(Wednesday Online) From Start to Finish: Finish Well – January 29, 2025
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Pastor Jim Bryant
Philippians 1:6 (NLT)
6 I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV)
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Acts 20:24 (CEV)
24 …I don’t care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And that work is to tell the good news about God’s great kindness.
Nehemiah 6:15-16 (NLT)
15 So on October 2 the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun. 16 When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.
Nehemiah 5:1 (NLT)
1 About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.
Romans 7:21-23 (NLT)
21 I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22 I love God’s law with all my heart. 23 But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
Romans 7:25 (NLT)
25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Nehemiah 5:6 (NLT)
6 When I heard their complaints, I was very angry.
1. Address issues head on.
Nehemiah 5:7 (NLT)
7 After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
2. Don’t get side-tracked.
Nehemiah 6:2-3 (NLT)
2 But I realized they were plotting to harm me, 3 so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”
Proverbs 4:25 (NIV)
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
3. Leave a legacy.
Nehemiah 4:14 (NLT)
14 Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!
Psalm 145:4 (NLT)
4 Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power.
4. Give thanks.
Nehemiah 12:27 (NLT)
27 Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.
Nehemiah 12:31 (NLT)
31 I led the leaders of Judah to the top of the wall and organized two large choirs to give thanks. One of the choirs proceeded southward along the top of the wall…
Nehemiah 12:38 (NLT)
38 The second choir giving thanks went northward around the other way to meet them…
Nehemiah 12:40 (NLT)
40 The two choirs that were giving thanks then proceeded to the Temple of God…