Nehemiah - Anthem Thousand Oaks

Life in the Spirit

May 8, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson dives into how being filled by the Spirit can change every area of our lives. Life in the Spirit can be measured by its fruit. Matt sheds light on how the Holy Spirit is the expression of love from God the Father.

Nehemiah 13:1-31

May 1, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson finishes out the text of Nehemiah, where we see how quickly the people of Jerusalem return to their old ways and break their covenant with God. Through the work of Jesus and a life in submission to the Holy Spirit, we are now able to break the patterns of sin in our lives.

Nehemiah 11-12

April 24, 2016 • Matt Larson

The message of Nehemiah chapters 11-12 is that God’s presence in our lives will change our whole way of life. It drives us to lives of service of God, worship of God and faithfully giving back to God!

Nehemiah 10:1-39

April 17, 2016 • Josh Lewis

This week, Josh Lewis teaches through Nehemiah 10, where we see the people of Israel committing to follow all of God’s law again and promising to be a fully obedient people. Today, Nehemiah 10 points us to our need for Jesus who has fully accomplished what the nation of Israel was never able to do.

Nehemiah 9:1-38

April 10, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson teaches from Nehemiah 9, where we see that the Word of God leads us to confession and repentance. As we explore God’s story it shows us how broken we are.

Nehemiah 8:1-18

April 3, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson takes us back to Nehemiah 8, where we see how the people of Jerusalem responded to the finished work of the wall, and then responded to the word of God. We also invited the leaders of homes to center their households around Jesus.

Nehemiah 6:15-7:73

March 20, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson teaches through the end of chapter six and seven where we see that as the people of God take shape into his community, there are structures and systems that are put in place to carry out the purposes of God.

Nehemiah 6:1-19

March 13, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson teaches through Nehemiah 6, where we see how Nehemiah’s singular focus on God’s mission, in the face of opposition, shows us how to resist distraction, temptation, and disobedience to God’s call on our life, for his mission.

Nehemiah 5:1-19

March 6, 2016 • Josh Lewis

This week, Josh Lewis takes us to Nehemiah 5 where we see a call for the people of God to pursue living in unity with one another through the example of Jesus.

Nehemiah 4:1-23

February 28, 2016 • Rob Patterson

This week, Rob Patterson takes us to Nehemiah 4, where we see how reliant the people of Jerusalem were upon one another to accomplish the task at hand. Even now, we need to look to other believers that we are in a relationship with to lift us up, to encourage us, to correct us, and to help us move forward in a life of pursuing Jesus.

Nehemiah 3:1-32

February 21, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson takes us to Nehemiah 3, where we see the people of Jerusalem rallying together to rebuild the walls of their city. In the same way, we believe God has called each member of His church to contribute to the work He has in store for us now.

Nehemiah 1:11b-2:20

February 14, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson takes us to Nehemiah 2, where we see that while thriving in exile, Nehemiah garners the favor of the kind and goes to Jerusalem to rally and cast vision to God’s people to restore the wall of the city. As he casts vision, he encounters opposition and encouragement. Ultimately, as we go into the areas God has called us, God gives us our identity, strength, power and foundation.

Nehemiah 1:1-11

February 7, 2016 • Matt Larson

This week, Matt Larson begins our teaching series through the book of Nehemiah. We start out with some background and context for when and why the book was written, and finish by looking at Nehemiah's prayer of repentance for himself and the nation of Israel. In the same way, Jesus calls us to have a heart of repentance in a life submitted to Him.