20/20 Vision: Me...Seeing the Need...and Rejoicing

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20/20 Vision:  Me....Seeing the Need....and Rejoicing
Nehemiah 1:11-2:10

I.  Introduction

Flake's Formula

1.  Know the possibilities.

2.  Enlarge the organization.

3.  Enlist and train workers.

4.  Provide space.

5.  Go after the people.

II.  This is what it takes:

A.  ---Praying---  (1:11)

Only God can change a heart.

B. ---Waiting----  (2:1-5)

C.  ----Planning----

Proverbs 16:9

Nehemiah 2:7-9

III. Doing Something ---God's Way----.

1.  Changing a heart is God's specialty

2.  Praying and waiting go hand in hand

3.  Faith is not a synonym for disorder or a substitute for careful planning.

4.  Opposition is to be expected when God's will is carried out.