Follow Up with Clay - 12.18.24

Series: Band of Brothers

December 18, 2024
Clay King

We live in a world that wants to beat men up… We want to build men up to bless women and children. ----- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. ----- RULE TO LIVE BY: Remember that before she was your wife, fiancée’, and/or girlfriend, she was and is His daughter—joint heir in the Kingdom of God.

Episode Notes

Nehemiah:


Men…. You are under attack…. 


Do you believe that?  If so…. Why?


You have an enemy that wants to stop what God all that God is doing…. 

All that God is doing in your life / heart / family / church / community…. 


God is building something in / through you…. 

Satan will do all he can to destroy it.


Ezra and Nehemiah both wrote about the rebuilding of Jerusalem…. 

Which happened about 70 years after it was destroyed by the Babylonians. 


Ezra wrote about the rebuilding of the temple.

Nehemiah wrote about the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls. 


Nehemiah begins around 446 BC. 

As he heard about the condition of Jerusalem…. 


Nehemiah 1:3-4, 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.” As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of Heaven.


His enemies rallied against him…. They did not want the wall built…. 


Nehemiah 2:20, Then I replied to them, “The God of Heaven will make us prosper, and we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem.”

Nehemiah continued….  


God provided everything he needed…. Workers / supplies / protection…. 

And the enemies continued…. 


But God intervened…. 


Nehemiah 4:20, In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”


The enemy attacked with mocking / threats / attempted murder of leadership…. 

Then they planned an all out attack to stop the building.


Nehemiah 4:23, So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each kept his weapon at his right hand.


Nehemiah armed these non-soldiers…. 

Posted them night / day…. 

Stationed them on the wall near their homes…. 


Finished the wall….  Celebrated / worshipped / re-committed to God’s Word.


Turns out…. God was building more than a wall.


Lesson:  Men…. You are under attack…. 


What are you willing to do about it?


It’s not enough to say that you’ll fight…. 

You need to know how you’ll fight…. 


Fight so that God can continue His work…. Your work…. Our work…. 


One last question…. What are we building?


Questions:

Is anything getting in the way of what God wants to build with you? 

How can we pray for you?

Who do you know that needs this group?


Next Two Weeks:  Merry Christmas / Happy New Year

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