THE GOD-ORDERED LIFENehemiah 3:1-32

Jerusalem’s Gates and…

“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…

…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.”

“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…

… And in deed, all was vanity and grasping for the wind.”

Ecclesiastes 2:3-11

“For to me, to live, is Christ, and to die is gain.”

Philippians 1:21

A God-Ordered Life…1:4: Recognize and confess your need.

2:13: Evaluate the damage and take personal responsibility.

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.

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

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Sheep Gate

Fish GateOld Gate

Valley Gate

Fountain GateDung Gate

Water Gate

Eastern Gate

Inspection Gate

Horse Gate

A God-Ordered Life…and Jerusalem’s Ten Gates

“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

The Fish Gate“Pure and undefiled religion is to keep oneself unspotted from the world”

James 1:27

The Old Gate“Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught.”

2 Thessalonians 2:15

The Valley Gate“There is a time to keep and a time to throw away.”

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

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

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

The Horse Gate

“You therefore, must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”

2 Timothy 2:3

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

The East Gate

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

Ephesians 5:21

THE GOD-ORDERED LIFENehemiah 3:1-32

Jerusalem’s Gates and…