Sometimes we can look at a task and say it is too big. For a hundred and fifty years the remnant who had returned from exile in Babylon had lived in Jerusalem. Under Ezra they had managed to rebuild the temple, but they were vulnerable and weak because they had no defences, the walls were […]
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
Leadership to me encompasses the ability to be able to understand the needs of an organisation or people, to see how those needs can be met, understand the resources and requirements that are needed to met those needs, and then to be able to sell a vision of how they can be achieved. Nehemiah Chapters 1 […]
Nehemiah needed to do things by stealth as he inspected the walls of Jerusalem. He needed to assess what was going to be easy to fix, slightly harder to fix, and the hardest to fix. Sometimes we need to look at what has broken down in our lives and assess what we need to […]
Nehemiah 2 vs. 6-10 – Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem
Posted in Nehemiah on Feb 1st, 2009
Nehemiah was in front of the King and Queen he was taking a huge risk, one which could cost him his life. But God was with him and Nehemiah’s planning ensured he ending up getting what he needed and more, he got royal protection, letters of safety, access to timber from the Kings’ forests. Do […]