Message #6, handout, I am here so that can lead at time of crisis. You are here for “such a time as this.”

 “This is my thesis: caring for persons, the more able and the less able serving each other, is the rock upon which a good society is built. Whereas, until recently, caring was largely person to person, now most of it is mediated through institutions – often large, complex, powerful, impersonal; not always competent; sometimes corrupt. If a better society is to be built, one that is more just and more loving, one that provides greater creative opportunity for its people, then the most open course is to raise both the capacity to serve and the very performance as servant of existing major institutions by new regenerative forces operating within them.”

(Robert_K._Greenleaf, https://medium.com/society-of-service/servant-leadership-book-review-656c15780bd4)

What Greenleaf said about “institutions” in general ought to be preeminently true about the church and its related ministries. Let’s raise our capacity and performance as servants.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." --Martin Luther King Jr

 

In Nehemiah’s Praying There Is A Marvelous Agreement With God.

 

In Nehemiah’s Praying There Is The Rhythm of Life.

 

In Nehemiah’s Praying There is a Willingness to Repent

 

 

In Nehemiah’s Praying There Is A  Failure To Fully Comprehend Grace.

 

 

 

Observations about how Nehemiah led in this time of crisis:

·       Prayed

·       Owned

·       Took Inventory

·       Changed Culture

·       Refused

·       Sacrificed

·       Sold his plan

·       (See also, Leadership Principles from Nehemiah: (HM) on blog)