For our second Model, we look to the Thirteen-Step Nehemiah Plan to rebuild the broken down walls of America and return it to our founding vision as a Shining City on a Hill. Like Nehemiah, we too must:
1. Prepare (Ezra 7:10):
“He prepared his heart to seek the law of God and to do it!”
2. Pray (Neh. 1:4, 11):
“I wept, mourned, fasted, and prayed before God.” (II Chron. 7:14)
3. Petition/Purpose (2:5):
“Send me to Judah, that I may rebuild the city of my fathers.”
4. Plan (2:12-15):
“I took a few men and went by night to view the walls of Jerusalem.
5. Proceed (2:17-18):
“Come, let us build up the wall. And they set their hands to work.”
6. Participate (Ch. 3):
“The priests, the rulers, the Levites, the merchants all pitched in.”
7. Passion (4:6):
“So built we the wall, for the people had a mind to work!”
8. Protect (4:14-21):
“Fight for your families and your homes. Put on your swords.
9. Purify (5:7):
“I rebuked the nobles and rulers for abusing the people.” (Lk. 11:46)
10. Pattern (5:14-18):
“I and my brothers did not eat the governor’s bread or buy land.” (Phil. 3:17)
11. Persist (6:3, 11):
“Why should I stop work to listen to your lies or to hide from you?” (Lk. 9:62)
12. Prevail (6:15):
“The work was finished in 52 days!”
13. Party/Praise (8:12):
“The people prayed, feasted, worshipped, and celebrated before God.”