Christian Strong Leadership: How to Overcome Adversities in Your Life - Nehemiah | Series Overview
Join me for an inspiring Leadership Masterclass! Together, we’ll uncover 11 timeless traits of leadership and explore 99 powerful facts that reveal the power and influence of Christian Strong thinking that can equip you to face every challenge and seize every opportunity in life.
Our journey will be guided by the remarkable story of Nehemiah—a dynamic leader who turned vision into reality against overwhelming odds. In this 16th book of the Bible, the 406 verses we study in eleven messages will shine like diamonds hidden in a coal mine, waiting to be discovered. Each gem reveals wisdom, courage, and faith that can transform how you lead, influence, and inspire others today. You’ll see that Nehemiah’s leadership wasn’t about personality or position—it was strategic, courageous, capable of overcoming adversaries, and perseverant. In the 52-day marathon, he led the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls that had been in ruin for 140 years! Do you need to accomplish a seemingly impossible task? This series is for you!
As a parent, imagine the life-changing impact if your children grow up to be leaders instead of followers. Strong, joy-filled marriages thrive on leadership that is selfless and steady. In the workplace, it is impossible to excel without gentle, authentic leadership that inspires trust. And at the very heart of the Christian life lies a call to leadership—because by faith we seek to follow and imitate Jesus Christ, the most excellent leader who ever lived.
Everything rises or falls on leadership! When true leadership is absent—in our homes, in parenting, in the workplace, in our churches, and even across our nation—the fallout is devastating. We see it everywhere: fractured families, drifting lives without purpose, and the daily flood of grim headlines in our news feeds.
You don’t need a title to be a leader. You may never wear the nameplate of “CEO,” “Pastor,” or “Coach,” but leadership is still essential to life. It’s seen in the way you shape your children, love your spouse, encourage your friends, work alongside your co-workers, and serve in your church. When you build a Christian Strong faith, God shapes leadership qualities in you that naturally overflow—impacting everyone around you.
Over one million copies of Oswald Sanders’ classic Spiritual Leadership have been sold—and it’s easy to see why. His book is a blueprint for spiritual growth and lasting influence. Sanders captured it perfectly: “A leader is a person who has the ability to get others to do what they don’t want to do—and like it.” Leadership is still the dividing line between collapse and growth, defeat and victory, despair and hope. And never has the call been louder—for pastors, small group leaders, teachers, and mentors — to teach and model Christian Strong leadership than in the culture war we face today.
The story of Nehemiah has all the drama of a Netflix series—only it’s real:
A cushioned palace life was suddenly exchanged for a dangerous, seemingly impossible mission.
Fierce opposition from enemies like Sanballat and Tobiah.
A band of ordinary people rising up to accomplish an extraordinary task.
What were Nehemiah’s spiritual secrets? A strategy built on prayer, confession, and utter dependence on God. And here’s the good news—God can grow the same kind of leadership in you for your own “impossible” situations. So grab your Bible and join me on this journey. As you listen and learn, I’d love to walk with you—share your comments or prayer requests at the link below. Together, we’ll discover what Christian Strong leadership looks like in our generation.
