Worker and Warrior

1. WORKER & WARRIOR
NEHEMIAH 4

2. “God has not given us a spirit
of fear (discouragement) but
of power and of love and a
sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7

3. Sound mind: Sophronismos:
“Safe thinking; good judgment;
disciplined thought life.”

4. “For I have come to set a
man against his father, a
daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law…

5. “and a man’s enemies will be
those in his own household…

6. Matthew 10:35-36
“…And he who
does not take
up his cross
and follow Me
is not worthy
of Me.”

7. 90% of all
missionaries
are American
Christians.

8. 95% of all
missions
funding come
from American
Christians

9. Almost all
communications
(books, video,
teaching,
internet) come
from American
Christians.

10. The majority of
all humanitarian
work around the
world is
Christian based
from America.

11. No one supports
Israel more than
American
Christians.

12. Most often, discouragement
is generated from an
elusion of what could be,
instead of the reality of
what is.

14. “Bright eyes and good news
makes healthy bones.”
Proverbs 15:30(NASB)

15. Chuck Swindoll
“One of the
highest duties of
a Christian is
encouragement.
It’s easy to laugh
at a man’s ideas…

16. Chuck Swindoll
“…pour cold water
on his enthusiasm,
or blow off a
fresh plan. The
world is full of
discouragers. But
we have a…

17. Chuck Swindoll
“…Christian duty
to encourage one
another. A simple
word of praise, a
note, or show of
appreciation keeps
a man going.”

18. WORKER & WARRIOR
NEHEMIAH 4