Welcome to the Excel Stillmore podcast. I am your host, Chris Emerson. I'm here to encourage you in your walk with God. Thank you for joining in.

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He's been a big help to me and my family, and I commend him to you.

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I am so thankful you're here, so let's get started.

So you may already know this from past episodes, but I'm quite the math nerd. I've always enjoyed numbers, and they work their way into a lot of what I do.

So I almost titled today's episode 15 or 60. Now I know that doesn't mean anything to you yet,

but hopefully very soon it will. And I will be asking you a question. Are you a 15 or are you a 60?

And while I didn't go with that, because I realized it was kind of ambiguous and odd, I have done it

before. And in some ways, this episode with these numbers reminds me of one that I shared with you way back in September of 2019.

That one was called 90 or 52, and yes, we went with the numbers in the title,

and it took you back to the study of the book of Nehemiah.

Ultimately, you have to decide, are you a 90 or are you a 52?

Do you remember the story from back in the Old Testament?

Nehemiah found out that back home in Jerusalem,

the city walls had been left in shambles for 90 years. 90 years. They just stepped over it.

Nehemiah finds out about this, travels home to Jerusalem, rallies up the troops. He gets them to admit that there is a problem,

he gets them to agree on a solution, he convinces them to work together, and stop for nothing.

And what they did not do in 90 years, they were able to accomplish in 52 days. I love that letter and that concept,

and it comes up often in my teaching. Are you someone who waits a really, really long time?

Maybe your whole life leaving something undone that you could have accomplished in less than two months.

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