REORDERING LIFE'S PRIORITIES

"ALL MEN SEEK HAPPINESS"

THE CHIEF END OF MAN

"CASKET" BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

• Creation
• Abraham
• Sinai
• Kings
• Exile
• Temple

GOD CALLS NEHEMIAH INTO ACTION.

FOUR FACTORS IN DISCERNING GOD'S CALL

• Biblical
• Pneumatic
• Body
• Opportunity

GOD CALLS EACH OF US INTO ACTION.

OUR FIRST ACTION IS TO PRAY.

FIVE ELEMENTS OF PRAYER

• Pray passionately (v.4)
• Pray knowing who God is (v.5)
• Pray for forgiveness (v.6)
• Pray according to God's promises (vv.8-9)
• Pray for opportunities (v.11)

"Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly. Others give but an occasional pluck at the rope. But he who wins with heaven is the man who grasps the boldly and pulls continuously, with all his might." - Charles Spurgeon