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Sustained

Bishop Terry L. Hill, Jr.Sunday, October 25, 2026special
📖 Nehemiah 9:21
Marking Citadel’s eighteenth anniversary, Bishop Terry L. Hill, Jr. reflects on God’s sustaining grace through Nehemiah 9. Israel’s wilderness journey becomes a call to confession, gratitude, and dependence on God’s power, presence, and knowledge of human weakness. The message describes God’s care through sufficient provision, preservation of what people already have, and prevention of harm. Bishop Hill urges the congregation to recognize God’s goodness even when it takes the form of maintenanc
Key Points
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God's power is proven in His ability to keep and sustain us for as long as we need to be kept.
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God is as present in the wilderness and darkest moments of life as He is in the seasons of blessing.
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God's sustaining work is not impeded by human stupidity, stubbornness, or disobedience because He knows our frame.
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Sustainment often looks like the miracle of maintenance and preservation, making what we already have last as long as we need it.
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Divine protection includes prevention, where God protects us from dangers and catastrophes we are completely unaware of.
📖 Nehemiah 9:21
[21] Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Sermon Summary

Marking Citadel’s eighteenth anniversary, Bishop Terry L. Hill, Jr. reflects on God’s sustaining grace through Nehemiah 9. Israel’s wilderness journey becomes a call to confession, gratitude, and dependence on God’s power, presence, and knowledge of human weakness.

The message describes God’s care through sufficient provision, preservation of what people already have, and prevention of harm. Bishop Hill urges the congregation to recognize God’s goodness even when it takes the form of maintenance rather than increase.

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