The
SECURITY
To START
SMALL
Last Sunday we learned to have
the courage to think big; i.e., to
dream God’s dream for our lives.
Our God specializes on doing the
impossible. Yet we hesitate to
ask Him for great things and
settle on requesting for the
mundane.
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Now while we should think big in
God, we must be willing to start
small.
This guiding principle of
leadership calls us to have an
inner security to start small. It
takes a quiet disposition and
humility to begin on a small
scale.
The Security To Start Small
Some great companies or
organizations have an
inconspicuous genesis.
Mariano Que perhaps is one of
the good models to building a
huge business empire by starting
small.
The Security To Start Small
He founded the Mercury Drug
Corporation by first selling pills
from a pushcart in the 1940s.
Mariano Que started his career
working in a Manila drugstore in
prewar Philippines. After the
war, he used his drugstore
experience to launch his own
business.
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Mercury Drug Corporation is the
Philippines' dominant pharmacy
group today. It operates a
national chain of more than 450
drugstores. MDC is estimated to
sell as much as 60% of all
medicines sold each year in the
Philippines (the country's
hospitals sell about 12 %).
The Security To Start Small
Continuing on the memoirs of
Nehemiah and how he led Israel
to rebuild its walls and its city,
we find key principles in
realizing God’s dream for our
lives by having the security to
start small.
The Security To Start Small
Nehemiah started
rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem
DISCREETLY.
(2:11-16)
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1.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem discreetly. (2:11-16)
“I went to Jerusalem, and after
staying there three days I set
out during the night with a few
men. I had not told anyone
what my God had put in my
heart to do for Jerusalem.”
(Nehemiah 2:11-12a)
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1.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem discreetly. (2:11-16)
• He was not impulsive or
hasty.
The Security To Start Small
1.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem discreetly. (2:11-16)
• He began acting on his vision
three days after arriving in
Jerusalem.
“So we arrived in Jerusalem,
where we rested three days.”
(Ezra 8:32).
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“By night I went out through the Valley
Gate toward the Jackal Well and the Dung
Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem...”
(Nehemiah 2:13)
1.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem discreetly. (2:11-16)
• He implemented his plans
cautiously, carefully, and
calculatingly.
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Nehemiah started
rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem
PERSUASIVELY.
(2:17-20)
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2.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem persuasively. (2:17-20)
• He identified the problem.
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2.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem persuasively. (2:17-20)
Challenges Nehemiah faced
•
Most of the wall of Jerusalem
were in ruins.
•
The Jewish people were
discouraged.
•
The neighboring enemies were
constantly threatening.
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2.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem persuasively. (2:17-20)
• He identified himself as one
of them.
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2.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem persuasively. (2:17-20)
“You see the trouble we are
in...Come, let us rebuild the
wall of Jerusalem, and we will
no longer be in disgrace.” (2:17)
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2.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem persuasively. (2:17-20)
• He identified the source of his
victories.
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2.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem persuasively. (2:17-20)
“I also told them about the
gracious hand of my God upon
me and what the king had said
to me...The God of heaven will
give us success.” (2:18, 20a)
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Nehemiah started
rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem
SKILLFULLY.
(3:1-32)
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3.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem skillfully. (3:1-32)
• He delegated manageable
sections of the wall to the
people.
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3.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem skillfully. (3:1-32)
• He ensured
good
supervision,
close
co-operation,
and proper
coordination.
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3.
Nehemiah started rebuilding the wall of
Jerusalem skillfully. (3:1-32)
• He organized
and managed
the project
complete with
records of
workers and
their
assignments.
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