This message begins by looking at Nehemiah’s understanding of the needs in Jerusalem; we then consider his responses, immediate and long-term to those needs; and finally, see how Christ and the Early Church responded to immediate needs.

3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:3 English Standard Version (ESV)