Nehemiah 6:15-7:4 “The Wall is Completed”

Nehemiah 6-7 _Nehemiah Finishes The Wall  (Audio File for Download) Do you have a broken wall in your life that you know God is calling you to rebuild? Is there an impossible situation in your life that you know you must walk through? Are you in a process that has been met with opposition? Do you worry about the outcome? Let God do the work in you. Ask him for help with what you are going through. Release the control into His hands Trust Him for the outcome. He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete … Continue reading Nehemiah 6:15-7:4 “The Wall is Completed”

Nehemiah 5 “Nehemiah Stops Oppression”

Nehemiah 5  Stopping Oppression (audio link for download) Last week: three sources of opposition: the world the flesh and the devil. Did anyone encounter any opposition this week from those sources where you were able to realize it, and apply scripture to the situation? This week the passage is in between the two chapters on opposition and addresses an opposition of sorts that comes from within the walls. You see, as Nehemiah is building the wall life is still having to go on for the inhabitants of the city, and they a sacrificing a lot to be a part of the … Continue reading Nehemiah 5 “Nehemiah Stops Oppression”

Nehemiah 4 and 6: “Opposition to God’s Work”

Nehemiah 4 and 6 _opposition_ (Audio File for Download) Here is the part of the series where we start to move fast. We are going to look at material contained in 2 chapters today. The Bulletin says chapters 4 and 5, but we are actually going to skip 5 and read six. The reason is because both 4 and 6 describe the opposition to Nehemiah’s work, and how he dealt with it. That is going to be the focus of our time this morning. The Big Idea of this message is this: when God calls us to a task, there will … Continue reading Nehemiah 4 and 6: “Opposition to God’s Work”

Nehemiah 3 “What Are You Building?”

Nehemiah 3 _What Are You Building_(Audio file for download) We have been looking at Nehemiah and how he went about rebuilding the walls around Jerusalem. We saw how he was deeply distressed to hear of his people in the city and how they were left without walls or gates. We saw how he prayed and sought after God’s will for him towards the city, and last week we saw how he assessed the walls in secret, how he cast vision for the people of Jerusalem, and how they saw the vision and rose up to build.  If you have joined … Continue reading Nehemiah 3 “What Are You Building?”