141019 PM Lessons from Nehemiah – What it Means to Have Faith

Lessons from Nehemiah: What it Means to Have Faith    It takes only one person to make a difference. Nehemiah faced a great challenge, but he had great faith in a great God.  1. He had the faith to __________.  2. He had the faith to ____________.  Nehemiah 2:4: “Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed to the God of heaven,”   3. He had the faith to be a __________.   Nehemiah 2:17: “Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.”   Nehemiah 2:18b: “..,And they said, “Let us rise up and build.”  Sometimes life is difficult. But we must have faith, 1 Corinthians 15:58: “Therefore, my beloved brothers,be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor’s not in vain.”