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Auburn’s Miracle Season

AU’s 2012 vs Nehemiah 1

Auburn

In 2012 Auburn finished 3-9

The last time Auburn lost 9 games in a season was 1950

They had a new coach and some BIG challenges to overcome

Jews

Banished from the promised land

150 years later… Jerusalem was destroyed

Nehemiah heard about this and knew that he had some BIG challenges to overcome

AU’s 2013 vs Nehemiah 2

Auburn

What happened in 2013?

New coach (Malzahn) sets goals and establishes plans

Overcame opposition in off-season and preseason

Started the season 9-1

Jews/Nehemiah

Faced death threats when rebuilding the wall

Overcame adversity

Trusted in Nehemiah’s definite plan

25 Georgia vs 7 Auburn (11/16/21) vs Nehemiah 4

Auburn

Auburn is up 37-31 with 5 minutes left in the LAST quarter

Georgia gets the ball and marches all the way down the field for a TD — making it 38-37

Despite all of the good that has happened fans doubted

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Nehemiah/Jews

Despite all of the good that has happened the workers STILL doubted

Because of who God is and of their God-sized goals/ plans… In the face of opposition THEY FOUGHT!

1 Alabama vs 4 Auburn (11/30/21)

Auburn trailed early 21-7

Clawed their way back into the game to make it 28-28 in the LAST quarter

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Celebration ROARS but lets dive a little deeper

They have finally completed their HUGE goal and their celebrations told a powerful story

“As I was running I said, GOD is GOOD”

After we have completed our goals WE NEED TO OUR FOCUS DOES NOT STOP

IT IS SO EASY TO TAKE ALL OF THE CREDIT FOR SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS DONE THROUGH YOU

In fact, when we have completed our goals (when everything is going well) we need to remember God even more

Nehemiah 8 & Nehemiah 12:27-44

THEY HAD A PARTY … But they remembered!

After a full week of celebrating they still were not done!

The bible says this becasue we need to focus on HOW THEY CELEBRATED

Not Me Mentality