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February 19 | Discovery

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By Michael C. Mack

1. How did you handle a difficult situation over the last week with both prayer and with godly action? 

2. In your opinion, what makes someone a truly great leader? 

Ask two people to read aloud Nehemiah 5:1-19 one after the other, preferably from different Bible versions. Then ask a third person to paraphrase the passage in two minutes or less.  

3. With what specific problems were the people struggling? 

4. In what ways did Nehemiah display leadership in dealing with the problems?  

5. Looking especially at verses 6 and 7, how did Nehemiah lead with his heart? With his mind? With his actions?  

6. What do you learn about God from this passage? 

  • What do you learn about yourself?  

7. Pretend like an internal issue is occurring in your church, class, group, or family. Without being specific about any real problem, how would you use the following leadership qualities exhibited by Nehemiah to resolve it?  

  • Listening 
  • Evaluation 
  • Speaking the truth in love 
  • Modeling (being a positive example) 
  • Humility 
  • Integrity 
  • Service (putting others first) 

8. In what specific way will you value others above yourself, not looking to your own interests but to the interests of others (Philippians 2:3-4) this week? 

9. Based on our study and discussion, complete the sentence: “I will . . .” 

10. We are all called to live lives of surrender, denying ourselves for the good of others. What is one of the biggest things in your life that you want to surrender to God?    

For Next Week: Read and reflect on Nehemiah 10:28-39. You can also read next week’s supplemental texts as well as the Study and Application sections as part of your personal study. 

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