Preparing for the work (part two)

After Nehemiah talked about what he’d done, in addition to praying, for four months, I decided that it was time to share an essay I wrote about Nehemiah’s plan. I call it, “Nehemiah’s five-step plan to rebuild a destroyed city by asking a foreign king to give you all the supplies you need.” Or that’s what I wanted to call it. Nehemiah said that was too long.

So now I call it, “Five steps to God-shaped plans.” Nehemiah still calls it “my life.”

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“The city is in ruins and the gate...