Colossians 2:6-7A few weeks ago, our staff went up to Lake Ann Camp for a team-building retreat. One of the team building exercises involved working in pairs and walking through the rigid forest. Sounds easy, right? Well, one person from each pair had to take turns closing their eyes and being led by their partner. An exercise to show us how we have to trust our team, or, taking a step further, tr...  Read More

Nehemiah 7:1-3 The massive task of building the wall has finally been finished. However, the work doesn’t stop there for Nehemiah. Nehemiah needs to find people he can appoint to leadership for the long term to help oversee and be faithful stewards of what God has restored. The wall being restored was a huge deal, but this is also a very big deal. When looking for someone to lead, what do you thin...  Read More

Nehemiah 6:15-19Quote from Warren Weirsbe’s commentary on these verses, “If you can’t see Satan working, it’s probably because he has gone underground.” The wall is finished, and it seems as if the fight for Nehemiah should have been over! He won! But Satan is not one to give up. He is still trying to find a way to hurt their progress. Tobiah is trying to intimidate Nehemiah, and there are nobles ...  Read More

Main Point and Overview:   They said, “It couldn’t be done,” yet the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt in a meager 52 days. Unbelievable! Have you ever seen God move and work in your life in a miraculous way in a short period of time? If you’ve been blessed to have experienced this kind of a miracle in some way, it has a way of strengthening your spiritual trust in God, yet it’s only the beginning! ...  Read More

Nehemiah 6:15-19Here in Michigan, we are all quite familiar with “orange barrel season” when major road and bridge construction is underway across the state, leading to numerous traffic delays, detours, and lane closures. The roadway is lined with graders, excavators, rollers, dozers, dump trucks, concrete mixers, and more.  Some of our local road improvement projects can take a year or more to co...  Read More

Nehemiah 6:14As we have been studying in the sermon series, Nehemiah had returned to Jerusalem, burdened to rebuild the walls that had been neglected and destroyed. We also know that all three of these individuals in this passage actively worked against Nehemiah’s efforts. They, of course, ultimately failed. But they did add “challenge” to his efforts. Nonetheless, Nehemiah was resolute in rebuild...  Read More