CALLED

GETTING A CLEAR

SIGNALNEHEMIAH

EPHESIANS 2:10

10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

NEHEMIAH 2:12

12 I set out during the night with a few men. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no mounts with me except the one I was riding on.

CALLED

SUSPECT A CALL THAT IS NOT URGENT

NEHEMIAH 1:3-43 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.

Jeremiah 51:50

“…Remember the Lord in a distant land, and think on Jerusalem.”

Romans 9:2-3

2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race,

CALLED

REJECT THE TEMPTATION TO RESPOND WITH A BUSY

SIGNAL

CALLED

EXPECT PRAYER AND FASTING TO DECREASE

STATIC

NEHEMIAH 1:4

 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.

PHILIPPIANS 4:6-76Do not be anxious about anything,

but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

CALLED

RESPECT THE FEEDBACK

FROM THOSE WHO KEEP THE LINES

OPEN

NEHEMIAH 2:17-1817 Then I said to them, "You see the

trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace." 18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me and what the king had said to me. They replied, "Let us start rebuilding." So they began this good work.

ACTS 13:2-32While they were worshiping the

Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 3So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

CALLEDNEGLECT THE

CRITICISM FROM THOSE

WITH BAD CONNECTIONS

NEHEMIAH 2:19

 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. "What is this you are doing?" they asked. "Are you rebelling against the king?"

I CORINTHIANS 16:8-98But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, 9because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.

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