The Strength of Unity
Homiletic Commentary
Nehemiah 2:12-20
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem…


I. CONSISTS IN ITS POWER TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL WORKERS AGAINST DISCOURAGEMENT.

1. Isolated workers are always liable to depression.

2. Mutual sympathy and conference relieve mental strain, and renew exhausted energy.

II. CONSISTS IN ITS POWER OF RESISTING. COMBINED OPPOSITION FROM WITHOUT.

III. CONSISTS IN ITS POWER TO COPE WITH THE INHERENT DIFFICULTIES OF THE WORK, WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD BE INSURMOUNTABLE.

(Homiletic Commentary.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

WEB: I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.




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