Bob Myers, Lead Pastor June 17 & 18, 2017 Every

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United Series “Sword and Trowel” Nehemiah 4 (Bible p.400) Bob Myers, Lead Pastor June 17 & 18, 2017 Every good endeavor has enemies and detractors. Progress demands that we know how to handle opposition and rely upon the God who fights for us when we are doing His will at His direction.

Quotes from the Cutting Room Floor "If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed.... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal." — George Whitefield 1714-1770 2 Timothy 3:12 “All who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” "Whatever you do, good or bad, people will always have something negative to say" — W.H. Auden "Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'." — Ronald Reagan "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe." — Elie Wiesel "Christians were never meant to be normal. We’ve always been holy troublemakers, we’ve always been creators of uncertainty, agents of dimension that’s incompatible with the status quo; we do not accept the world as it is, but we insist on the world becoming the way that God wants it to be. And the Kingdom of God is different from the patterns of this world." — Jacques Ellul "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper." — Edmund Burke "I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas." — Johnny Cash