New Beginnings Ezra 3:7-13 1. The Importance of Rebuilding Foundations - Ezra 3:7-10 2. The Power of Working in Unity. Ezra 3:7-10 3. Three Powerful Perspectives: Looking Back, Forward, and Up. Ezra 3:10-13 It is possible to unite the shout of joy with the weeping. Two reminders: 1. The older crowd could have discouraged the younger men, but didn’t. 2. The younger crowd could have ignored the wisdom and experience of the older crowd, but didn’t.