A Nugget from Nehemiah

God of Heaven, hear my prayer: Open our eyes to the needs of this world. Let us mourn and then see the need and then do something about it.

The interesting part of this passage is the description of what he did
Nehemiah after their time of mourning, the Lord gave a
prayer in four parts:

* First he praises God for His faithfulness and mercy (v.5)
* A confession made by the collective sins of the people (v.7)
* Recognized appropriateness of the trial of God (v.8),
* and asked God to Success and give grace (v.11).

The earnest request of Nehemiah contains a valuable insight
discouraged for, no matter what happens around the world physical
around us, God is in control. He is able to make all
things, even our mistakes, they are within His plan.

If you're discouraged, uses the words of Nehemiah to make your
own prayer. "Jesus, I confess all sin in my life"

recognize the authenticity of His Word, and ask His help as you
fall down, only to get up and try again.

The Lord is faithful in all things. Do not let the disappointment block
His incredible love and power.

In the second chapter of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 2:17-20), we also see Nehemiah
uses the same "problem" to motivate others.

Traveling to Jerusalem to assist in rebuilding the wall of destroyed city, immediately, he took the opportunity to testify others about the goodness of God.

Then they said how the hand of my God had been good and in verse 18, we see that the people gained confidence in the Lord, and began to help with the project.

In verse 19, we notice that while working, Nehemiah was challenged by skeptics and scoffer, friends and enemies:

Nehemiah told them all about God's love and greatness. His faith never wavered.

Despite their questions, the prophet remained strong, giving glory God, and resting in that
trust.

Once more we can learn a valuable lesson from the example of Nehemiah. When faced with the difficult task of rebuilding the wall destroyed our own family, community, city, state, nation, world, be not afraid of your enemies, nor collapsed under the pressure of the skeptics. The Lord had given you a task, and it took the decision to perform no matter what obstacles that were presented in your path.

What is the source of your confidence?

The foundation of faith Nehemiah was firmly based on God's promises. How about your faith?

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