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Success! Nehemiah has seen the plan through and the wall is finished. But it would have been compromised had he allowed distraction or intimidation to set in. What does it take to remain focused on the task? Where do we find the strength that overcomes fear?

Success! Nehemiah has seen the plan through and the wall is finished. But it would have been compromised had he allowed distraction or intimidation to set in. What does it take to remain focused on the task? Where do we find the strength that overcomes fear?

How many leaders are celebrated for their talent and charisma only to be undone by something in their character? Nehemiah was a man of integrity; the people were as important to him as the mission. How do we pursue goals while never missing the value of people?

How many leaders are celebrated for their talent and charisma only to be undone by something in their character? Nehemiah was a man of integrity; the people were as important to him as the mission. How do we pursue goals while never missing the value of people?

Rebuilding something that’s broken is hard work - Nehemiah’s team find themselves overwhelmed by all the things that still need to be done in the face of mounting opposition. What does it take to see something through? How can we be people who get the job done?

Rebuilding something that’s broken is hard work - Nehemiah’s team find themselves overwhelmed by all the things that still need to be done in the face of mounting opposition. What does it take to see something through? How can we be people who get the job done?

Rebuilding something that’s broken is hard work - Nehemiah’s team find themselves overwhelmed by all the things that still need to be done in the face of mounting opposition. What does it take to see something through? How can we be people who get the job done?

Having sized up the task and gathered the team, Nehemiah finds himself in territory familiar to many of us - he gets mocked. How do you respond when you’re told your plan is not possible? What dreams never got started because someone laughed?

Having sized up the task and gathered the team, Nehemiah finds himself in territory familiar to many of us - he gets mocked. How do you respond when you’re told your plan is not possible? What dreams never got started because someone laughed?

All of us lead somewhere. For some, it’s in business, and for some, it’s at home. Regardless of position or vocation, all of us at least lead ourselves. And in all forms of leadership, there are moments when we realise a problem - what do you do when the news hits home? Nehemiah gives us a great starting place.

All of us lead somewhere. For some, it’s in business, and for some, it’s at home. Regardless of position or vocation, all of us at least lead ourselves. And in all forms of leadership, there are moments when we realise a problem - what do you do when the news hits home? Nehemiah gives us a great starting place.

We all have rhythms that structure our day-to-day lives. Do they include rhythms of prayer with Jesus? Where are the moments you can pause and pray about anything and everything?

Even the walls of a prison were not a barrier for Paul’s impact in the world because he had learned the power of prayer. All kinds of prayer, all of the time, for all of the people.

Jesus tells another parable about prayer and he makes his purpose very clear - Jesus followers are to pray and not give up. Are we satisfied with simply asking or are we praying until something happens?

The only thing the disciples ever asked Jesus to teach them to do was to pray. Having invited his followers to approach God the same way he does - as Father - Jesus tells a parable that has the potential to re-shape your view of prayer forever.

Having given his followers a model for prayer, Jesus shares a parable that reveals so much about the mystery of prayer. In doing so, we find that the Father invites followers of Jesus to approach him in prayer with great boldness.

The only thing the disciples ever asked Jesus to teach them to do was to pray. Jesus dispels some myths about prayer before giving them a model, the most staggering part of which, is that every follower of Jesus gets to approach God as their heavenly Father.

The crescendo of all we’ve been discovering in Exodus and Hebrews is that through Jesus we find a better way to live; a new and living way. But rather than remain abstract, the author gives us some grounded practical ways of how this is lived out.

The crescendo of all we’ve been discovering in Exodus and Hebrews is that through Jesus we find a better way to live; a new and living way. But rather than remain abstract, the author gives us some grounded practical ways of how this is lived out.

The crescendo of all we’ve been discovering in Exodus and Hebrews is that through Jesus we find a better way to live; a new and living way. But rather than remain abstract, the author gives us some grounded practical ways of how this is lived out.

At the end of a list of things that are better in Jesus Christ, we finally get to the sacrifice he presents. It’s the sacrifice of himself and in doing so we discover a forgiveness that is more comprehensive and more lasting than anything we’ve ever known.

Jesus opens up for us a new covenant - a brand new way of relating to God - and it’s based on better promises. These promises give us the capacity and power to follow God like never before.

Jesus opens up for us a new covenant - a brand new way of relating to God - and it’s based on better promises. These promises give us the capacity and power to follow God like never before.

Having dived into Exodus and discovered the origins of the priests in Exodus, we’re now in a place to see how Jesus is better. We discover that he is the priest who truly meets our needs and whoever lives to intercede for us.

Having enthusiastically accepted all that God required of Israel under the covenant, they fall at the first hurdle. The covenant was broken before it had really got going. So how will God respond? What does it teach us about the character of God in the face of an unfaithful people?