Nehemiah's Approach Rests on Connection
Nehemiah built a connection to the hearts of the people before he asked them to invest their time and energy in the project of rebuilding the wall. He appealed to their sense of urgency, their identity, and their responsibility. The wall could be rebuilt in record time because he had won their hearts before he asked for their hands.
Nehemiah 2:17 And I said unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
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