When we feel like giving up, despairing – what do we do? In face of despair, we see Nehemiah turns for hope in his God Report from Jerusalem 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers,…
This message begins by looking at Nehemiah’s understanding of the needs in Jerusalem; we then consider his responses, immediate and long-term to those needs; and finally, see how Christ and the Early Church responded to immediate needs. 3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come…