Part 1: How God gives fresh assignments

NEHEMIAH God’s assignment on a man

Nehemiah 1:1-11 (NIV) 1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of

Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some

other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. 3 They said

to me, "Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of

Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire." 4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the

God of heaven.

1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Kislev

1. ASK FOR A FRESH ASSIGNMENT!

…. in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah

with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. 3 They said to me, "Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down,

and its gates have been burned with fire."

2. STIFFEN YOUR SPINE

Proverbs 14:12 (NIV) 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the

end it leads to death.

Jeremiah 29:10-11 (NIV) 10 This is what the Lord says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you,

plans to give you hope and a future.

3. WHAT’S THE PROPHECY OVER YOU

John 2:19 (NIV) 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple,

and I will raise it again in three days."

19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received

from God? You are not your own;

1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV)

Jeremiah 31:31-34 (NIV)

31 "The time is coming," declares the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them

by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them," declares the Lord. 33 "This

is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the Lord. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,"

declares the Lord. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."

4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and

prayed before the God of heaven.

4. WHO OR WHAT BRINGS YOU TO TEARS?

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV) 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all

comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort

we ourselves have received from God.

1 John 3:8 (NIV) 8 … The reason the Son of God appeared was to

destroy the devil's work.

Matthew 13:37-40 (NIV) 37 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who

sows them is the devil.