“The Big Job”
big—Part 3
Nehemiah 3
January 26, 2014
To Get The Big Job Done, We Will Need:
- ELEMENT #1: MOTIVATION.
“Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no
longer be in disgrace.’ I also told them about the gracious hand
of my God on me and what the king had said to me.” 2:17-18
- ELEMENT #2: COORDINATION.
“By night I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal
Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem…”
Nehemiah 2:13
- ELEMENT #3: ILLUSTRATION.
“Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and
rebuilt the Sheep Gate…” Nehemiah 3:1
- ELEMENT #4: COOPERATION.
“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes
them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in
everyone it is the same God at work.” 1 Corinthians 12:4-6
- The Workers Had Different Professions. 3:1, 8, 31-32
- The Workers Had Different Personalities. 3:5, 20
- The Workers Had Different Pasts. 3:2, 5, 7, 13, 17
- The Workers Had Different Projects.
- The Workers Had Different Passion. 3:20, 23, 29, 30
- ELEMENT #5: INSPIRATION.
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just
as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 2:11