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How to Be a Happy Camper Nehemiah 8:1-18 Tim Nay Part of Building Together A Study in Nehemiah August 18, 2024 —Nehemiah 8:1-18 . —Nehemiah 8:17 Spend an unusual amount of time reading God’s Word.  —Nehemiah 8:3 —Psalm 18:7-12 Learn the meaning of what you are reading in God’s Word. 8—Nehemiah 8:8 Focus on what God has done for you, not what you’ve neglected to do. —Nehemiah 8:9-1012  . —Romans 5:...

Part of Building Together A Study in Nehemiah August 11, 2024 7 Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2 I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. 3 And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be...

Discernment is Key Nehemiah 6 Mike Maglish Part of Building TogetherA Study in Nehemiah August 4, 2024 Book: Tyranny of the Urgent by Charles E. Hummel Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to...

When God's People Take Advantage Nehemiah 5 Mike Maglish Part of Building TogetherA Study in Nehemiah July 28, 2024 Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. —Nehemiah 5:12 For there were those who said, “  —Nehemiah 5:2-5 1) The work was hard and they were hungry. (vs 2)  2) Food was expensive and supply was low. (vs 3)  3) They were borro...

Dealing with Opposition Nehemiah 4 Tim Nay Part of Building Together A Study in Nehemiah July 21, 2024 4 Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. 2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they...

Everyone Aligned Nehemiah 3 Tim Nay Part of Building TogetherA Study in Nehemiah July 14, 2024 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel. 2 And next to him the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of...

Preparing with Wisdom Nehemiah 2 Mike Maglish Part of Building TogetherA Study in Nehemiah July 7, 2024  —Nehemiah 2:1-5 The return of the exiles to Judah and the rebuilding of Jerusalem: 1) 538 B.C. under the leadership of a man named Zerubbabel. It was during this period that the people of Israel built the second Temple. 2) About eighty years later, a second group, under the priestly leadership...

When God Breaks UsNehemiah 1 Mike Maglish Part of Building Together - A Study in Nehemiah June 30, 2024 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, came with certain men from Judah. —Nehemiah 1:1 Historical Overview Chislev is the 9th month of the calendar year (Septemb...

Moving Toward a Preferred Future Nehemiah Overview Tim Nay Part of Building TogetherA Study in Nehemiah June 23, 2024 Why Nehemiah? The leadership principles and attitude of Nehemiah are just as relevant today as they were in 445 BC. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. —Hebrews 13:8 History Leading up to Nehemiah • 70 Years of Babylonian captivity. • Zerubbabel leads the rebu...

Closer in Hope Luke 24 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke June 16, 2024 25 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. —John 19:2513 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened...

Close Enough to be HurtLuke 23 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke June 9, 2024 Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” 3 And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered hi...

Closer in My Weakness Luke 22 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke June 2, 2024 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. —Luke 22:41-431 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spiri...

Closer to our Redemption Luke 21 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke May 26, 2024 Basic Rules of Interpretation:  Who wrote it?  Who did he write it to?  What was happening at the time it was written?  What did it mean to whom it was said?  What applies to me today?  Can it be understood literally?  Does the Bible interpret itself? And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorne...

Close Enough to Question Luke 20 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke May 19, 2024 One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me,...

CLOSER in WORSHIP Luke 19:28-48 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke May 12, 2024 CLOSER in WORSHIP Luke 19:28-48  Mike Maglish  And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will fin...

Closer in Desperation Luke 18 Part of Closer - A Study in Luke May 2, 2024 Title: Closer In Desperation  Text: Luke 18  Speaker: Mike Maglish Desperate (of a person):  And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept comi...

Close in Our Temptations Luke 17 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke April 28, 2024 1 And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your...

Eternity is Closer Than You Think Luke 16:1-13 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke April 21, 2024 Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. —James 4:13-14 Retelling of...

Closer To Sinners Luke 15 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke April 14, 2024 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” —Luke 15:1-2 Jesus explains why he is close to sinners THE LOST SHEEP 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sh...

Closer In Our Motives Luke 14 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke April 7, 2024 Setting: Social Gathering With Religious People On The Sabbath One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully . —Luke 14:1 Religious people watch and wait 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers...

The Gospel Romans 5:8 Tim Nay & DeAnna Coburn March 31, 2024 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face o...

Close Enough to Meet Our Needs Luke 12:22-34 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke March 24, 2024 Close Enough to Meet Our Needs  Luke 12:22-34; Philippians 4:4-9  Tim Nay  * Overcoming an anxious heart: * And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the bo...

The Lord's Prayer Luke 11:1-4 Mike Maglish Part of Closer - A Study in Luke March 17, 2024 What is the Lord’s Prayer Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily...

LifeSpring Reaching Star Nehemiah 1; Habakkuk 2:2 Part of Closer - A Study in Luke March 10, 2024 Celebrations: Chris Kelley Financials: Steve Mehlberg Vision: Tim Nay Building Expansion: Chuck Faust

Peace Coming Close Luke 10:1-16 Tim Nay Part of Closer - A Study in Luke March 3, 2024 Jesus Helped Peace to Come Close by… After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. —Luke 10:1 Acting on the value he saw in others. (I.C.N.U.) Sending them out in pairs. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest i...