Distraction, Discouragement, and Determination
“I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?” Nehemiah 6:3b (NLT) Nehemiah is a Bible book that can teach us much about true leadership. Nehemiah was a cupbearer to King Artaxerxes, and one day he heard how things were not looking good back in Jerusalem, the home he and his people had been taken from. The city walls had been torn down, the gates burned and the people were in disgrace. He sat down and wept and mourned for his people while fasting and praying to God for days. God gave Nehemiah a burden and a purpose: to go back to…
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