LONGING that leads to: Brokenness (vs. 4) Humility / Confession (vs. 5-7) Prayer (vs. 5-11) Calling within the ‘ordinary’ (vs. 11) Two Vantage Points: Personally and Church Personally - What is the longing that God has placed in my heart? - What things make me weep in brokenness before Him? - What areas do I need to confess? Two Vantage Points: Individually and Church Church: - What are our longings as a church? - What are the things that break our hearts to see in the world around us? - Are we approaching God and those around us with humility? - Is there anything we should confess as a church? - What is our uniqueness? What is God calling us to do? - What are we being sent to build?