How to Fix a Problem

Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Audio Podcast

Skip Heitzig

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Nehemiah had come to Jerusalem to fix a problem. The city’s ancient, protective walls were in ruins, the entrances still had scorch marks from almost 200 years before, and the people had gotten used to the deplorable conditions. Let’s consider five ingredients we can apply to fix any problem.

I. Go the Distance

II. Assess the Need

III. Get a Group

IV. Expect a Fight

V. Take a Stand

Talk with God: Meditate on Psalm 147:1-6 this week and rest in the knowledge that the God who calls the stars by name also “heals the brokenhearted” (v. 3).

Talk with others: Encourage your believing friends and family to “not grow weary” (Galatians 6:9) and go to battle for them in prayer this week.

Talk with kids: Why is faith in Jesus the only way to be saved?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig. We're so glad you joined us today. As believers,
0:07.5	we mourn the darkness and decay around us, knowing that a city in shambles reveals more than broken walls.
0:16.4	It mirrors the moral and spiritual condition of its people. In the book of Nehemiah, we find a template for taking ground and responding in faith and
0:25.9	obedience rather than fear or despair.
0:28.7	This message with Pastor Skip will help you transform your grief for a broken world into
0:34.7	a stepping stone to repentance, prayer, and action.
0:50.4	Welcome, happy Mother's Day moms. Special greetings. I was just looking outside. There's such a good crowd of people outside. We want to welcome all of you who are joining our probably second largest campus besides here, our outside campus at Osuna. So we want to welcome you as well, and we're glad you're here.
1:13.2	I do have to say that my mom was, she's been in heaven a while now, but I have such
1:19.1	fond memories of her. She was a gal I could come to about anything. I usually would go to
1:25.6	my mom, not my dad, whenever there were problems,
1:29.7	and I needed good counsel throughout my life. When I was a little kid and I was bummed out
1:36.5	because I was so skinny and had big feet. She knew what to say and do. And when it came to like
1:41.9	making choices for college and career paths, I could go to
1:47.0	her to fix just about any problem. And that is what I'd like to talk about today in Nehemiah
1:53.3	Chapter 2, how to fix a problem. I deliberately chose this generic title because I just thought it was easier to say than the title,
2:06.1	Why Travel 900 Miles to Fix a Broken Down Wall?
2:09.2	That was just hard to fit into a title, so I'm just calling this How to Fix a Problem.
2:15.5	I suppose you could call it a number of things. You could entitle this, how to tackle a problem. I suppose you could call it a number of things.
2:19.2	You could entitle this how to tackle a project
2:22.3	or how to finish a task or how to do God's work.
2:28.5	But I'm going to call it how to fix a problem
2:32.6	because Nehemiah was facing an overwhelming problem.
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