Nehemiah 3 gives us an excellent model to develop a spirit of cooperation at work

1. Working
Together
Nehemiah 3
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2. Working together
gets the job done
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3. Working Together Demands
Coordination
God honors your thoughtful plans
“Plan your work, Work your plan but
recognize God as the divine resource”
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4. Working Together Demands
Cooperation
God honors your hard work.
“Everyone has a job to do”
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5. Colossians 3:23-24
23 Whatever you do, work at it with all
your heart, as working for the Lord, not
for men, 24 since you know that you will
receive an inheritance from the Lord as a
reward. It is the Lord Christ you are
serving.
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6. Work is Good
Genesis 2:15
15 The LORD God took the man and put
him in the Garden of Eden to work it and
take care of it.
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7. Choosing Not To Work
Is Not Good
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
10 For even when we were with you, we
gave you this rule: “If a man will not
work, he shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle.
They are not busy; they are busybodies.
12 Such people we command and urge in
the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and
earn the bread they eat.
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8. Working Together Demands
Commendation
Commendation is a great source of
encouragement.
“We need to encourage one another”
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9. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
11 Therefore encourage one another and
build each other up, just as in fact you
are doing.
14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those
who are idle, encourage the timid, help
the weak, be patient with everyone.
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10. The church is place for
encouragement
Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider how we may spur
one another on toward love and good
deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of
doing, but let us encourage one
another—and all the more as you see the
Day approaching.
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11. Proverbs 12:25
25 An anxious heart weighs a man down,
but a kind word cheers him up.
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12. Proverbs 16:24
24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the
bones.
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13. Proverbs 25:11
11 A word aptly spoken
is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
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