100 Days to a Healthier ChurchSample
Day 45
Today’s Big Idea: Nehemiah inspects the wall. Starting today, your Project Team leaders will be making phone calls and sending emails to people who signed up to help, and those who they plan to recruit. One of the best recruiting tools is the fact that you have a project and the start of a plan based on weeks of hard work.
Key Verse: The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding (Nehemiah 2:20).
Thoughts to Consider: Instead of jumping right in and acting like he knew it all, Nehemiah quietly and deliberately took the necessary time to inspect the condition of the wall, so he would know the scope and severity of the task that was ahead of him.
At the end of the inspection, Nehemiah had all the information he needed to start rebuilding, and the confidence that the Lord would give them success in it. That’s where your church is right now. The work hasn’t begun yet, but you’re far more ready to face it wisely than you were six weeks ago. Take some time to reflect back on what you’ve learned, how far you have already come. Even though you may have already faced some opposition and, like Nehemiah, you will likely face some more, the good news far outweighs the bad. Know that God will give you success as you start rebuilding.
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About this Plan
This devotional is a companion to the book 100 Days to a Healthier Church, by Karl Vaters. Like the book, the principles laid out here are not one-time, quick-fix solutions. They are long-term principles—nudges, not jumps(the tortoise, not the hare.) It is divided into four main steps over 14 weeks. It works best when it starts on a Saturday, so this devotional is designed with that in mind.
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