Lifting Burdens

What if the biggest threat to your mission isn’t coming from the outside, but from the inside? In Nehemiah 5, the wall around Jerusalem is going up, the enemies have been silenced, and then the work grinds to a halt. Hungry families are mortgaging their homes and even selling their children into slavery, and the ones profiting are their own leaders. This message shows how unaddressed problems quietly erode our families, our churches, and our hearts. Watch how Nehemiah stops, thinks, and then courageously confronts the powerful, why real repentance means making things right and not just saying sorry, and why “Iowa Nice” might be the most dangerous habit in your life. Because confronting sin isn’t cruel. It’s how burdens get lifted.