REdemptive Pain Nehemiah 9 1 6 Nehemiah 9

[RE]demptive Pain Nehemiah 9: 1 -6

Nehemiah 9: 1 -6

Pain brings us back to God.

1. Acknowledge Your Faults

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israel-ites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting 2 dust on their heads. Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors. Nehemiah 9

1. Acknowledge Your Faults I missed the mark.

1. Acknowledge Your Faults Mourning

1. Acknowledge Your Faults a. We all have fallen short. Romans 3: 23 b. Separate yourself (v. 2)

Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors. Nehem

2. Stand In The Gap

2. Stand In The Gap a. Get out of denial.

Where are you? Genesis 3: 9

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. C. S. Lewis

3. Acknowledge God’s Faithfulness

They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the Lord their God. 4 Standing on the stairs of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices to the Lord their God. Nehemiah

3. Acknowledge God’s Faithfulness a. Healing comes only from God Healing comes through The Word

Seldom does God use a person greatly who hadn’t been hurt deeply.

3. Acknowledge God’s Faithfulness a. Healing comes only from God. b. God redeems pain for His great purpose.

4. Release Your Pain In Worship

And the Levites – Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah—said: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. ” “Blessed be Your glorious Name, and may It be exalted above all blessing and praise. ” Nehem

4. Release Your Pain In Worship = Give God your best

4. Release Your Pain In Worship a. Worship God in humility.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. 1 Pe

5. Tap Into The Source of Life

5. Tap Into The Source of Life a. Understand the character of God. The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Psal

YOU MADE THE HEAVENS, EVEN THE HIGHEST HEAVENS, AND ALL THEIR STARRY HOST, THE EARTH AND ALL THAT IS ON IT, THE SEAS AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM. YOU GIVE LIFE TO EVERYTHING, AND THE MULTITUDES OF HEAVEN WORSHIP YOU.

5. Tap Into The Source of Life a. Understand the character of God. b. Understand the creation of God. For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. Colossia

5. Tap Into The Source of Life a. Understand the character of God. b. Understand the creation of God. c. Stay connected to God.

YOU MADE THE HEAVENS, EVEN THE HIGHEST HEAVENS, AND ALL THEIR STARRY HOST, THE EARTH AND ALL THAT IS ON IT, THE SEAS AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM. YOU GIVE LIFE TO EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING AND THE MULTITUDES OF HEAVEN WORSHIP YOU.

5. Tap Into The Source of Life a. Understand the character of God. b. Understand the creation of God. c. Stay connected to God. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. Joh

I will keep my hand on the helm. I will not quit on my family. I will not quit on myself. Today, I trade in my pain and I will let God redeem it for a greater purpose.