WE not ME Part 1

August 1, 2021   /   Bonita Valley Community Church

Big Idea: “Think WE not ME”

 

Nehemiah 3 (Various verses)

Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, building the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and the Tower of Hananel. People from the town of Jericho worked next to them, and beyond them was Zaccur son of Imri.

The Fish Gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz repaired the next section of wall. Beside him were Meshullam son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, and then Zadok son of Baana. Next were the people from Tekoa, though their leaders refused to work with the construction supervisors.

The Old City Gate[a] was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. 

12 Shallum son of Hallohesh and his daughters repaired the next section. He was the leader of the other half of the district of Jerusalem.

13 The Valley Gate was repaired by the people from Zanoah, led by Hanun. They set up its doors and installed its bolts and bars. They also repaired the 1,500 feet[d] of wall to the Dung Gate.

14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Recab, the leader of the Beth-hakkerem district. He rebuilt it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.

15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum[e] son of Col-hozeh, the leader of the Mizpah district. He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Then he repaired the wall of the pool of Siloam[f] near the king’s garden, and he rebuilt the wall as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David. 

28 Above the Horse Gate, the priests repaired the wall. Each one repaired the section immediately across from his own house. 29 Next Zadok son of Immer also rebuilt the wall across from his own house, 

30 Next Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section, while Meshullam son of Berekiah rebuilt the wall across from where he lived.

 

5 places in our life the Holy Spirit wants to restore…

 

1. us from our past

 

Nehemiah 3:13- “The Valley Gate”

 

2 Corinthians 5:17-

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, and the new is here!”

 

2. our wounded places

 

Nehemiah 3:14- “The Dung Gate”

 

3. the empty places in us

 

Nehemiah 3:15- “The Fountain gate”

 

Romans 15:13-

“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”

 

4. our broken place into a place of healing

 

Nehemiah 3:15- “The Pool of Siloam” (The King’s Pool)

 

John 9:7- “Go wash yourself in the Pool of Siloam.”

 

5. us reopen our heart to others

 

Nehemiah 3-

“next to them, beyond them, beside them, or a section of the wall was repaired by…”

 

“Every relationship ends up somewhere, but not every relationship ends up somewhere on purpose”.

– Craig Groeschel

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