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Discipleship in this Culture: Pastor Matt McMillan and others talk about discipleship in today's culture and churches going through revitalizations. Discipleship is learning to bow on earth, become on earth, and battle on earth like you will in Heaven.
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Jesus Chose Obedience Over Comfort. In Matthew 26:37–39: Jesus is grieved, troubled, asking for the cup to pass…“Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
Thank God Jesus didn’t choose comfort. Because His discomfort—His suffering, sacrifice, and obedience—secured: forgiveness, hope, and the promise of true eternal comfort for those who believe.
Gospel Responses:
1) Repent: Identify where comfort has become an idol. Not just guilt—turning.
2) Reorder: Submit your schedule to God: prayer + Word, service, simplicity + Sabbath. Obedience when God calls you to stay or go somewhere uncomfortable
3) Renew: Like the “tithe” of people moving into Jerusalem: offer your whole self to God—time, home, gifts, habits, plans.
God may sacrifice our comfort—but never our good—because He’s after holiness, order, and hope.
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📖 Nehemiah 11–12:26
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Are you trying to live on promises you’ve made to God…or resting in the promise God made to you in Jesus? In Nehemiah they made a covenant they couldn’t keep. In Jesus, God makes a covenant He will keep—forever.
Gospel Response: Stop bargaining with God (“I’ll do better if…”). Come to Jesus with honest faith: He was born, lived perfectly, died for sinners, and rose again—so you can be forgiven and freed. Not just believing He exists—believing He is the Son of God and your Savior. This Christmas, the best news isn’t that we can finally “get it together.” It’s that Jesus came because we can’t—and He gives life anyway.
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📖 Nehemiah 9–10 + Luke 2
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Nehemiah 9 | From Guilt to Grace 🧱 As God’s people gather after hearing the Word, they don’t rush past their failure—they confess it. But this chapter makes one thing unmistakably clear: guilt and shame are not repentance. Biblical repentance doesn’t start with how bad we feel or getting caught—it starts with who God is. The people rehearse God’s faithfulness from creation, to Abraham, to Exodus, to the wilderness—over and over declaring: “We were unfaithful, but You were not.”
Their confession moves in a gospel pattern:
- Who God is – gracious, compassionate, slow to anger
- What God has done – saved, provided, protected
- What they have done – rebelled, forgotten, failed
Yet again and again, God responds with mercy. Even when they turned away, He did not abandon them. This chapter points us forward to Jesus—the One Israel longed for—who would finally deal with sin once and for all, replacing shame with forgiveness and guilt with freedom. True repentance doesn’t trap us in despair. It lifts us toward grace.
When you face your sin, does it drive you toward guilt and shame—or toward the grace of God?
Gospel Response: Jesus came to do what repentance alone could never finish. He takes the guilty and makes them forgiven, the bound and sets them free. Will you turn to Christ—not hiding in shame, but trusting His mercy to make you new? You are not defined by what you’ve done — you are defined by what Jesus has done for you.
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📖 Nehemiah 9
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Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
God’s Word Shapes His People 📖 After rebuilding the wall, the people of God gather—not to work, but to worship. Ezra opens the Book of the Law, and from daybreak to noon, they stand, listen attentively, and weep as they hear God’s Word. But Nehemiah and Ezra remind them: “Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10)
As the Word is read, explained, and applied, revival breaks out. Families study together, leaders teach one another, and obedience leads to celebration. The people rediscover joy—not in what they built, but in the God who built them. God’s Word doesn’t just inform us—it transforms us. It moves from head to heart to hands, shaping who we are and how we live. Will you let God’s Word shape you—and His joy be your strength?
📖 “Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.” — Nehemiah 8:10 (CSB)
Gospel Response: Jesus is the Living Word who restores us through grace. Will you draw near to Him daily—hearing, reading, studying, memorizing, and meditating—until His truth becomes your greatest joy and strength?
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📖 Nehemiah 8
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Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
From Foolish to Free ⛓️💥 We’ve spent weeks walking with Nehemiah—a valiant warrior, humble servant, and faithful leader—and yet even his best efforts couldn’t bring spiritual restoration. The wall was rebuilt, but the people’s hearts still needed renewal. Now in Titus 3, Paul shows us what Nehemiah couldn’t do: only Jesus can change who we are from the inside out.
We were once foolish, deceived, enslaved to sin, and hurting others out of our brokenness. But when the kindness and mercy of God appeared, He saved us—not by works of righteousness we had done, but according to His mercy. Through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit, we are not only forgiven, but set free. We are no longer slaves of Satan—we are children of God, sealed by His Spirit and secure for eternity.
Now we live out good works not to earn salvation, but to reflect it—to show the world who our Father is. Do you still see yourself through the lies of your old life, or through the truth of who you are in Christ?
Gospel Response: - Jesus didn’t come for the perfect—He came for the broken. - Will you believe today that you’re not a slave, not a fraud, not an imposter — but a child of God, made new by His mercy and sent to do His good works?
📖 “He saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy—through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.” — Titus 3:5 (CSB)
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📖 Titus 3:3-8
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Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Finish Strong: From Shame to Security 🧱 In just 52 days, the wall was rebuilt—what once brought shame now brought strength. Nehemiah’s faithful consistency turned intimidation into victory, and his leadership inspired God’s people to move from ruins to renewal. God used Nehemiah’s discipline, grit, and prayer to accomplish what seemed impossible—showing that when we trust Him, even the enemy must take notice. Like Nehemiah, we’re called not just to protect walls, but to purify hearts—to build lives that honor God inside and out. What small distractions or lies do you need to remove so you can finish the work God’s called you to?
Gospel Response: Jesus did what Nehemiah couldn’t—He purified our hearts completely. Through His death and resurrection, shame is broken, freedom is given, and purpose is restored. Trust Christ to rebuild what’s broken in you.
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📖 Nehemiah 6:15–7:73a
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Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Stand Firm: Strong Hands, Firm Identity 💪 When the enemy turns to rumors, fear, and manipulation, we don’t come down—we keep building. Pray it. Say it. Stay at it. 🙏 Where’s your section of the wall—and will you keep building when opposition speaks?
📖 “Now, my God, strengthen my hands.” (Neh. 6:9)
Gospel response: Jesus faced the fiercest lies and still went to the cross for us. Risen and reigning, He gives a new identity—forgiven, free, and sent—and the strength to stand firm. Come to Him today and ask for a new heart and strong hands.
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📖 Nehemiah 6:1-14
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Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Fuel Ministry & Protect the Vulnerable🧱 Nehemiah confronts injustice inside the city; calls for repentance and restitution; models generous leadership. Steward time, talents, treasures to lift the oppressed (Prov 31:8–9; 1 Jn 3:17). Where is your “section of the wall,” and how will you build it with prayer, protection, generosity, and grit?
Look to Christ, receive grace, and reflect His heart: serve, speak up, and stay the course. Who is God calling you to protect—and how will you fuel ministry this week with your time, talents, and treasures?
Gospel Response:
Look to Christ, the One who “emptied Himself” for us. Receive His grace, then reflect His heart: speak up (Prov 31:8–9), share what you have (1 Jn 3:17), and serve generously so others can thrive.
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📖 Nehemiah 5:1-19
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Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Stand Firm in the Fight ⚔️ When the enemy attacks, God’s people don’t back down—they pray, plan, and protect. Nehemiah reminds us that our God fights for us (Nehemiah 4:20). When the walls begin to rise and the voices begin to rage, we keep building—with a tool in one hand and a sword in the other—trusting that the Lord is our defender and strength. How is the enemy attacking your family, your faith, or your community—and are you ready to fight back with prayer, protection, and perseverance? Where is the enemy attacking?
📖 “The work is extensive and spread out… but when you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!” — Nehemiah 4:19–20 (CSB)
Gospel Response:
Will you stand firm in Christ, take up the armor of God (Ephesians 6), and trust that Jesus—the One who overcame sin, Satan, and death—will fight for you and through you?
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📖 Nehemiah 4:1-23
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Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Rebuild Together! What’s your role in God’s kingdom? Nehemiah 3 shows how God places us in a context, surrounds us with community, and gives us a commission. Every household took a section of the wall—and the work was finished together. What “section of the wall” has God placed in front of you—and who’s beside you to build it?
Gospel Response: Will you look to Jesus—the Greater Builder—trust Him by grace through faith, and take one faithful step to make disciples where you live, work, and serve?
👉 Context - Where has God placed you?
👉 Community - Who is your community around you? Get Connected!
👉 Commission - What are your gifts?
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📖 Nehemiah 3:1-32
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