God has strategically positioned you to make a difference for his glory.

Dr. Tony Evans says we shortchanged the kingdom when we don't use our skills and talents to influence our culture.

One of the things we need to learn if we're going to rebuild our community is to discover how God can use our quote unquote secular skill for sacred purposes.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of

Dr. Tony Evans.

We've all been there, waiting for something to change but feeling like nothing is happening.

Nehemiah faced a similar challenge, a huge problem and no clear solution, except for prayer.

For months, he simply asked God to remember his promises.

Today, Dr. Evan shows how Nehemiah's prayer reminds us that when we align with God's will,

change is already in motion, even when we don't

see it. Beginning in verse four, now it came about when I heard these words. I sat down and

wept and mourned for days, and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

When he heard about the collapse of the world that he loved,

of the people that he was a part of, of his community, if you will,

he was so hurt and so in pain that he fasted and he prayed for many days.

What I would like to introduce is what I concluded with last time,

and that is that his first response was prayer, not his last response.

He didn't go to God after he tried all of his human ingenuity,

after he tried all of his human methods,

after he had tried all the secularistic thinking,

he went to God first. so this man is facing an

impossible situation the collapse of his beloved civilization and he prays

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