Nehemiah 4:1
Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.
blessed be the name of the Lord blessed
be the name of the Lord in Jesus mighty
name amen
in the beginning in the beginning was
the word and the Word was with God and a
word was God the same was in the
beginning with God all things were made
by him and without him was not anything
made that was made
in him was life and the life was the
light of men and the light shines in
darkness and the darkness understands it
not that light that was the true light
which lights every man that comes into
the world he was in the world and the
world was made by him and the world knew
him not he came unto his own and his own
received him not
but as many as do receive him to them he
gives the power to become the sons of
God even to them especially to them that
believe on his name which are born not
of blood nor of the will of the flesh
nor of the will of man but of God and
the Word was made flesh and dwelt among
us and we beheld his glory the glory as
of the only begotten of the Father full
of grace and truth
blessed be our Lord for no man has seen
God and
time the only begotten Son which is in
the bosom of the Father he has declared
him blessed be our Lord in Jesus mighty
name amen blessed be our Lord in the
beginning was the word and the Word was
with God and the Word was God
and that word is in the beginning was
the word and the word the power of God
in the beginning was the word and that
word is his name is Jesus Lord of glory
Jesus king over Kings
his name is Jesus light of the word
Jesus the bread of life his name is
Jesus word of God Jesus God with us
blessed be our Lord blessed be your
Lord Nehemiah
arguably one of the most important
prophets arguably Nehemiah in the times
of Nehemiah there was strong opposition
from all the nations that lived around
as there is always opposition to the
true true people of the Lord there is
always opposition and there obviously
and consists of ridicule anger at the
heart of it is always anger and so they
ridicule you and try to discourage you
by doing things against you by trying to
destroy your words now when you are
people of the Lord or the people of the
Lord the world despises you they have
contempt for you but the reproaches of
the world are kind of well they should
make us make to us clear who we are and
quicken us to do our work
instead of making a stop there is this
beautiful song coz when life gets hard
we go harder it’s a Christian song for
all when life gets hard we go harder we
don’t go softer we go harder the
opposition of the enemy they are angry
when they hear we are building Nehemiah
4 verse 1 now some ballot hearing that
we were building the wall was very angry
and in his wrath made sport of the Jews
the name of some ballot is interesting
bramble bush enemy in secret today in
social media they call them frenemies
your friends that are actually your
enemy’s enemy in secret sam balance our
appropriate
see the Word of God is applicable at all
times the deeper meaning of it is at all
times
blessed be or so as true people of the
Lord as worshippers of God
that’s what Jews means right worshiper
of God as true people of the Lord as
worshippers of the Lord having prayed
having prayed having prayed we set up a
watch everywhere it is said do not be
only hearers of the word but doers of
the word well Nehemiah 4 verse 13 so in
the lowest part of the space at the back
of the walls in the lowest part of the
space at the back of the walls in the
open places I put the people by families
with their swords their spears and their
bows armed and ready armed and ready for
there will be opposition they are
angered and first they mock you and then
they start breaking down whatever you
are building up that is what an enemy
does so be careful of your enemies and
your frenemies those who seem to be
friends but are your enemies we pray to
God and have faith in Him and trust in
him but we have to be watchful and so
Nehemiah building up the wall that the
Lord had sent him to do
covering of the Lord still he put people
by families with their swords with their
swords their spears and their bows he
set up watches he set up groups of
people for if whatever enemy tried to do
anything they were there with their
swords with their spears and with their
bows we cannot secure ourselves by just
being hears of the word we have to be
doers of the word Paul says it well in a
nice way I think show me your works I’ll
show you your faith Christ came and
preached love thine enemies and when he
was nailed to the cross by them he said
forgive them for they know not what they
do practise what you preach don’t you
see I pray I pray but these people are
bad what are you doing what have you
done the Word of God always calls to get
up stand in the gap be watchful in the
world be an image of what you are in the
spirit no matter who is against you how
many they are how big they are whatever
they do to discourage you remember the
Temple of the Lord was broken down a
couple of times still he is the Lord
still he is God Almighty blessed be your
Lord prayer with
watchfulness is presumption is an
assumption a presumption but if you just
have works without faith that is
hypocrisy you don’t really believe it
you need to have both having prayed they
set a watch so in the lowest part of the
space at the back of the walls in the
open places I put the people by families
with their swords with their spears and
their bows why because the enemy is
angry the opposition is stiff sanballat
Sanballat the enemy in secret your
frenemy hearing that you are building
the wall doing the work of God was very
angry and in his rod he mocks you he
makes sport of the people of the Lord
and he works against them blessed be
your Lord who has empowered us not only
with faith but with the ability to pick
up our swords or Spears and our bows
blessed be our Lord who has empowered
us to do his works blessing be your Lord
hey Manny man in email let us do all
read it let us do our reading Lord I
pray that all whom are called by your
name whom are called by you Lord that
they may know that the enemies in secret
the frenemies are angry when they hear
that we go
on building no matter what and that they
mock us I pray that they may be
empowered to pick up their swords their
spears and their bows whenever necessary
to have prayed to be prayed up but also
to set up a watch not to go to sleep but
to set up a watch to be watchful in
Jesus mighty name amen so lord give us
your word speak with your voice speak
into the hearts of those who are under
the power of your voice in Jesus mighty
name amen
Nehemiah 4 verse 1 now Sanballat hearing
hearing that we were building the wall
was very angry and in his wrath made
sport of the Jews and in the hearing of
his countrymen and the army of Samaria
he said what are these feeble Jews doing
will they make themselves strong will
they make offerings will they get the
work done in a day will they make the
stones which have been burnt come again
out of the dust before they had broken
down the walls burnt the temples the
walls the gates
they’re saying they’re so weak so few of
them ah what are they gonna do once we
tip over these walls that we have burned
with fire everything that we have spoken
that we have mocked and spoken evil
about what are they going to do now
tobiah the ammonite was by him and he
said such as they’re building that if a
fox goes up it they’re Stonewall will be
broken down it is so weak then if a fox
goes up it it will be broken down give
ear o our God give ear o our God
Nehemiah give ear o our God for we are
looked down on let their words of shame
be turned back on themselves and let
them be given up too wasting in a land
where they are prisoners let not their
wrongdoing be covered or their sin
washed away from before you for they
have made you angry before the builders
so we went on building the wall so we go
on building the wall and all the wall
was joined together halfway up for the
people were working hard but when it
came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah
and the Arabians
and the ammonites and Ashdod tides as
dodd did this Wow whatever those are
that a building of the walls of
Jerusalem was going forward and the
broken places were being made good they
were full of rah when they heard that
everything that they were breaking down
or taught they had broken down was being
rebuilt and the work was going forward
they were full of rah a warning to all
who do the work of God to all who have
been put down by so-called
rulers and they made designs all of them
together to come and make an attack on
Jerusalem causing trouble there that’s
their purpose that’s what they got
together to discuss we had hoped that
they got together to pray for those who
were feeble not to make plans to destroy
them so we but we made our prayer to God
and had man on watch against them day
and night because of them and Judah said
the strength of the workman is giving
way and there is much waste material it
is impossible for us to put up the wall
and those who were against the sad
without their knowledge and without
their seeing us we will come among them
and put them to death this is their plan
causing the work to come to a stop and
it came
that when the Jews who were living near
them came they said to us ten times from
all directions they are coming against
us so in the lowest part of the space at
the back of the walls in the open places
I put the people by families with their
swords their spears and their bows and
after looking I got up and said to the
great ones and to the Chiefs and to the
rest of the people have no fear of them
keep in mind the Lord who is great and
greatly to be feared and take up arms
for your brothers your sons and your
daughters your wives and your houses and
when it came to the ears of those who
were against us that we had knowledge of
their designs and that God had made
their purpose come to nothing we all
went back to the wall every one to his
word and from that time half of my
servants were doing their part of the
work in half kept the spears and body
covers and a bows and a metal wore
dresses and the Chiefs were at the back
of the man of Judah they were building
but they were watchful ready for
whatever those who were building the
wall and those who were moving material
did their part everyone working with one
hand with his spear in the other every
builder was working with his sword at
his side and by my side was a man for
sounding the horn and I said to the
great ones and the Chiefs and the rest
of the people the work is great and
widely widely spaced and we are far away
from one another on the wall wherever
you may be when the horn is sounded come
here to us or God will be fighting for
us we need to be ready for we don’t know
how God is what going to work in any
situation but we are sure of one thing
well I am sure of wanting God will be
fighting for us so we went on with the
work and half of them had Spears in
their hands from the dawn of the morning
till the stars were seen and at the same
time I said to the people let every one
with his servant come inside Jerusalem
for the night so that at night they may
keep watch for us and go on working by
day so not one of us I are my brothers
or my servants or the Watchmen who were
with me took off his clothing everyone
went armed to the water everyone was
always ready always ready Lord I pray I
pray I pray Lord give ear o our God for
we are looked down on let their words of
shame be turned back on themselves and
let them be given up the waste thing in
a land where they are prisoners let not
their wrongdoing be covered or their sin
washed away from before you for they
have made you angry before the builders
as to us Lord we will continue building
we will all work hard and as we work we
will always be ready for any attack
thank you Lord for hearing our prayer in
Jesus mighty name amen blessed be your
Lord and may be their anger fall back
upon their own heads may their mockery
their sport over us fall back upon their
own head
in Jesus mighty name amen and Lord above
all strengthen us to continue building
amen amen amen
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