Welcome to Enjoying the Journey with Evangelist Scott Pauli.

Today we are on a journey through Scripture.

We hope you'll join us as we make 66 stops through each book of the Word of God.

One of the buzzwords in our day is leadership.

Whether you're a Christian or not, you can walk into any bookstore and find a huge section

of books written on the subject of leadership.

The interesting thing is that the greatest book on leadership ever written is found

in the Word of God.

As a matter of fact, it is the little book we're journeying through today.

It is the book of Nehemiah.

It is an autobiography of Nehemiah,

and it is a history of his dealings with the people of God at a very difficult time,

but it is a very practical book. You know,

good leadership is both spiritual and practical, and Nehemiah was a spiritual leader. Now, I want

to talk to you about more than just that, but you could walk through Nehemiah and see these

characteristics of spiritual leadership. He was a man of compassion. In chapter 1, verse 4,

he sat down and wept. He was a man of prayer. I beseech the old Lord God of heaven, he cries out in

verse 5. He's a man of vision, as we'll see in just a moment. He's a man of faith. He speaks in

chapter 2 and says, the God of heaven, he will prosper us. He's a man of faith. He speaks in chapter 2 and says, the God of heaven,

he will prosper us. He's a man of organization. He organized an entire nation into families and

into work groups, 42 different groups. He's a man of hard work. The Bible says so built we the

wall. He didn't just tell others to do it. He got in and got his hands

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