Nehemiah 3

1. THE GOD-ORDERED LIFE
Nehemiah 3:1-32
Jerusalem’s
Gates and…

2. “I get in very dark moods,
sometimes for no reason
at all. I can be having the
best time of my life, and
then be utterly and
totally miserable…

3. …I sometimes feel like a
wandering astroid
without a home. I get to
points in my life where I
sometimes think I’m
never going to be happy.”

4. “I searched my heart how to
gratify my flesh… Whatever my
eyes desires I did not keep from
them. I did not withhold my
heart from any pleasure…

5. … And in deed, all was vanity
and grasping for the wind.”
Ecclesiastes 2:3-11

6. “For to me, to live, is Christ,
and to die is gain.”
Philippians 1:21

7. A God-Ordered Life…
1:4: Recognize and
confess your need.
2:13: Evaluate the
damage and take
personal responsibility.

8. A God-Ordered Life…
2:18: Recognize the
good hand of God and
His unconditional
love for you.
2:18: Know the
King’s word applies
to you.

9. A God-Ordered Life…
2:18: Ally yourself
together with a team
to rebuild what
Satan has destroyed.

10. 10
Sheep Gate
Fish Gate
Old Gate
Valley Gate
Fountain GateDung Gate
Water Gate
Eastern Gate
Inspection Gate
Horse Gate
A God-Ordered
Life…
and Jerusalem’s
Ten Gates

11. “I AM the Door. If
anyone enters by Me, he
will be saved, and will go
in and out and find
pasture.”
John 10:9
The Sheep Gate

12. The Fish Gate
“Pure and undefiled
religion is to keep
oneself unspotted from
the world”
James 1:27

13. The Old Gate
“Therefore, brethren,
stand fast and hold the
traditions which you
were taught.”
2 Thessalonians 2:15

14. The Valley Gate
“There is a time to
keep and a time to
throw away.”
Ecclesiastes 3:6

15. The Dung Gate
“For from within, out
of the heart proceeds…
[evil]. All these evil
things come from
within and defile a
man.”
Mark 7:20-23

16. The Fountain Gate
“If any man thirst, let
him come to Me and
drink He who believes
in Me…, out of his
heart will flow rivers of
living water.”
John 7:37-38

17. The Water Gate
“Let us consider one
another in order to stir
up love and good
works, not forsaking
the assembling of
ourselves together…”
Hebrews 10:24-25

18. The Horse Gate
“You therefore, must
endure hardship as a
good soldier of Jesus
Christ.”
2 Timothy 2:3

19. The East Gate
“And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will
come again and receive
you to Myself; that
where I am you may be
also.”
John 14:3

20. The East Gate

21. The Inspection
Gate
“Submit yourselves
one to another in the
fear of God.”
Ephesians 5:21

22. THE GOD-ORDERED LIFE
Nehemiah 3:1-32
Jerusalem’s
Gates and…