S Training

Pastor Bill Clem 3-08-11 Ballard Campus

Nehemiah - A Man Under Fire

Being Prayed up like Jesus in Mark 9 where Jesus doesn't pray he just deals with the possed biy and frees him

History of Israel:

Bab Captivity

Persians conquer Babylon, and God get Cyrus' heart to send Israel home to build the house of God (only 42,000 out of millions just two generations before) he even send cash

Funding Stops for the temple

Prophets (Zach and Hag) tell Israel to rebuild the temple now (130 years have lapsed from the last time Israel had lived under God)

Main Point: god used the 7 years to recapture Israel's heart, then brought them back and puts them in a place where they they need to rely on him

Ezra:

A skilled scribe of Moses' Law, a student of the law and a teacher of it, he had memorized it and unerstood how to apply it

-Study, Obey, Teach, and Disciple - A commmited replicator of the truth of God

Ezekiel 1 - Shows a messed up picture of God on high, in comparisson we can rightly see our problems in relation to God not in comparisson to ourselves

Nehemiah - A man of Prayer who shows up 13 years after Ezra arrives, no walls in place

The walls must be built as a testament to an almighty God

His Prayers - {God-focused, Confession, Heart-Felt, Word-Based}

Easter - We need to pray confession for the sins of Seattle

Looking for the evidences of God's Grace is meant to build a sense of expectation that God will show up

15 things that Instantaneously Happened at My Salvation:

1 Redeemed from slavery to sin

2 Reconciled to God

3 Adopted by God

4 Forgiven of all your sins

5 Accepted by God

6 Justified in Jesus

7 Glorified by Jesus

8 United to Jesus

9 Possess every spiritual blessing

10 Delivered from the power of darkness

11 Joined to the flock of God

12 God the Father is in me

13 The Son is in Me

14 The Holy Spirit in you

15 Granted Access to God

Quit Blocking the Holy Spirit, Don't Pursue Him, He is already in you, Just get the Hell out of the Way