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Series
I Was Made For This
27 readings
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I Was Made For This · Around February 28, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 6 - Saturday
For many, when God places a divine burden on our lives, we wonder just how great an impact our one lives can have. We may even feel discouraged from doing anything about our divine burdens because we do not believe we c…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 27, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 6 - Friday
Throughout this series, I Was Made for This, we have discovered Nehemiah's refusal to give up acting on the divine burden God gave him despite opposition, exhaustion, and distractions that arose. We have been encouraged…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 26, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 6 - Thursday
Throughout our study of the book of Nehemiah, we have seen Nehemiah face obstacle after obstacle. He had enemies threatening and trying to distract him and his progress. The leaders of Jerusalem who were helping rebuild…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 25, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 6 - Wednesday
When it comes to acting on the divine burdens God has given us, whatever they may be, courage is essential. You see, as we set out to act on these burdens, the enemy will often make us fearful. Whether he causes opposit…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 24, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 6 - Tuesday
Over the last few weeks, we have talked about the obstacles the enemy uses to keep us from making an impact for Christ and from acting on our divine burdens. Some are very obvious, such as criticism and threats from oth…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 23, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 6 - Monday
Of all the things that keep us from taking steps to act on the divine burdens God has given us and to make Christ known, perhaps the sneakiest and most dangerous opposition we face is distraction. You see, even good dis…
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I Was Made For This · Around February 21, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 5 - Saturday
I have heard it said that the most successful people in the room are not the most talented, but rather those who keep going no matter what, refusing to give up despite opposition or difficulties. This was certainly the …
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 20, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 5 - Friday
All week in our Bible study, we have talked about the opposition we will face as we set out to act on our divine burdens. We will indeed face opposition of various kinds as we set out to act on the divine burdens God ha…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 19, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 5 - Thursday
In the midst of difficulties and hardship, we often respond in one of three ways. We will either turn inward, keeping our fears and concerns to ourselves, turn to others, hoping they will help or provide encouragement, …
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 18, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 5 - Wednesday
In our Bible study yesterday, we talked about the truth that opposition will come as we set out to act on our divine burdens, because we have a real enemy who seeks to stop us from making an impact for Christ with our l…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 17, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 5 - Tuesday
We heard during the weekend message, “Every time you start building for God, you are asking for a battle.” Why is this the case? We are asking for a battle every time we start building for God because we have a real ene…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 16, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 5 - Monday
For the past five weeks in our Bible study together, we have studied the story of Nehemiah, a prophet who was given a divine burden from God: to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Perhaps as we have been studying Nehemiah’…
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I Was Made For This · Around February 7, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 4 - Saturday
For the last few days, we have looked at reasons why some might fail to act on their divine burdens, such as laziness and pride. Today, we are going to look at one final reason why some might ignore the divine burdens G…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 6, 2026
Was Made For This: Week 4 - Friday
When thinking about the reasons people delay acting on the divine burdens God has placed on their hearts, we learned during the weekend message that some people pridefully think they are "too good" to get in the game an…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 5, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 4 - Thursday
Included among the excuses people make for not doing something about the divine burdens God has placed on their hearts is pure laziness. This laziness is often caused by our complacency and lack of care for what is happ…
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 4, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 4 - Wednesday
Acting on the divine burdens that God gives us does not come without a cost. It often requires sacrifice, letting go of our plans and our desires for the betterment of God's kingdom and good plans. For Nehemiah, acting …
Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 3, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 4 - Tuesday
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Open resourceI Was Made For This · Around February 2, 2026
I Was Made For This: Week 4 - Monday
We were reminded during the weekend message that God is looking for people who are willing to be used by Him. It's true: God is looking for those who believe that He and His kingdom are worth living and dying for. The q…
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