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Look to God for a miracle. Visit http://Godlife.com New messages every week - please feel free to subscribe at the "Sequim Community Church" Vimeo channel. Go to http://sccsundaymessagecc.blogspot.com/2011/01/1022011.html to view this talk with closed captions [cc] or subtitles in other languages. Nehemiah 1:11-2:8 January 2, 2011 INTRODUCTION Personal miracles are… Needs that God fulfills with our presence or action Opportunities for God to show his personal love and concern through a human agent. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 (New International Version) _RESPOND TO GOD’S NUDGES “O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you.” Nehemiah 1:11 “How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins.” Nehemiah 2:3 Pay attention to out of context thoughts or interruptions An inner push that directs us toward a person or an action I. __DRAW OUT THE NEED Provision, resources, money Dreams that are dashed, loss of potential Broken relationships A. A _revealing_ clue: is a signal that comes from another person’s words or body language. The king asked, “Why are you looking so sad? You don’t look sick ... You must be deeply troubled.” Nehemiah 2:2 B. A _clarifying_ response: Confirming a need. Usually in the form of a question “The king asked, “Well, how can I help you?” Nehemiah 2:4 II. INVEST YOURSELF AND RISK The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to the God of heaven…” Nehemiah 2:4 NIV Asking to be sent “If you are pleased with me, your servant, send me to Judah to rebuild the city.” Nehemiah 2:5 Asking for involvement – and don’t limit it to Christians “If it pleases the king, let me have letters… Nehemiah 2:7 “Let me have timber” Nehemiah 2:8 “The king, I should add sent along army officers and horsemen to protect me.” Nehemiah 2:9 Asking that deeper question that comes to mind about the need. a. Trust God to lead you (Move through fear). b. Search for the emotional obstacle or limiting belief. c. Give God time to act. III. __ACKNOWLEDGE_ WHAT GOD HAS DONE “The king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me.” Nehemiah 2:8 Help others to see and give God the credit. CONCLUSION “The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden…you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes.” Isaiah 58:11-12 (NLT) This is the English Transcript Nehemiah lived in Persia in four hundred and fifty BC He was the cupbearer a person that tested all the food and drink of the king to make sure it wasn't a poison They had a close relationship but the king was the king and the cup bearer was the cup bearer Nehemiah was an ordinary person that God called to do an extraordinary task the rebuilding of the wall to the temple It wasn't something he could do on his own In fact he wasn't even free to do what God called him to do in that moment a feeling of God's pushing of God's nudging in his life he had to go to the king and get the king's permission and well you never know what the king is going to do That's the scene of our scripture passage this morning so please follow along in your Bibles or we've printed it for you on the leaf of your bulletin Nehemiah chapter one starting in verse eleven Oh Lord please hear my prayer listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me put it in his heart to be kind to me In those days I was the king's cup bearer Early the following spring in the month of Nisan during the twelfth year of king Artaxerxes reign I was serving the king his wine I had never before appeared sad in his presence so the king asked me why are you looking so sad? you don't look sick to me you must be deeply troubled Then I was terrified But I replied “Long live the king! How can I not be sad for the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins the gates have been destroyed by fire” The king asked How can I help you? With a prayer to the God of heaven I replied “if it pleases the king and if you are pleased with me your servant send me to Judah to rebuild the city where my ancestors are buried” Then the king with the queen sitting beside him asked “how long will you be gone? when will you return? After I told him how long I would be gone The king agreed to my request I also said to the king “if it pleases the king let me have letters addressed to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River instructing them to let me travel safely throug

• published: 02 Jan 2011
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