Rebuilt - Nehemiah Chapter 1

We reap what we sow. If we are constantly sowing seeds of disobedience and sowing seeds of the flesh in our life, it's it's it's it shouldn't be a a question why we see dysfunction in our families and dysfunction in our life because we are reaping the consequence of our choices. But if we will submit our ways to God and we will sow seeds that please the spirit, we will see righteousness, and we will see life springing up in our lives. God's blessing and favor. [01:01:03] (30 seconds)  #ReapWhatYouSow

See, God's perfect plan for your life isn't just to get a paycheck. It's not just to get straight a's. It's not just to win the state championship. It's not just to have the best yard on your block, okay, and the best landscaping on your block. God's purpose for your life is to bring restoration to the broken situations in the world. That's what he's called you to do. [01:07:44] (25 seconds)  #PurposeBeyondSuccess

Could you imagine like trying to just be in God's heart for a moment and just see see that those in sex trafficking, see the orphans, see the widows, see the those that are starving to death every single day, see those who are lost and far from God. God sees all of it. And you wanna know what he does? He says, hey, I'm not calling you to fix the brokenness in the entire world, but I want you to fix the brokenness in this specific situation. [01:11:06] (25 seconds)  #SeeGodsHeart

So many in the church, we point to the world, and we point to the sin of the world, and we say if they would only stop what they're doing, if they would only change. And God is saying, church, if you would only change, if you would repent of your sin, if you would be the light that I'm calling you to be, if you would be a city on a hill, and if you would walk in my love, and you would walk in my truth, then this the nations around you would change. [00:59:28] (27 seconds)  #ChurchRepentance

And when we come to Jesus, our life is no longer our own. Our life belongs to him. And he says, okay, it's time. I'm changing you. I'm calling you. And now my purpose for you is to go into a broken world and to begin to bear my name, to be empowered by my holy spirit, to bring restoration to the brokenness around you. [01:09:13] (22 seconds)  #LifeBelongsToJesus

Now here's the thing I want us to understand. There there there's so many times that God will put a brokenness in your heart, and rather than acting right away, he wants you to pray and seek his face and get direction. Now there are times to act right away. If you have a child on a trampoline and they fall off and get hurt, you know, God's not saying, why don't you go and pray and fast for five hours before you check, you know, check on them? [01:04:44] (21 seconds)  #PrayBeforeYouAct

So do you see that God's God's desire is not to destroy his people, but it's actually to restore them? It's to bring them to a place of restoration where they recognize the error of their ways, and they come to him, and they repent of their sin, and they turn to him. And God said, even if they are scattered to the farthest horizons, if they will confess and turn to me, I will bring them back. I will restore them. [00:58:05] (27 seconds)  #CallToHoliness

And so we have to understand that some sometimes I think we can grow so complacent and say, well, Jesus died. My sins are forgiven. There's grace there. And we can we can live in a place of apathy. And live in a place where of of compromise. Where we begin to let these things creep into our life. And I believe in the same way God is calling the church today to be holy. [00:59:04] (24 seconds)  #JesusRestores