This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Well, today we continue in our series called Building a Better Future.

In these lessons, Pastor Rick shares how we can build a foundation for a better future

by following the examples of leaders in the Bible who followed God's calling to rebuild

after a time of captivity.

What you've probably noticed, the more grateful a person is, the happier they are.

That's the power of gratitude.

But it's not always easy to feel grateful.

That's why Pastor Rick developed a great new resource called the Power of Gratitude.

Go to PastorRick.com to find out more or just text the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4.

Now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with Part One of a Message called Getting People to Work Together.

If you want to know God's way to build anything or rebuild anything,

you're going to want to study the book of Nehemiah, which is the story of one of the greatest building projects in the history of humanity.

It was completed in record time.

Now, today, we're going to look at the third chapter of Nehemiah.

So, get out your teaching notes.

Many of you know that I wrote a book many years ago.

Fact is, the first book I ever wrote as a young man called How to Study the Bible for Yourself.

And one of the keys to understanding the Bible, any chapter, is to first pay attention to what are the key words in that chapter.

Key words are often repeated over and over.

And in chapter 3 of Nehemiah, there are four key words and several key phrases.

And we're going to look at all of them in this message today.

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