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One of the easiest things to do is to make our problems bigger than everything else. Sometimes we can even make our circumstances bigger than God. When Nehemiah hears about the difficulties in his homeland, he allows those circumstances to lead him in to prayer. But even as he prays, Nehemiah recalibrates around the greatness …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." I preached the second message of this series entitled, "Praying with a Broken Heart," which was based in Nehemiah's prayer recorded in Nehemiah 1:5-11. You can find the message outline and video …
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Join us for worship with Eastbrook Church through Eastbrook at Home at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM. This weekend we continues our series, "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." Here is a prayer for this Sunday from The Book of Common Prayer: Grant, O Lord, that the course of this world may be …
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new series from the book of Nehemiah entitled "Rebuild and Repair: Engaging the World with Nehemiah." I preached the opening message of this series entitled, "Encountering a Broken World," which was based on Nehemiah 1:1-4. You can find the message outline and video below. You can access …
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I continued our series on prayer this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, "Great Prayers of the Bible", by looking at the prayers of Nehemiah that spur his role in the rebuilding of Jerusalem after exile. Turning to Nehemiah 1:1-11 and 2:1-8, we see a man troubled by the situation of God's people and also stewing his …
Matthew Erickson 