They are angry when they hear we are building

The opposition of the enemy

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

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name amen

in the beginning in the beginning was

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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

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of the only begotten of the Father full

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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

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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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