Shabbat Shalom, Greetings to you in the wonderful name of Jesus. Please watch this short video as a source of encouragement and challenge for this month of February specifically  but probably for the rest of the year. I’m trusting the Lord to do a new thing in all of our lives in Jesus name. Amen   Watch...

  Broken down gates of our cities – Nehemiah 1:3 “And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”  KEY PROCESS TO REBUILDING contd. This week we continue with the keys to the rebuilding of broken down walls and destroyed gates.  Every burden must trigger an action and a concerted effort to rebuild.Here are some more keys to rebuilding taken from Nehemiah:  3. Petition the King-Nehemiah now had to bring his burden before the King just like we have to bring our burden before King Jesus. Nehemiah 2:3-4“I said to the king, “Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.  It’s important to note that even after speaking to the King the next thing Nehemiah did was to pray! We have to bring our petition/prayers and all of our needs before the King (Jesus) for counsel, wisdom and resources. Our sufficiency is in the Lord.  4. Nehemiah inspects Jerusalem Walls – we are into intelligent warfare and we need to do some research to pray appropriately and often we have to initially do it with only few trusted lieutenants secretly Nehemiah 2:16  5. Count the cost – Luke 14:28 – “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?”  6. A call for help in rebuilding–Nehemiah 2:17-18 “Then I...