Faith Community Christian Fellowship
Sarasota, Florida
Pastor Chris Thostenson
10/9/11
Nehemiah 6:1-14
Sermon Highlights:
*The little things in Nehemiah’s life have added up.
*Here in Nehemiah there is a smear campaign going on.
*The enemy wants us to be deceived and fail.
*We MUST be alert to resist the devil, the enemy.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Examples we can follow from Nehemiah:
1 – Nehemiah responded with devotion
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.*Every morning we need to decide who are we going to serve.2 – Nehemiah resisted with prayer
*Go to the Lord in prayer3 – Nehemiah resisted with discernment
*Here in Nehemiah there is a smear campaign going on.
*The enemy wants us to be deceived and fail.
*We MUST be alert to resist the devil, the enemy.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Examples we can follow from Nehemiah:
1 – Nehemiah responded with devotion
Philippians 3:13-14
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.*Every morning we need to decide who are we going to serve.2 – Nehemiah resisted with prayer
*Go to the Lord in prayer3 – Nehemiah resisted with discernment
4 – Nehemiah resisted with faith
Nehemiah harnessed his fear
*We need to take inventory of our fears. Make an inventory; Give it to God.
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