Nehemiah faced persecution on every hand. His adversaries tried every way to stop him build up the gates and wall of Jerusalem that were broken down.

You are also in a building program and the adversary, the devil does not want you to succeed in building either. He wants your marriage and family weakened.

But what did Nehemiah do? In Nehemiah 6:9 he says, “They all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.” Instead of caving in to their plots against him, he cried out to God for strength to continue.

The Knox translation says, “I pressed on the harder.” The more his enemies came against him, the more he determined to finish the task. The Moffat’s translation says, “I applied myself with greater energy.”

When everything is coming against you, don’t give in. Press on harder in God’s strength.

Love from Nancy