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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie

Greg Laurie - Revival Starts Here

February 22, 2026 | 27:29

Greg Laurie - Revival Starts Here
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Revival Starts Here | February 22, 2026
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  • Greg laurie: some of you would say, "greg, i get tempted all
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  • The time.
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  • These bad thoughts come to my mind, the--these challenges
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  • Come, the persecution comes.
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  • What am i doing wrong?"
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  • Maybe you're doing something right.
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  • If you say to me, "greg, i can't remember the last time i've been
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  • Tempted, i can't remember the last time i faced opposition,"
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  • I'd say maybe you're not worth tempting.
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  • See, the fact is when you're serving god, you're gonna face
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  • Opposition; and that opposition is a confirmation you're on the
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  • Right path, not on the wrong one, right?
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  • ♪ 'cause this is the day, the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: so the book of nehemiah is about a man named nehemiah
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  • That played a key role in rebuilding the walls
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  • Of jerusalem.
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  • But it's not just about rebuilding the walls of a city,
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  • It's about restoring a nation's heart to god.
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  • Effectively, the book of nehemiah is a blueprint for what
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  • Happens when people cry out to god, confess their sins, and
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  • Return to him with all of their hearts.
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  • And so it's a good book to look at.
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  • Because god has given us a template for revival that we
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  • Often quote; and it's 2 chronicles 7:14, which was given
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  • Initially, originally to israel but in principle it applies to
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  • Any nation, including ours, when god says, "if my people, which
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  • Are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and
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  • Seek my face and turn from their wicked ways," god promises,
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  • "then i will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal
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  • Their land."
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  • So we wanna see our land healed, and god tells us what we need
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  • To do.
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  • So revival starts with us.
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  • That's why i'm calling this series "from rubble to revival."
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  • Our life could be compared to a wall that is either strong and
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  • Resilient or it's weak and crumbling.
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  • And if you neglect the walls of protection in your life, they
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  • Will soon end up in rubble.
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  • So you need to be revived.
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  • Now, we throw this word revival around a lot.
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  • I'm not sure if we even understand what it means.
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  • Let's just simplify it.
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  • I think it's overly mystified at times.
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  • The word revival simply means to revive something or to
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  • Restore it.
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  • It's to go back to original condition.
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  • So in our context when we talk about revival in the church or
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  • In our life, we're talking about restoration or waking up
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  • Spiritually or getting back to living the christian life it was
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  • Meant--as it was meant to be lived.
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  • And there's no question that our nation has revival in its roots
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  • And in its dna.
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  • That's a very unique about--thing about the united
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  • States, how we have this in our roots and in our origins.
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  • You could arguably make a case for the fact that there probably
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  • Wouldn't be an america today if it wasn't for a spiritual
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  • Awakening that preceded the revolutionary war, and so we
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  • Wanna pray about seeing that happen again.
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  • And so here in nehemiah we're gonna look at a lot of really
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  • Amazing things that are found in this book, but before we dive
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  • In, we need a little history lesson so we can understand
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  • What's going on in israel as we enter into this story.
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  • So at this point, israel has been a nation under the
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  • Leadership of kings like saul and david.
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  • Saul was their first king.
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  • He was rejected; replaced by david, who was the greatest king
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  • In the history of israel.
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  • David was followed by his son and successor solomon.
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  • So they had around 10 acres of strategic land in jerusalem at
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  • That point and they had strong fortified walls surrounding it,
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  • And during this 40-year reign it thrived.
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  • These were the glory days of israel and the glory days
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  • Of jerusalem.
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  • So god promised israel.
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  • He says, "look, if you obey me and walk with me, i will
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  • Continue to bless you.
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  • But if you disobey me and turn from me, i will scatter you to
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  • The ends of the earth."
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  • And it really started with solomon.
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  • He didn't take the sage advice of his father on his deathbed,
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  • Who said, "solomon, my son, know the god of your father and serve
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  • Him with an undivided heart."
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  • Soon solomon's heart began to go astray and he turned to
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  • Immorality and even open idolatry, and it went from bad
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  • To worse.
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  • So when solomon died, the kingdom split in two.
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  • The northern tribes are ruled by a guy named jeroboam and the
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  • Southern tribes by rehoboam, and both tribes turned to idols and
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  • False gods.
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  • So the northern kingdom fell first, and they were taken
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  • Captive by the assyrians.
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  • The people of the northern kingdom were absorbed into the
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  • Various cultures of the world.
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  • But the southern kingdom fell later as they were sent into
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  • Exile to babylon.
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  • Babylon at this point was a powerful world power and so they
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  • Took control of the jews.
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  • Why babylon?
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  • Well, babylon was idol central.
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  • There were more idols and false gods in babylon that you could
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  • Shake a stick at.
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  • So effectively god said, "you guys want idols?
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  • I'm sending you to babylon for 70 years.
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  • Let's see how that works out for you."
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  • And that's exactly where israel finds himself.
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  • And so while they were in babylon, god still was at work.
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  • He raised up daniel as a prophet.
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  • You remember the story of daniel and how he spoke boldly to the
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  • Kings, nebuchadnezzar and also to his grandson belshazzar.
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  • And an amazing thing happened.
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  • Nebuchadnezzar actually became a believer.
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  • It's the most radical conversion in the old testament,
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  • Completely unexpected.
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  • A world leader becomes a believer in the lord god of
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  • Israel, but his grandson, as i mentioned, belshazzar didn't
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  • Follow the advice of old grandpa and he went his own way.
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  • And you remember the story of the writing on the wall that
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  • Happened with belshazzar as he was going out of his way to
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  • Worship the false gods of his people.
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  • And he even take these instruments that they captured
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  • From the jews when they took over their temple and they were
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  • Drinking wine out of them and toasting their false gods, and
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  • God wrote on the wall, "your days are numbered, and your
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  • Kingdom is divided."
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  • And along comes cyrus and the medo-persian forces and they
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  • Conquer babylon and now cyrus is ruling.
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  • Well, cyrus respected the jews.
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  • And daniel had a ministry with him too, as you recall.
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  • And it was cyrus that threw daniel into the lions's den and
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  • Saw how the lord delivered him.
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  • And so now daniel has faded from the scene, but cyrus tells the
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  • Jews they can go home again.
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  • So in 536 bc, the first wave of jews returns to judah under a
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  • Man named zerubbabel.
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  • Now, i know some of you are going, "oh, this is boring.
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  • Greg, where are the jokes?
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  • We need jokes."
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  • Okay, i got a joke for you.
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  • Ready?
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  • Knock, knock?
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  • Congregation: who's there?
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  • Greg: ach. congregation: ach who?
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  • Greg: god bless you.
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  • Like achoo?
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  • Okay, one more. knock, knock?
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  • Congregation: who's there? greg: boo.
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  • Congregation: boo who?
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  • You don't have to cry about it, okay?
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  • So there's your jokes.
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  • Now let's go back to the story.
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  • Why should we study history?
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  • Well, because history is his story, speaking of god.
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  • We can learn so much from the past for the present and for
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  • The future.
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  • And malcolm muggeridge once said, quote, "all new news is
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  • Old news happening to new people."
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  • So there's a lot to learn as we study history, especially
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  • Biblical history.
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  • So we have the first wave of jews returning to israel under
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  • Zerubbabel, and they have a good start and then ezra enters
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  • The scene.
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  • Ezra is a priest that turns the people to god, but though--he
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  • Found problems.
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  • So the first wave comes and they don't really get the job done.
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  • Ezra now comes after zerubbabel, and he sees that the jewish
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  • People have intermarried with the other people living in the
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  • Land and it's caused a breakdown and a compromise.
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  • And now soon the israelites are worshiping this false god, so
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  • Ezra calls them out.
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  • He tells them to repent, and they did; and they start
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  • Rebuilding the walls of the jewish temple because everything
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  • Was lying in shambles.
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  • And walls really mattered back in these days.
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  • I don't think we understand how important walls were.
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  • The walls of this city is where the elders would meet.
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  • It's where justice was meted out.
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  • The walls of a city in ancient times were the center of power.
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  • Now, we have a lot to talk today about our border and having a
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  • Secure border and how important it is to have a secure border.
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  • And by the way, that's biblical because in acts 17:26 it says,
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  • "from one man he made all the nations, that they should
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  • Inhabit the whole earth, and marked out their appointed times
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  • In history and the boundaries of their lands."
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  • So a nation needs secure borders.
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  • A nation needs to protect itself.
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  • And israel needed that as well, but their walls were down and
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  • Their borders were broken and ungodly influence was coming.
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  • And it was getting worse and worse, and their problem was
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  • Growing greater.
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  • And by the time nehemiah enters the scene, it's just a
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  • Complete disaster.
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  • The once proud, strong walls that surrounded god's city of
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  • Jerusalem are now lying in rubble and ruin.
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  • And so nehemiah is such an interesting person for god to
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  • Choose because nehemiah wasn't an architect.
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  • He wasn't a builder nor was he a priest or a prophet.
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  • He was a different guy altogether, but what he was was
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  • He was available.
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  • He was available to god.
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  • And as i've often said, god is not looking for ability as much
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  • As he's looking for availability.
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  • He's just looking for someone, well, like you, to say, "lord,
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  • Here i am.
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  • I'll do whatever you want me to do.
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  • I wanna be an influence in my sphere of influence.
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  • I wanna make a difference in the place you've called me to."
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  • So nehemiah was called to a very unique position.
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  • He was called the cupbearer of the king.
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  • Now, this is a very important position.
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  • If we were to compare it to a position today, it would be like
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  • Being a member of the presidential cabinet.
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  • Maybe you could compare it to being chief of staff because
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  • Chief of staff controls who goes into the oval office, and they
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  • Have the president's ear and they're in--usually in close
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  • Proximity to the president.
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  • They're a counselor and an adviser to the president.
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  • So that's similar to what nehemiah was, but his basic job
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  • Was really quite simple.
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  • Cupbearer means he tried the food before the king ate it
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  • Because people would wanna poison kings back in those days.
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  • So he'd try the food.
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  • So your job could end really quickly.
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  • One bad meal, party's over.
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  • And, "oh, you died?
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  • Well, i need a new cupbearer."
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  • But the fact of the matter is because you would be around the
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  • King every time he ate, you soon would have the king's ear.
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  • You would be advising the king.
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  • Bottom line, this was a really cushy job, not a job that you
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  • Wanted to miss.
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  • But despite this luxurious life nehemiah was living, he was a
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  • Jew and he had a heart for his fellow jews and he wanted to do
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  • Something about helping them.
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  • He wanted to be with them.
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  • In fact, he wanted to be with them in their struggles even
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  • More than he wanted to be in the luxuries and the comforts of
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  • The palace.
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  • But let's come now to our scripture, nehemiah chapter 1.
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  • I'm gonna read verses 1 to 3 as we sort of set the stage, and
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  • I'm reading from the new living translation.
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  • "in late autumn, in the month of kislev," that's around november,
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  • December, "in the twentieth year of king artaxerxes' reign, i was
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  • At the fortress of susa.
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  • Hanani and one of my brothers came to visit me with some other
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  • Men who had arrived from judah.
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  • I asked them about how the jews were doing who had returned
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  • There from captivity and how things were going in jerusalem."
  • 00:13:27.553 --> 00:13:31.490
  • So we talked about the first wave of the jews returning under
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  • Zerubbabel, then under ezra.
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  • "how are they doing now?
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  • How are things going?"
  • 00:13:39.899 --> 00:13:41.533
  • "they said to me, 'things are not going well for those who
  • 00:13:41.533 --> 00:13:44.803
  • Returned to the province of judah.
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  • They're in great trouble and disgrace.
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  • The wall of jerusalem, that's been torn down; and the gates
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  • Have been destroyed by fire.'"
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  • So here's nehemiah living in the lap of luxury in his super cushy
  • 00:13:55.614 --> 00:13:59.351
  • Job working for the king and he hears this really bad news.
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  • How does he react?
  • 00:14:05.124 --> 00:14:06.458
  • Well, he's deeply moved, but before he does anything
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  • He prays.
  • 00:14:09.929 --> 00:14:11.263
  • Go back to nehemiah 1, look at verse 4: "when i heard this,"
  • 00:14:11.263 --> 00:14:14.033
  • Nehemiah says, "i sat down and i wept for four days.
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  • I mourned and i fasted and i prayed to the god of heaven.
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  • I said, 'o lord, god of heaven, the great and awesome god who
  • 00:14:22.408 --> 00:14:25.744
  • Keeps his covenant of unfailing love and those who love him and
  • 00:14:25.744 --> 00:14:29.381
  • Obey his commands, listen to my prayer!
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  • Look down and see me praying day and night for your
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  • People israel.
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  • I confess that we have sinned against you.
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  • Yes, even my own family and i have sinned.
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  • We have sinned terribly and not obeying your commands.'"
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  • Wow, what a prayer that is.
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  • It's a lot we can learn about prayer from that prayer.
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  • You want your prayers answered?
  • 00:14:55.674 --> 00:14:57.076
  • Well, this prayer was answered.
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  • So what did he do?
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  • Let's see what we can learn together.
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  • First, he wept.
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  • First, he cared.
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  • Have you ever wept over the broken walls in your own life or
  • 00:15:04.850 --> 00:15:09.722
  • In your family or over people you loved or others who have
  • 00:15:09.722 --> 00:15:13.559
  • Turned their back on god?
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  • So you start there.
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  • But here are some principles from his prayer that we can
  • 00:15:17.997 --> 00:15:21.166
  • Apply in our prayer.
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  • And if you're taking notes, here's point number one.
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  • He acknowledged the greatness of god.
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  • He acknowledged the greatness of god.
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  • Verse 5, "o lord, god of heaven, the great and awesome god who
  • 00:15:29.641 --> 00:15:33.979
  • Keeps his covenant of unfailing love to those who love him and
  • 00:15:33.979 --> 00:15:37.916
  • Obey his commands.
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  • O great and awesome god."
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  • When you pray, remember who you're talking to.
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  • You're talking to the creator of the universe, the almighty god;
  • 00:15:46.091 --> 00:15:51.397
  • And his riches are unsearchable and his power is unlimited, and
  • 00:15:51.397 --> 00:15:56.368
  • He's literally listening to your prayer right now.
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  • So get that in mind.
  • 00:15:59.872 --> 00:16:01.306
  • 'cause sometimes we come to god with big problems, but we need
  • 00:16:01.306 --> 00:16:04.743
  • To realize we come to god who's bigger than our problems, right?
  • 00:16:04.743 --> 00:16:10.883
  • So jesus taught us to pray.
  • 00:16:10.883 --> 00:16:16.455
  • "in this manner, therefore pray."
  • 00:16:16.455 --> 00:16:18.991
  • And then he went on to give what we call the lord's prayer.
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  • But it's not just a great prayer to pray, though it is that, but
  • 00:16:21.527 --> 00:16:25.364
  • It's a template for all prayer.
  • 00:16:25.364 --> 00:16:26.999
  • What does he say?
  • 00:16:26.999 --> 00:16:28.367
  • "after this manner pray," or, "here's a template for prayer:
  • 00:16:28.367 --> 00:16:33.138
  • 'our father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name.
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  • Your kingdom come.
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  • Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.'"
  • 00:16:37.709 --> 00:16:41.680
  • And then he goes on to the petitions that follow, but it
  • 00:16:41.680 --> 00:16:44.683
  • Starts with an acknowledgement of the awesomeness and the power
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  • Of god, our father who art in heaven; and that's exactly how
  • 00:16:48.921 --> 00:16:53.225
  • Nehemiah begins his prayer, acknowledging the greatness and
  • 00:16:53.225 --> 00:16:58.030
  • Power and sovereignty of god.
  • 00:16:58.030 --> 00:17:00.532
  • Number two, nehemiah reminded god of his promises.
  • 00:17:00.532 --> 00:17:05.737
  • He reminds god of the promises that he made.
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  • Was that to jog god's memory?
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  • Of course not.
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  • God doesn't need any help with his memory.
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  • But it's to remind himself of what god said, and i love to do
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  • This in prayer.
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  • I love to remind god of his promises and remind myself
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  • As well.
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  • Somebody comes, says, "will you pray for me?
  • 00:17:26.425 --> 00:17:28.026
  • I'm sick."
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  • "okay, let's pray.
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  • Father, we come to you now in the name of jesus.
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  • And you've promised if there's any sick among you we should
  • 00:17:33.665 --> 00:17:37.035
  • Call for the elders of the church that should pray for
  • 00:17:37.035 --> 00:17:39.438
  • These people and anoint them with oil, and then you promised
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  • That the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man will
  • 00:17:42.674 --> 00:17:46.011
  • Accomplish much.
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  • Well, lord, we are righteous men and women here not because of
  • 00:17:47.412 --> 00:17:51.150
  • What we've done but because of what you've done, and now
  • 00:17:51.150 --> 00:17:54.353
  • Standing on your promise in scripture we pray for
  • 00:17:54.353 --> 00:17:57.656
  • This person."
  • 00:17:57.656 --> 00:17:59.024
  • So what did i just do?
  • 00:17:59.024 --> 00:18:00.359
  • I reminded myself of what the bible says.
  • 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.728
  • So when i start to worry, "lord, you promised me in your word
  • 00:18:02.728 --> 00:18:06.331
  • That i should not worry about anything but i should pray about
  • 00:18:06.331 --> 00:18:09.801
  • Everything and the peace of god that passes all understanding
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  • Will guard my heart and mind in christ jesus."
  • 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:16.375
  • So immediately before i've even given the prayer i'm reminding
  • 00:18:16.375 --> 00:18:20.379
  • Myself of the promise of god and that immediately brings calm to
  • 00:18:20.379 --> 00:18:24.917
  • My heart.
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  • Do you know what i'm talking about?
  • 00:18:26.251 --> 00:18:27.586
  • Have you done this?
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  • And you realize, "oh, wow, you know, the lord is so powerful,
  • 00:18:29.021 --> 00:18:33.625
  • And he's gonna help me through this."
  • 00:18:33.625 --> 00:18:35.861
  • And there are so many promises like that found in the pages
  • 00:18:35.861 --> 00:18:39.331
  • Of scripture.
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  • God promises he'll get you through whatever you're facing.
  • 00:18:40.866 --> 00:18:45.037
  • He--god promises he'll provide your needs.
  • 00:18:45.037 --> 00:18:47.172
  • Philippians 4:19, "my god shall supply all of your needs
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  • According to his riches in glory in christ jesus."
  • 00:18:50.809 --> 00:18:53.712
  • "lord, i have a financial need right now, and you promised
  • 00:18:53.712 --> 00:18:56.448
  • You'll provide all of my needs according to your riches
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  • In glory.
  • 00:18:59.051 --> 00:19:00.419
  • So therefore i pray."
  • 00:19:00.419 --> 00:19:02.254
  • He's promised to forgive us of our sins.
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  • "lord, you promised me in scripture in 1 john 1:9 if i
  • 00:19:05.857 --> 00:19:09.461
  • Will confess my sin you're faithful and just to forgive me
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  • Of my sin and cleanse me from all unrighteousness.
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  • So, lord, i receive your forgiveness because of the blood
  • 00:19:15.534 --> 00:19:19.771
  • Of jesus that was shed for me on the cross of calvary, and i'm
  • 00:19:19.771 --> 00:19:23.875
  • Gonna walk in that forgiveness now."
  • 00:19:23.875 --> 00:19:26.411
  • That's taking hold of a promise of god 'cause here's the devil
  • 00:19:26.411 --> 00:19:29.615
  • Trying to beat you up and kick you and fill you with guilt.
  • 00:19:29.615 --> 00:19:32.918
  • "you failed."
  • 00:19:32.918 --> 00:19:34.253
  • "yeah, i did fail, but god's promised to forgive me and i'm
  • 00:19:34.253 --> 00:19:36.989
  • Gonna accept that forgiveness and walk in that forgiveness
  • 00:19:36.989 --> 00:19:40.659
  • Right now."
  • 00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:42.027
  • That's what we need to do.
  • 00:19:42.027 --> 00:19:47.032
  • So number three, nehemiah confessed his personal sin.
  • 00:19:47.032 --> 00:19:51.870
  • Look at verse 7.
  • 00:19:51.870 --> 00:19:53.505
  • "we co--i confess that i've sinned against you.
  • 00:19:53.505 --> 00:19:55.874
  • Yes, my own family and i have sinned.
  • 00:19:55.874 --> 00:19:58.443
  • We've sinned terribly by not obeying your commands, decrees,
  • 00:19:58.443 --> 00:20:01.680
  • And regulations."
  • 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:03.415
  • Wow.
  • 00:20:03.415 --> 00:20:04.783
  • He says, "we, my own family, i have sinned."
  • 00:20:04.783 --> 00:20:08.120
  • But, you know, as you read the story of nehemiah, you don't
  • 00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:10.222
  • Really read of him sinning.
  • 00:20:10.222 --> 00:20:12.557
  • Now, he did, of course, sin; but my point is he was quick to
  • 00:20:12.557 --> 00:20:17.396
  • Acknowledge his own responsibility, and that's
  • 00:20:17.396 --> 00:20:20.932
  • Something we don't like to do today.
  • 00:20:20.932 --> 00:20:22.634
  • We like to blame everyone and everything for our problems.
  • 00:20:22.634 --> 00:20:27.272
  • "it's not my fault.
  • 00:20:27.272 --> 00:20:28.640
  • It's the fault of that teacher.
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  • It's a fault of that parent.
  • 00:20:30.142 --> 00:20:31.877
  • It's a fault of that boss.
  • 00:20:31.877 --> 00:20:33.812
  • It's the fault of this.
  • 00:20:33.812 --> 00:20:35.147
  • It's the fault of that."
  • 00:20:35.147 --> 00:20:36.648
  • And all these people that we're having conflicts with, these
  • 00:20:36.648 --> 00:20:39.718
  • People are all wrong.
  • 00:20:39.718 --> 00:20:41.119
  • It's their fault.
  • 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.487
  • Did it ever occur to you you're the problem?
  • 00:20:42.487 --> 00:20:46.358
  • You're--you seem to be the source of conflict at the heart
  • 00:20:46.358 --> 00:20:49.761
  • Of all of these issues and you need to go and say, "lord, i
  • 00:20:49.761 --> 00:20:53.665
  • Have sinned."
  • 00:20:53.665 --> 00:20:55.300
  • See, nehemiah starts with himself and acknowledges
  • 00:20:55.300 --> 00:20:59.171
  • His sins.
  • 00:20:59.171 --> 00:21:00.505
  • Sometimes we'll pray for someone to change.
  • 00:21:00.505 --> 00:21:02.974
  • "lord, change my lousy husband.
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  • He's the worst.
  • 00:21:07.446 --> 00:21:10.015
  • He just doesn't love me enough.
  • 00:21:10.015 --> 00:21:11.850
  • He doesn't appreciate me.
  • 00:21:11.850 --> 00:21:13.185
  • Just move in his life and maybe judge him a little and then
  • 00:21:13.185 --> 00:21:17.289
  • Change him, i don't know."
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  • "lord, this ungrateful wife of mine, change her.
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  • Get her to stop nagging me and bothering me.
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  • Oh, lord, change this.
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  • Change that."
  • 00:21:28.934 --> 00:21:30.268
  • Why don't you start by saying, "lord, change me and make me a
  • 00:21:30.268 --> 00:21:33.605
  • Better husband?"
  • 00:21:33.605 --> 00:21:34.940
  • "lord, change me.
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  • Make me a better wife."
  • 00:21:36.308 --> 00:21:39.745
  • See, god changed nehemiah, and nehemiah changed things.
  • 00:21:39.745 --> 00:21:45.617
  • Yeah, i like that because prayer will change things, but prayer
  • 00:21:45.617 --> 00:21:49.354
  • Can change you.
  • 00:21:49.354 --> 00:21:51.456
  • See?
  • 00:21:51.456 --> 00:21:52.824
  • So we have to start there.
  • 00:21:52.824 --> 00:21:54.192
  • And so off nehemiah goes now with a desire to serve god, and
  • 00:21:54.192 --> 00:21:58.430
  • I love the fact that he prayed for days.
  • 00:21:58.430 --> 00:22:01.566
  • He says in verse 6, "look down, lord, and see me praying day and
  • 00:22:01.566 --> 00:22:05.270
  • Night--" now, this isn't boasting.
  • 00:22:05.270 --> 00:22:07.606
  • He's just saying, "lord, look, i'm praying.
  • 00:22:07.606 --> 00:22:10.142
  • I'm doing what you told me to do."
  • 00:22:10.142 --> 00:22:11.643
  • And if we miss everything else, let's not miss this.
  • 00:22:11.643 --> 00:22:14.479
  • Whatever you're facing right now, whatever walls are falling
  • 00:22:14.479 --> 00:22:18.049
  • Down in your life or in the life of your family or in your job or
  • 00:22:18.049 --> 00:22:21.953
  • With your friends, the first thing to do is go to god and
  • 00:22:21.953 --> 00:22:25.857
  • Call out to him.
  • 00:22:25.857 --> 00:22:27.959
  • God says in jeremiah 33:3, "call to me, and i will answer you,
  • 00:22:27.959 --> 00:22:32.597
  • And i will tell you great and mighty things that you do
  • 00:22:32.597 --> 00:22:35.734
  • Not know."
  • 00:22:35.734 --> 00:22:37.169
  • Okay, so point number four, nehemiah was specific in his
  • 00:22:37.169 --> 00:22:41.573
  • Request to god.
  • 00:22:41.573 --> 00:22:42.908
  • I love this prayer he prays.
  • 00:22:42.908 --> 00:22:44.609
  • Very clear.
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  • Verse 10, "lord, please hear my prayer.
  • 00:22:45.977 --> 00:22:49.481
  • Listen to the prayers of those who delight in honoring you.
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  • Please grant me success today.
  • 00:22:52.884 --> 00:22:55.987
  • Make the king favorable to me.
  • 00:22:55.987 --> 00:22:58.890
  • Put it in his heart to be kind to me."
  • 00:22:58.890 --> 00:23:02.194
  • So nehemiah says, "okay, lord, i'm gonna bet the farm.
  • 00:23:02.194 --> 00:23:06.465
  • I'm gonna go for this thing.
  • 00:23:06.465 --> 00:23:07.933
  • And i'm gonna go to the king and i'm gonna ask for his help to
  • 00:23:07.933 --> 00:23:12.370
  • Basically underwrite this whole idea that i have to rebuild the
  • 00:23:12.370 --> 00:23:16.775
  • Walls of jerusalem, and i'm gonna ask you to touch his heart
  • 00:23:16.775 --> 00:23:20.812
  • Right now.
  • 00:23:20.812 --> 00:23:22.180
  • So, lord, give me success."
  • 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.515
  • But don't miss the fact that before he prayed this specific
  • 00:23:23.515 --> 00:23:26.384
  • Prayer he spent time waiting on the lord, seeking the face and
  • 00:23:26.384 --> 00:23:30.322
  • The heart of god.
  • 00:23:30.322 --> 00:23:31.690
  • And i think when you spend time in scripture and spend time in
  • 00:23:31.690 --> 00:23:34.960
  • God's presence it will change the way that you pray and it
  • 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:38.563
  • Will change what you pray for, and nehemiah certainly shows
  • 00:23:38.563 --> 00:23:42.801
  • That in this prayer that he prays.
  • 00:23:42.801 --> 00:23:45.103
  • "lord, give me favors."
  • 00:23:45.103 --> 00:23:46.671
  • So he's gonna go to the king and he's gonna say, "i wanna build a
  • 00:23:46.671 --> 00:23:50.408
  • Wall and you're paying for it.
  • 00:23:50.408 --> 00:23:53.879
  • You're gonna pay for it.
  • 00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.247
  • What do you think of that, king?"
  • 00:23:55.247 --> 00:23:57.048
  • But he--that's exactly what he did, and he went to the king
  • 00:23:57.048 --> 00:24:01.953
  • With this request.
  • 00:24:01.953 --> 00:24:04.055
  • And, of course, as we're gonna see as we get into this book, he
  • 00:24:04.055 --> 00:24:06.791
  • Faced a lot of opposition as he undertook this project and he
  • 00:24:06.791 --> 00:24:12.197
  • Faced difficulties and he faced challenges.
  • 00:24:12.197 --> 00:24:15.133
  • And it reminds me of a statement from alan redpath.
  • 00:24:15.133 --> 00:24:18.336
  • Alan redpath was a wonderful british gentleman of years gone
  • 00:24:18.336 --> 00:24:22.207
  • By that i had the privilege of getting to know personally.
  • 00:24:22.207 --> 00:24:25.544
  • He's written a lot of amazing commentaries.
  • 00:24:25.544 --> 00:24:27.779
  • But alan redpath said this from his commentary on the book of
  • 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:31.983
  • Nehemiah, quote, "there is no winning without warfare.
  • 00:24:31.983 --> 00:24:35.520
  • There is no opportunity without opposition.
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  • There is no victory without vigilance.
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  • Whenever the people of god say, 'let's rise and build,' satan
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  • Will say, 'let's rise and oppose.'"
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  • End quote.
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  • So when you're doing something for god, you better
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  • Expect opposition.
  • 00:24:53.271 --> 00:24:56.274
  • Some of you would say, "greg, i get tempted all the time.
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  • These bad thoughts come to my mind, the--these challenges
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  • Come, the persecution comes.
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  • What am i doing wrong?"
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  • Maybe you're doing something right.
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  • If you say to me, "greg, i can't remember the last time i've been
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  • Tempted, i can't remember the last time i faced opposition,"
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  • I'd say maybe you're not worth tempting.
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  • See, the fact is when you're serving god, you're gonna face
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  • Opposition; and that opposition is a confirmation you're on the
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  • Right path, not on the wrong one, right?
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  • So get ready for it.
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  • And that's what nehemiah faced.
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  • So in conclusion, let's make a commitment.
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  • Let's make a commitment to pray for revival in our own life and
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  • Pray for revival in our nation.
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  • As i said in the beginning, it starts with us.
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  • The title is "revival starts here."
  • 00:25:52.364 --> 00:25:56.635
  • Let it start with you, and let us start with your relationship
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  • With god.
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  • One more knock-knock joke.
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  • Ready? knock, knock?
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  • Congregation: who's there? greg: jesus.
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  • Congregation: jesus who?
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  • Greg: jesus christ who stands at the door of your life
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  • And knocks.
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  • "well, that's not funny."
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  • It's not a joke. it's for real.
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  • He stands at the door of your life and he knocks and says if
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  • You'll hear his voice and open the door, he'll come in.
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  • Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie. i've got some good news for you.
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  • God loves you, and god has a plan for your life.
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  • Here's the problem: we're separated from god by our sin
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  • Because we've all broken his commandments.
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  • But the good news is that 2,000 years ago, god sent
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  • His son, jesus christ, to die on the cross for your sin,
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  • And then to rise again from the dead.
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  • The same jesus who died and rose is alive and ready
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  • To come into your life right now.
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  • Would you like your sin forgiven?
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  • Would you like to know that when you die you will go to heaven?
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  • If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now.
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  • Just say, "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe
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  • You're the savior, who died on the cross for my sin.
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  • I turn from my sin now, and i choose to follow you
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  • From this moment forward."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If you did, god in heaven has heard you.
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  • Congratulations, and welcome to the family of god.
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