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TIME TO CELEBRATE
Nehemiah 12:27-47
Introduction
1. Background of Nehemiah
2. How do you ask your captor to let you go home?
3. When they arrive in Jerusalem, they must fight and build.
4. They built the wall to half its height.
5. This was enough to prevent an invasion.
6. It was time to celebrate.
1. Clean up your act – Neh. 12:30
a. Purify yourself
b.
Examine yourself
2. Everybody on the wall – 31-32, 38, 43
a. Ezra leads half the people to one side.
b. Nehemiah leads the other half to the other side.
c. Not just fighting men.
d.
Women and children are on the wall.
3. NEEDED: Smiling, Singing, Happy – 43
a. Rejoice is the theme of the celebration
b. Prov. 17:22
c.
Prov. 15:13
4. The Secret: The right focus
a. Keep your focus
b. Even when it looks bad
c. Keep your eye on Jesus – Heb. 12:1-2
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