<p>Saving private ryan opener… why Simon birch</p><p>Groundhog day: him waking up to that same song. His curse is to keep reapeating that same day.</p><p>Why people succeeded Patton vs rommell. “I read your book. I know what you are going to do.”</p><p>Titanic. They knew there were icebergs. They should have slowed down. </p><p>Gary Hart. Dared the reporters to follow him around. Should have listened to history.</p><p>THE 48 LAWS OF POWER BY ROBERT GREEN. PRINCIPLES FOR ATTAINING POWER. THE ART OF SEDUCTION. </p><p>The God Story OR the story behind the story</p><p>Movie clip?</p><p>*what makes this movie important? THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY.</p><p>HISTORY. The power of history.</p><p>In cinematic terms, the backstory. </p><p>We connect with this idea bc all of us, whether we recognize it or not have a backstory in our lives. </p><p>The story. 2 stories going on here. </p><p>The story of God—where He is the central character and He is working out all of history to bring Himself glory. He’s called out this man Nehemiah and he and His people have rebuilt the wall so that His worship might be restored and now His law has been found and they have just had a big party in celebration of the discovery and that is the ultimate story taking place in the book of Nehemiah (and in the whole Bible) and then there’s </p><p>The story of His people—these ancient Israelites that are on a journey with Him, sometimes succeeding, but most often failing and falling and needing to be picked up and restored by their gracious God back into a proper relationship with Him</p><p>Where these 2 stories converge, they become a POWERFUL TALE OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS. A tale of jealousy and . A tale of faithfulness and infidelity. … The story of God and His people. </p><p>The story of YOU and ME and God.</p><p>And that’s why I believe this story is so important tonight. Because it’s not just their story, it’s OUR STORY. Even though the details might be different, and some of the names have been changed to protect the actors involved, their story is our story. </p><p>TS Tonight, as we look at the details, I want you look for yourself in the text as well And I think when we’re done, we’ll all have several______</p><p>(SCOTT READS THE TEXT)</p><p>Al gore Evolution-history of violence</p><p>Lewis and clark G r clark </p><p>The power of history History of boy bands NKOTB, NYSYNC, 98 Evolution of the boy band</p><p>Staying close to church</p><p>Chad directions Chad @ mountainlakechurch.org Register for lunch 1230-1pm 1230 -4 </p><p>7708882513 ext 23</p>