More Than a Summer Survivor
Nehemiah Study

• Nehemiah 1:1-11
• Nehemiah 2:1-10
• Nehemiah 2:11-20
• Nehemiah 3:1-32
• Nehemiah 4:1-23
• Nehemiah 5:1-19
• Nehemiah 6:1-9
• Nehemiah 6:10-14
• Nehemiah 6:15-19
• Nehemiah 7:1-5

• Nehemiah 8:1-12
• Nehemiah 8:13-18
• Nehemiah 9:1-37
• Nehemiah 9:38-10:39
• Nehemiah 12:27-43
• Nehemiah 12:44-47
• Nehemiah 13:1-14
• Nehemiah 13:15-22
• Nehemiah 13:23-31

Survey of Nehemiah

. Hanai, Nehemiah's brother, visits Suza and brings a report of the exiles condition in Jerusalem

. Nehemiah responds with several days of mourning, fasting and praying

. God is faithful and gracious to keep a remnant of Israel and then allow then allow them to return from exile

. God is sovereign in placing Nehemiah in a place of leadership

. God of Heaven, the great and awesome God

. Attentive to our prayers

. Redeemed His people by His great strength and mighty hand

. He grants favor - we do not earn it

. Our first response to news that burdens us should be to pray

. We need to act and take responsibility for the burdens God lays on our hearts

. We must know the Word of God if we are to relate to Him by faith

. As we undertake a work of God, we must look to Him to grant us favor - rely on His grace and not our own effort

. We need to recognize our own position before God - helpless and with nothing to offer, before we can take responsibility for the work He calls us to so that we will trust in His provision to complete the work

. We need to relate to god based on His revealed character

. When faced with a crisis or an overwhelming situation, my first response is to pray

. I need to seek God's help in knowing how to get involved and take a personal responsibility for the things He has burdened me for

. When Nehemiah is serving the king, God provides the opportunity for Nehemiah to act upon his burden

. Nehemiah lays out his plans and God's gracious hand was upon it so that the king granted Nehemiah favor

. Sanballat and others were disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites

. God is patient and is not in a hurry to accomplish His purposes

. God's gracious hand grants favor

. The source of Nehemiah's dependence

. God answers prayer

.We must be ready to take action on the opportunities that we are trusting God to provide

. We must persevere in prayer and faith for God to accomplish the things we are trusting Him for

. We must continue to depend on God when He presents the opportunity

. Where there is opportunity for fear, there is also an opportunity for faith

. It is God's grace not our actions that determine whether favor is granted to us

. Faith does require action to lay hold of the things that we are trusting God for

. The enemies of God are disturbed when someone promotes the welfare of His people (or the lost)

. The eyes of faith look for and recognize the opportunity to act

. We must plan so that we can take action when the opportunity comes

. I need to persevere in both prayer and in taking action

. I need to recognize that fear signals an opportunity for faith

. I need to have an attitude of expectancy that I would look for and recognize the opportunities to act in faith

. I need to have a time to plan