By Ron B Smith, Jr.

1. KEEP LEADING IN SPITE OF DISTRACTIONS.

(vs. 1-4)

Nehemiah's Response:

“I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work

stop while I leave it and go down to you?" (vs. 3b)

SEE THE END, NOT AN ENDING!

2. KEEP LEADING IN SPITE OF ACCUSATIONS.

(vs. 5-7)

Fact: Anyone who sets big goals will be criticized by people

who set no goals.

Matthew 5:11-12

Nehemiah's Response:

He discerned their motivations.

"They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, ‘Their hands will get too weak

for the work, and it will not be completed.’ " (vs. 9)

He denied their accusations.

He Prayed!

"But I prayed, `Now strengthen my hands.’ "

(vs. 9b)

3. KEEPING LEADING IN SPITEOF FEAR. (vs. 11-14)

Nehemiah's Response:

"But I said, `Should a man like me run away? Or should one like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!'"

(vs. 11)

I realized that God had not sent him..." (vs. 12)

"He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad

name to discredit me." (vs. 13)

FOUR LEADERSHIP HELPS

FOUR LEADERSHIP HELPS

1. Work On A Great Project"I am carrying on a great

project..." (vs. 3b)

2. See God’s Perspective (vs. 2b, 9, 12)

"If you lack wisdom, ask God...!" James 1:5

3. Be In Continual Prayer "But I prayed, `Now strengthen my

hands.'" (vs. 9b)

"Jesus told his disciples... they should always pray and not give up."

Luke 18:1

4. Develop A Courageous Persistence

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a

harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9