Better Together

Nehemiah 4:6 (NKJV)

6 So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

We built the wall!

Review:

(Book of Nehemiah)

-Rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem

-The wall had been demolished in 70 AD and lay in ruins for 60 years

-The wall was 5 miles long, 26 ft. high, and 8 ft. wide

-A wall was a structure around a city to protect and provide a safe shelter and a sense of belonging

“Finishing”

Nehemiah 6:15 (NKJV)

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.

-Finished in 52 days!

Steps To Success

Count the Cost

Nehemiah 2:11-13 (NKJV)

11 So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

12 Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; nor was there any animal with me, except the one on which I rode.

13 And I went out by night through the Valley Gate to the Serpent Well and the Refuse Gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were burned with fire.

-Take Inventory!

Luke 14:28-30 (NKJV)

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—

29 lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,

30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’?

The mockery of the unfinished

Nehemiah 4:1-2 (NKJV)

1 But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish—stones that are burned?”

The Power of Perseverance

Nehemiah 4:10 (NKJV)

10 Then Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall.”

Persevere (Defined)

“Maintain activity in spite of difficulty.”

Never Give Up!

Galatians 6:9 (NKJV)

9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

Hebrews 6:12 (NKJV)

12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Focus on the Finish

Nehemiah 4:14 (NKJV)

14 And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

“Remember the Lord!”

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NKJV)

1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Fight for you family

I Timothy 6:12 (NKJV)

12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Glance at the problem, Gaze at the promise

A Powerful Promise

Philippians 1:6 (NKJV)

6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

God finishes what He starts!