A Heart That Breaks - Nehemiah

Day 1 Do you know the name of a poor person? Day 2 List the top three things that most distract you from the things God has put in your heart. 1. Commitment of time to family and job (?) 2.  laziness 3.  doubt Personal response: "...where can you improve based on what we've learned today?" 1 Peter 5:2-3 "Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, ser"ving as overseers...not greedy for money, but eager to serve ...."   got me there....eagerness has not been in my top ten lately. Loved the verse: I Peter 5:4  "And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away." Day 3 "Determining what we should say yes to and what we need to say no to is often one of the hardest things to discern, especially since inexhaustible needs and opportunities surround us-needs that frequently fall into noble and worthwhile categories." Is the Lord asking you to say no to something so th...

Day 1: "He would have lost this [initiative]  if he had been exposing half-formed ideas piecemeal to every acquaintance." Ben and I have found this to be true because then your ideas turn more into talk than passionate action.  "Sometimes God drops a dream in our hearts that we must pray over and develop, that we must cultivate by his word and direction before we share it with others."// "I can be a glutton for immediate feedback and other people's reactions." Often times I throw out an idea because I want to hear what other people think of it. If they think it's dumb or don't have much of a reaction to it, I'll often dismiss the idea. But there are a few ideas that I know that God has put into my heart, and although they might seem impractical or impossible, I know God wants me to keep praying about it, looking for the way in which I should be obeying him in the process of making that idea a reality.  "Our task is not to rebu...