In addition to the New International Version (2011, Biblica) of the Bible, the following resources were used to help write this sermon: Brian Bill, A Time to Build, Part 4: Defeating Discouragement, Pontiac (IL) Bible Church, 10-1-00; James Montgomery Boice, Nehemiah: An Expositional Commentary, pp. 49-57; F. Charles Fensham, The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah in The New International Commentary on the Old Testament, pp. 179-90; Alan Redpath, Victorious Christian Service, pp. 67-106; Charles R. Swindoll, Hand Me Another Brick, pp. 69-97; Mark A. Throntveit, Ezra-Nehemiah in the Interpretation Commentary, pp. 78-83.