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Intro

Nicole introduces this lesson on Nehemiah, the man who would lead a dramatic rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls and ignite the morale of a people under enormous opposition, saturating every move he made with prayer.

Nehemiah: In the Text

Nehemiah is an exemplary leader in many ways. Consider his character, commitment and competencies.

Introduction to Nehemiah

Nehemiah’s Leadership in Action

The prayer recorded in Nehemiah 9 laments the failure of Israel’s past leaders. In contrast, this book presents a model leader. Let’s look at one of the classic cases of Nehemiah’s leadership on full display.

Read Nehemiah 5:1-5.

Notice that people are suffering under famine (v 3) and high levels of taxation (v 4). Individual families don’t have enough money to buy grain or pay their taxes. This is forcing them to either mortgage their homes and land or sell family members into slavery.

Nehemiah takes action.

Read Nehemiah 5:6-13.

Describe how Nehemiah reacts.

Nehemiah was angry—so angry he decided to level charges against the appropriate officials (v 7). He then formed an assembly that aimed to publicly discuss the state of affairs. Most importantly, Nehemiah forced a resolution of the situation, which included an oath by the priestly officials (vv 12-13).

But there was one other thing that Governor Nehemiah did.

Read Nehemiah 5:14-19.

What else did Nehemiah do? Describe that course of action.