What kind of conflict or disagreements do you tend to take the most personally? What type of responses do these conflicts invoke from you? Why is this? 

How does seeing your life in light of God’s plan to show his faithfulness to his people (Ephesians 1:21, Revelation 5:9, Matthew 28:19) keep us from making every conflict personal?

What conflict or opposition in your life do you need to simply trust God with in prayer?

Are there areas in your life in which you are tempted to be unfaithful? How would remembering God’s faithfulness in light of the gospel change this? 

Nehemiah’s view of God leads to faithful gritty unrelenting work. How should your view of God change the way you see the most difficult tasks in your life?