Far too often, we allow other things to push prayer aside, but we don't allow prayer to push other things aside.

Dr. Tony Evans challenges us to prioritize prayer, especially in times of need.

If we want to save and turn around our community, that's what we have to do.

Push something else aside and contact God. This is the alternative broadcast,

featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

In a world with communities facing devastation, injustice, and brokenness, believers ought to lead

with compassion as they take steps toward

restoration. Today, we're revisiting a powerful sermon series from Dr. Evans that delivers a

timeless message, one just as relevant today as it was when first recorded in the Old Testament.

Join us as we listen in to discover how one man, seeing a need, step forward to

seek God's help in bringing restoration and renewal in the face of overwhelming challenges.

The book of Nehemiah is about a community gone bad. It is about devastation. It is about

all kinds of injustice. It is about devastation. It is about all kinds of injustice.

It is about family disintegration.

You find everything in here from robbery to bad interest rates to employment problems.

You find in here male and female relationships.

You find in here all kinds of social and psychological

trauma you find in here, worship you find in here. Every aspect of the human dilemma is in this book.

We want to look at today in the first four verses, a dedicated person, a difficult problem, and a determined prayer.

Nehemiah is going to accomplish in the nation Israel in 52 days, what had not been accomplished in 141 years.

And you're going to find out what that is in a moment.

But he's going to accomplish in 52 days what had not been accomplished in 141 years.

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