1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:06,840 You've tuned in to a mega church. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,520 We are people hungry to encounter God through worship 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:14,320 and His. Hallelujah, that's good. 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,480 I don't need to ask a second time, so that's really good. 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:28,920 How many of you have come having read Nehemiah Chapter 4 1234? 6 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,960 So 4 chocolates give some somebody give chocolates to 7 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,800 those who have come. You know, why do we encourage 8 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,520 it? Why should you read and come? 9 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,240 Because that will help you to understand the passage better. 10 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,560 When I talk about it because you read and come, it really helps. 11 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,480 This is the culture we want to develop. 12 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,000 For few weeks I did not do it, but I apologize for that. 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,840 Every week we would like to do that again because there are no 14 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,400 surprises. If we finish Chapter 4, next 15 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,920 week we will do Chapter 5. It is very simple like that. 16 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:09,080 So we said one thing in the past message that the story of 17 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:15,240 Jerusalem being rebuilt by during the time is symbolic of 18 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,240 every family, Christian family, and symbolic of every local 19 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:25,960 church. The rebuilding of the temple at 20 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:30,000 the walls of Jerusalem is symbolic of every Christian home 21 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,600 and every local church. Keep this in mind, write it in 22 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,640 your mind. That's the way to look at it. 23 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,040 And when you look at it, then we have something to talk about. 24 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:47,560 So when the work is going on, so basically the enemies, enemies 25 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:54,560 of Judah were really alarmed when the work is going on very 26 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,240 fast. So you got, you got imagine in 27 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:02,800 your mind, let's say you got Judah and then you got Sun 28 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,400 Balat, he who is basically coming from the Northside from 29 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,520 some area. And then you got another guy 30 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:16,000 that is the Tobiah, the Ammonite is coming from the east side and 31 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,400 you got Geshem the Arab from the South. 32 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:25,400 So you got so many directions, the enemies are coming and 33 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,000 you've got astronaut on the on the West and that is the 34 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,920 Philippine, Philippines, not Philippines. 35 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:40,680 Philistines, sorry, is going so too far. 36 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:42,600 I said why am I using the Philippines? 37 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,920 So it is the Philistines as that was a very popular and very 38 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,080 populous at the same time, powerful center of the 39 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,920 Philistines, which is the Palestine today, of course. 40 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,840 So you got the Gaza on the South, southwest. 41 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:07,360 So you got enemies coming from 5 directions, 5 directions. 42 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,040 And has the situation changed today? 43 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,800 No, we got enemies attacking Israel in seven directions. 44 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,280 Now you got from Syria, you got Iran, you got Iraq, you got 45 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:27,640 Hamas, you got the Gaza Strip and West Bank and the South side 46 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,720 from every direction, you got the Israel being attacked. 47 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:38,280 And is my voice clear? OK, good. 48 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,440 So the when? When the work of God is 49 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,280 happening, when the church, when the Church of God is being 50 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:50,960 rebuilt, you will feel the heat of the enemy, you will feel the 51 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,320 hatred of the Satan and he doesn't like the church to be 52 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,920 rebuilt. Its the same thing that 53 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,560 happening for when the walls were being rebuilt. 54 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,440 Sun ballots shows up and what does he do? 55 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,200 He became angry and was greatly incensed. 56 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,080 You know the 2 words there, just one word would have been enough, 57 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,800 isn't it? Why does the Nehemiah use 2 58 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,000 words? Because he was greatly angry. 59 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,279 Sorry, was angry and greatly incensed. 60 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:24,600 So much of stirring up is happening inside emotionally. 61 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:29,720 He stirred up and he is being aroused to attack, come and 62 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,080 insult and bring down these people. 63 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,040 So it's greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews. 64 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,280 Everybody use the word ridicule. What is ridicule? 65 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,480 You put down somebody, you, you just try to say, hey, sometimes 66 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:47,960 you, you see kids also, they use this ridiculing, they'll catch 67 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,600 over one boy and say you are a girl. 68 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:52,800 That's how it happens in the school. 69 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,080 And if it goes deep into the spirit, that boy will be 70 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,920 affected. So you can be 1 can be ridiculed 71 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,920 and that can change the person completely. 72 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,520 Ridicule is very, very powerful. Ridicule very powerful. 73 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,960 So we should not allow the enemy to ridiculous. 74 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:17,360 He can put you down, he can say things to you to discourage you, 75 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:23,600 to make you lose hope and to make you feel weak when you are 76 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:28,240 actually strong. So that is the part the enemy 77 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,080 plays. So Sun Ballad came and he 78 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:35,160 ridiculed the Jews in the presence of his associates and 79 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,280 the army of Samaria. Now he came with the army. 80 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,680 Now this is very important for you to understand. 81 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,280 Unless you stop and think, the Scripture does not speak to you. 82 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:50,280 Now here you have Sun Ballot and you got Nehemiah and the people 83 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:54,120 working hard, and now this guy comes to Jerusalem with the army 84 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,440 of Samaria. What is he trying to do with the 85 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:01,760 army of Samaria? Think of a gang and think of a 86 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,120 rival gang. Why would a rival gang walk into 87 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,440 another gang with all their members, with their swords and 88 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,960 whatever they have equipment? What, what, what are they trying 89 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,240 to do? They are challenging them to 90 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,760 fight. The challenge of challenging 91 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,440 them to fight. That is the strategy of Sun 92 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,200 Ballot he. They don't want to fight. 93 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,520 They are busy building the walls of Jerusalem and they are 94 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,360 building. We want to set up the gates of 95 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,360 the Jerusalem. That's what they are focusing 96 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,480 on. And now they are coming with the 97 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,120 army comes and stands surrounding and this guy 98 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,680 standing and speaking to the people, ridiculing them. 99 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,040 They thought they can start up Nehemiah and his people to begin 100 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,000 to fight, and they can take an upper hand and fight them again. 101 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,080 But you look at the wisdom of Nehemiah here. 102 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:51,800 Then what? What else He did? 103 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,120 What He used ridiculing. How did he ridicule? 104 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,440 What are these feeble Jews doing? 105 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:01,720 First he is telling them they are very few in number and they 106 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,280 are weak, feeble Jews. You are so weak, what are you 107 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:07,920 going to do? That's a challenge. 108 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:13,040 And then what does he say? Will they restore their wall? 109 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,520 Will they offer sacrifices? I tell you, these are the 110 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:21,920 ridicule words of ridiculing. When you look at it, it just 111 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,960 shatters our own understanding. What is he trying to say is you 112 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,320 guys, are you going to offer sacrifices? 113 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,640 Are you going to pray successfully? 114 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,560 Now we are praying for 21 days. This can be words of some of 115 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,440 some of you may be hearing the state and say, ah, you're going 116 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,480 every day, 9 kilometers, you're driving 15 kilometers, you're 117 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,280 driving to go to the prayer meeting. 118 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,520 What is going to happen there? What do you expect is going to 119 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,080 happen? Nothing is going to happen. 120 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:56,400 You can hear the words of enemy taunting or saying to you, why 121 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,360 do you do what you are doing? But there's power in prayer. 122 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:05,840 There's power in prayer. You, you cannot win the 123 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,240 spiritual warfare with the physical force. 124 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,680 It can be done only with the spiritual force which comes by 125 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,920 prayer. There is no alternative, my 126 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,280 friends. There is no another tool by 127 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:23,200 which you can beat the enemy. So he is asking, can you build 128 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,040 the walls? Can you offer sacrifices? 129 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:32,559 Will they finish in a day? Now this is nearly nearly when 130 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,240 you see little further, you see the half of the wall is rebuilt. 131 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,039 They took 52 days to build the rebuild the walls. 132 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,080 They are working six days in a week, so roughly six days or 48. 133 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,520 So it is about 8 weeks and half. So it is right now half the 134 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,440 string, the walls have now come up to half the height means it 135 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,760 must be now 26 days or 24 days has already happened. 136 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,960 And they are saying can you build in a day? 137 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,720 What have you done in 20-4 days? So this is how the enemy 138 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,280 attacks, this is how enemy ridicules, this is how enemy 139 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:12,200 wants to hit at your strength and make you feel weak. 140 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,000 And then what does he say again? Will they finish in a day? 141 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,960 Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of 142 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:25,040 rubble burned as they are now? They were, they were burnt, the 143 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:26,720 stones were burnt, they were thrown down. 144 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,640 But they are not totally. Every stone is not become 145 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:34,000 useless. There are large kind of, I mean 146 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,200 huge quantity of stones which can be reused. 147 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,880 So that's what Neymar did. He did not go and get the stones 148 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,760 for every single stone has to be replaced. 149 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,080 He didn't. He didn't do that. 150 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,640 But he is ridiculing him and saying you think this burned 151 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,720 stones can be reused. Can you rebuild the wall in a 152 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,680 day? You think you got strong? 153 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,120 No, you cannot do any of these things. 154 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:02,720 That's the many times in your spiritual life you may be 155 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,560 feeling tired, you may be feeling defeated, particularly 156 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:12,840 besetting sins since that are coming again and again again and 157 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:17,200 make you fall in the same area. Sometimes I always wonder about 158 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:22,800 the way the devil comes to people and make them do the same 159 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,800 sin. 1000 times you have been defeated in the same area and 160 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:32,080 1001 time and you know where it is going to happen and after a 161 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,800 day you look back and say oh, 1001 time I have fallen again. 162 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,200 Why? Because that is how enemy wants 163 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,680 to keep you down, defeating you in the pet sins. 164 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:45,120 Small sins, they are not big sins. 165 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,080 We don't even murder somebody, we don't even loot the shop or 166 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,120 take a gun. And none of those things we do 167 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:56,520 little, little sins that defile your conscience, that defile and 168 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:01,320 make you feel guilty so that you will not be effective in the 169 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,360 Kingdom of God. It is little sins. 170 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,240 So that is how he comes against you. 171 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,360 So he is saying can you reuse his rubble? 172 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:16,280 The stones are burnt, are you going to reuse them again? 173 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:21,320 Yeah, we can reuse them again. But this is how Sun Ballot had 174 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,560 said it. And then Toby the Ammonite who 175 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:28,560 was at his side said what they are building, if even a fox 176 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:32,000 climbed upon it, he would break down their wall of stones. 177 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:37,760 This is ridiculing again. Well putting them down saying 178 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,120 what are you doing guys? Even if a fox jumps on the wall 179 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:42,880 it is going to bring down the wall. 180 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,800 How heavy is a fox? I'm sure it is lighter than a 181 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:54,520 sheep. I never seen a robust muscular 182 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:58,280 fox anytime the emotional time. They are very skinny and you 183 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:02,680 know very tiny. The only power they have is in 184 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:06,560 their teeth. And so even if a little fox 185 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,800 climbs on the wall, it is going to bring down the wall. 186 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,920 And that is just ridiculing. So you got Sun Ballot. 187 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,520 And beside him standing Tobiah, who is an Ammonite. 188 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:21,760 And interestingly, Tobiah is a Hebrew name, but then it is 189 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,160 owned by Ammonite. He is not a Jewish man, and he 190 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,560 is ridiculing. The people say, hey, even if fox 191 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:30,160 jumps on, it's going to come down. 192 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,760 What are you doing? You're wasting your time. 193 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,600 And then what happened? Nehemiah replied. 194 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,280 You look at the response of Nehemiah from verses four and 195 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:47,280 five here as our God, our Lord, oh our God, for we are despised. 196 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,480 Turn their incest back on their own heads. 197 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,560 Give them over a splendor in a land of captivity. 198 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,200 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your 199 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,480 sight. But they have thrown insults in 200 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,400 the face of the builders. Can we pray like that? 201 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:12,240 Can we pray like Neymar prayed? Can we say bring down them in 202 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,920 their own traps, Whatever trap they said, let them fall in the 203 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,040 same trap. Oh, take them captive. 204 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,160 Let them be carried away to another country, into captivity. 205 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:26,080 Can we pray like that? Basically, as Christians, the 206 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,600 way we do things is different. Now this is the Old Testament 207 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,160 you see that teeth for tooth for tooth, I for I that kind of a 208 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,680 justice they had. The system of justice was 209 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:41,520 different, but now we had to forgive our enemies and love 210 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,600 them. So the point I am trying to make 211 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,400 here is Nehemiah right in praying a prayer like that 212 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,120 accord to his culture, accord to his understanding of the word, 213 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,200 He is right. He is not doing anything wrong 214 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,680 because they knew that they were a nation that is called by God. 215 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:04,160 There is a special calling of Israel and a special king to 216 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:09,080 rule over them. But now because they are opposed 217 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,000 to God, it's not about they are opposed to Jewish people. 218 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:14,760 They are opposed to God. They are opposing the work of 219 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,040 God. When you oppose the work of God, 220 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,480 that is a time you can pray a prayer like this. 221 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:27,200 But mostly you only see Sun, Bala, Tobiah, the Ghesham, the 222 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:32,600 Arab, and all these kind of people, people Asdad and other 223 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,080 people. They are only the people you see 224 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,760 outside, but inside is the devil who is turning, stirring them up 225 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,800 to do those things. So right now when we pray the 226 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,960 spiritual warfare prayer, you can pray the same kind of a 227 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,160 prayer. You can pray the same kind of a 228 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:53,640 prayer because that is going to knock them down in the power of 229 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,480 the Holy Ghost. We can pray such prayers and 230 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:02,120 that is why we we are trying to say yesterday we talked in the 231 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,840 prayer meeting about taking position of the gates of your 232 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,920 enemy. That is, you take position of 233 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:12,720 the center of power from where they rule you take it over. 234 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:17,320 That means you make them, you subdue them, you defeat them, 235 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,760 you make them to serve you, and that is how we do the spiritual 236 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,200 warfare. So Nehemiah, he has prayed like 237 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,800 this. First he says is they are 238 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,960 despising us. Turn their insects back on their 239 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,000 own head. Give them over a splendor in the 240 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,520 land of Cap Rooty. Do not cover up their guilt 241 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,280 blotter, nor all brought out their sins from your sight. 242 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,520 But they have thrown insults in the face of the builders. 243 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,440 They are trying to discourage the builders. 244 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,800 They are trying to make them feel weak and feeble. 245 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,360 So don't forget them. But you take up the cause and 246 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:56,400 you fight them. I think there's a place for 247 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,920 prayer like that. You will pray like that with 248 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:05,840 passion when you feel the project is yours. 249 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,360 If it is, if you think the battle is somewhere else is 250 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:14,920 happening, somewhere in somewhere in Israel, somewhere 251 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:19,040 in Iran, Iran, Iraq, somewhere it is happening, you are not 252 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,920 involved in it. But when the battle is yours, 253 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,960 you feel it personally, that's the time you will begin to pray 254 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:33,400 like Neo Mad did whole This is the whole game changer is why 255 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:37,040 our prayers are not effective, why there is no passion in our 256 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,800 prayers Because you think that's not your problem. 257 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,400 Whatever you are praying about, you think that is not your 258 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,920 problem. And you just want to pray 259 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,840 because somebody says, let's pray now for this, this, this, 260 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,520 let's pray for revival. That's not your passion. 261 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,600 Let's pray for healing. Oh, I am healthy, somebody sick, 262 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,640 I don't care. Well, he says, let us pray for 263 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,080 healing. So let's pray for healing. 264 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,560 But you know, are we passionate for the glory of God? 265 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,200 Are we passionate that if somebody healed, God's name is 266 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:12,599 glorified, then the desire comes, God, I want the blind 267 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:14,359 eyes to be opened. I want the deaf eyes to be 268 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,560 opened. I want the dumb to speak, lame 269 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,480 to walk, dead to be raised. That passion comes from inside. 270 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:24,520 When that problem becomes your personal problem, until you are 271 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:29,920 involved, the prayer is there is no passion in the prayer. 272 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,680 There is no fire in the prayer. So that's the reason why many 273 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:38,600 Christians are very lukewarm. So we rebuild the wall till all 274 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:42,880 of it reached half its height. For the people worked with all 275 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,720 their heart, say they worked with all their heart. 276 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:52,000 That's the secret. That is the secret for revival. 277 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,840 Secret for revival is working with all your heart. 278 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,920 So many times our heart, we keep it at home. 279 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,840 When we come to prayer meeting, that prayer meeting will be the 280 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:09,400 most cold prayer meeting. It will be most unconnected 281 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,840 prayer meeting. You are not involved in it. 282 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,680 So many times I say let's pray in tongues. 283 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,400 I say 10 minutes and after 4 minutes is just dying down. 284 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,520 When I say 10 minutes, why are you keeping quiet after 4 285 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:28,280 minutes? Because a heart has to be there. 286 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:33,200 I'm not condemning anybody. I'm just stirring up, stirring 287 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,000 up the passion inside so that you will next time. 288 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,720 I say let's pray in times for 10 minutes. 289 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,760 You are going to pray until 11 minutes. 290 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:46,320 I had to say no, let's stop now. That is passion going before. 291 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,640 And if it is stopping after 4 minutes, then that means there's 292 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,200 no passion there. Your heart is not in the issue. 293 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:58,440 So that's the thing they prayed, they they rebuilt it because 294 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,200 they worked with all their heart. 295 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,200 This is the secret. This is the secret of revival is 296 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,680 when people pray with passion. When people pray with passion, 297 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,600 revival come. Otherwise what happens is we are 298 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:15,720 just prayed one of those prayers like thank you God for the 299 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:17,640 breakfast, Thank you God for the lunch. 300 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:23,520 You know there's no passion there and sometimes you look at 301 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,080 the color of the food on the table. 302 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:30,240 Its the smell is enticing and then you say, oh thank you God 303 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,000 for the wonderful meal that's waiting. 304 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,400 Why, why that the why those words come because now you are 305 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,280 something is stirring you up by looking at the food and spelling 306 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:44,360 the food the same thing. There has to be passion in 307 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:46,960 prayer. So. 308 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,440 But when Sunbala, Tobiah, the Arabs, Ammonites, the men of 309 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:56,040 Asad heard that the repairs to Jerusalem was had gone ahead and 310 00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:01,440 that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. 311 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,080 See this word very angry comes up again and again. 312 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:06,640 Very angry comes up again and again. 313 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,440 But you you, you see that the word angry used for Nehemiah 314 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:16,600 only once in the whole book. He became angry when he saw 315 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:21,120 people commit sin, when he saw people getting married, mixed 316 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:25,440 marriages, he saw people doing business on Sabbath day. 317 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,640 He when the people are breaking the law, he was angry. 318 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,880 And these people are very angry because they are doing a good 319 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,640 thing. And Neymar was angry because 320 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:43,240 they were doing a bad thing. So we should know when to feel 321 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:47,360 angry at the right Causeway. You should feel angry, not the 322 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:50,240 wrong Causeway. So now again, in summarizing, 323 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:55,520 when Sun ballot, Tobiah Arabs, the Ammonite men of Asad heard 324 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,440 that the repairs of Jerusalem walls had gone ahead. 325 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,120 And this place, Asad, where it is, it is from Jerusalem. 326 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,960 You look on the West, you have got the seaport Asador. 327 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:11,200 It is about 62 kilometers and it is one of the main seaports of 328 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,960 Israel. Today 60% of all imports happen 329 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:21,520 in the port of Astor. But those days it was under the 330 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,360 Philistines power, not under Israel. 331 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:29,440 Now it is in in Israel. So when they saw when the gaps 332 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,760 are being filled up, walls have risen up, they were very angry. 333 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,440 So now what they are doing is they are going one step ahead of 334 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,360 their enmity. What is the one step that is 335 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:43,120 they are going ahead? Is they all plotted together to 336 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,920 come up and fight against Jerusalem and start up trouble 337 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:51,200 against it. They all plotted together. 338 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,760 The Gray, the Hebrew word used is that they are bound together. 339 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:03,240 Like you take some glue, take an Arab, you take Tobiah and put 340 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,440 some glue between them, they become one. 341 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,040 So all these people have become one. 342 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,040 They have glued together with one purpose, to fight against 343 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,560 Israel. In Christian circles, among 344 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,640 Christians there is no unity. Believers are divided on 345 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,920 doctrine, but the enemies are united. 346 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,720 Enemies have unity because they have one common purpose, to 347 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,880 fight against the church. So they all plotted together to 348 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,280 come and fight against Jerusalem, a stir up trouble 349 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:40,680 against it. What is the strategy of Nehemiah 350 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,800 is again, but we pray to our God. 351 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,920 We pray to our God. That should be our response. 352 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:51,520 Whatever happens in your life, the first response should be 353 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,080 pray. You have to pray to our God. 354 00:22:55,760 --> 00:23:02,120 And secondly, and posted a God day and night to meet this 355 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:04,600 threat. They posted God. 356 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,120 We will see more in detail how he did it. 357 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,360 So now prayer and action go together. 358 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,800 Many of us are divided in our minds. 359 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,240 Sometimes we think if you pray, we don't need to do anything 360 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,680 about it. That may not work. 361 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:27,960 That may not work so many times in the in the people generally, 362 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,760 you know, we, we come across in the Christian circles, one 363 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:36,160 cliche word is God told me this. When God has said something, 364 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,520 that's the end of discussion. I will not question it. 365 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,400 I don't want to have an argument with the person who says God has 366 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,640 said it to me. But you look at the life. 367 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:49,600 Has God said it? Does the rest of the life prove 368 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,800 that the words they are claiming are from God? 369 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,840 There has to be a cohesion. There has to be a harmony 370 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,800 between the words and the life. If there is no harmony between 371 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:05,960 profession and the life, we know God has not spoken in some 372 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,440 cases. In some cases like God can say 373 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,680 something and may take long time to fulfill. 374 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,880 It may be 15 years, 20 years. In that case, the people are 375 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,520 observing will say I don't think God has spoken, but may be God 376 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,840 really spoke. It takes time to fulfill it. 377 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:28,160 There are only two scenarios, but it is up to the individual 378 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:33,520 person who says God has spoken to me to decide whether it is 379 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,400 really God or he thinks God has spoken. 380 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,120 He or she thinks it's God has spoken. 381 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,920 Because this is one of the things that I have time and I 382 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:44,680 can come. It's a sensitive matter. 383 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,680 It's very sensitive. I cannot just speak and say 384 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,640 something and say hurt somebody. No, that's not my point here. 385 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:54,560 I want to encourage people to hear genuinely from God. 386 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:59,120 And when it is God who speaks, he will stand up for you and he 387 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:03,120 will fulfill the word for you, but it doesn't mean you cannot 388 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:06,520 do anything about it. So here they prayed and they 389 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,600 also took action. And today in the Christian 390 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:15,080 circles, the the IT is you have prayed, you are very, very 391 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,640 spiritual and you speak about it. 392 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,840 That is it, no action. And that is not the right way to 393 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,480 lead a Christian life. That is all I understand. 394 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,000 Next thing is meanwhile the people in Judah said the 395 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,480 strength of laborers is giving out and there is so much rubble 396 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,880 that we cannot rebuild the wall. So this is one of the things 397 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:43,280 that to discourage people you have attack from outside, words 398 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,440 of ridicule from outside, undermining their faith, 399 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,840 undermining their commitment, undermining their purpose. 400 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:54,600 And the second is internally the come it comes, oh, I'm working 401 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,800 now for since 4 weeks, but I still see everywhere rubble, big 402 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,920 stones. I see such a valley here. 403 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,960 I see there's such an open space here. 404 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:03,600 What have I done in this four weeks? 405 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,200 Nothing. So look at the, they look at the 406 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,960 work in the Judah. They were saying strength of the 407 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:13,840 laborers is giving out. And there's so much rubble that 408 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:18,240 we cannot rebuild the wall. So the work looks too big. 409 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,400 The challenge becomes too big. But you know what? 410 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,920 This is where we need to be very careful. 411 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:30,640 We should this Goliath versus David, a David versus Goliath. 412 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,400 This situation comes in every Christian's life. 413 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,000 It's not just David had a Goliath to fight once for all 414 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,440 over. No, every Christian will have a 415 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:45,280 Goliath in his life. The problem will look too big. 416 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,440 How am I going to fight this big problem? 417 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,040 How am I going to defeat the enemy? 418 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,160 How am I going to overcome the financial trouble? 419 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,000 How am I going to bring harmony in the family? 420 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,160 It looks too big. It looks too big. 421 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,840 But I tell you what, Jesus gave us the answer. 422 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,000 Speak to the mountain. What did he say? 423 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:11,040 He did not say go get your crowbar, get your machine and 424 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,320 start digging. He didn't say that, He said 425 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,360 speak to the mountain. The first response should be 426 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:22,280 prayer of faith and commanding the big problem to become 427 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,280 smaller one or to nonexistent problem. 428 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:31,200 So here before they knew that is what the problem was. 429 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,360 So that was discouraging the people. 430 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:38,880 When you make the problem big, it will demotivate you, it will 431 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:44,760 discourage you. This is very simple, is not a 432 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,000 very difficult thing to understand. 433 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,200 When we say make our problem too big, it's too big, it's too big, 434 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,320 I can't do it, it's too big. You are defeating yourself by 435 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,960 those words before you even attempt. 436 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,480 You are defeated in your position and you cannot win with 437 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,360 that kind of attitude. That's the reason why we need to 438 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:09,360 be very careful about when we talk about problems. 439 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:14,600 Don't magnify the problems because the God that is on our 440 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:20,080 side is bigger than the problem. Cool. 441 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:26,560 What is Lebanon worse? This is psychological warfare. 442 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,640 Everybody says psychological warfare. 443 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:34,360 What is psychological warfare? Also enemy said before they know 444 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:38,800 it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill 445 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:43,000 them and put an end to the work. This is sending fear. 446 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,800 Ah, you guys are thinking you are rebuilding the walls. 447 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,160 No, no, no, no, Before even you know, ah, there is somebody 448 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,600 here. You turn before that, before 449 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,600 even turn your head, the sword is going to come and push, push 450 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,400 you down. He is going to Pierce you. 451 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,760 We are going to kill you. This is enemy's tactic. 452 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,400 Now the psychological warfare. Psychological warfare goes one 453 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:10,400 step ahead in the next verse. Then the Jews who lived near 454 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:16,920 them came and told us 10 times over wherever you turn, wherever 455 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:22,400 you turn, whether you wherever you turn, they will attack us. 456 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:29,360 How many times they told 10 * / I tell you this is a Hebrew we 457 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,280 are saying many times. You know Jesus talked about 458 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:37,120 forgiving somebody 7 times or 7070 * 7. 459 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,200 He said four. That is just numberless number 460 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:44,560 of numberless way of times. So that is a Hebrew expression 461 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,200 to say that the enemies for coming and telling again and 462 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,320 again and again, we are going to kill you, we are going to finish 463 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,360 you, we are going to kill you, we are going to finish you. 464 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,280 And this is one of those things that make people lose hope. 465 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,760 So many times we pray for deliverance for some people you 466 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,280 are standing in front of them in the name of Jesus be lose, be 467 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,520 set free. And you are shouting for 30 468 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,160 minutes. And then the man says, I can 469 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,320 hear a voice in my head saying, you are not going to be set 470 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:16,160 free, huh. You heard a voice. 471 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,960 How dare he speak that word? I have the power to push that 472 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,640 spirit out of your body now, to trample it down. 473 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,240 I'll kick out that spirit right now. 474 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,880 So that is how we get charged. And I tell you, the man who is 475 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,080 receiving prayer should be able to say, I don't care what the 476 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,440 spirit is saying. I want to be free. 477 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,240 This is how you approach the problem. 478 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,840 But do you? When you agree with the problem, 479 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:51,120 you are empowering the problem. No, we are not here to accept 480 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,640 defeat before even you fight. No. 481 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,560 So 10 times over they were told. Yeah, weird. 482 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,240 Wherever you turn, they will attack us. 483 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,320 Now Neymars action comes in worse 13 onwards 13 and 14. 484 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,920 Therefore a station, some of the people behind the lowest points 485 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,520 of the wall at exposed places, posting them by families with 486 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:16,120 their swords, Spears and bows. Now you see two things he's 487 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,840 doing 1. He has identified the lowest 488 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:24,080 points. OK, that's about 2.4 kilometers 489 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:28,440 is a perimeter or the circumference of the walls of 490 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,520 Jerusalem. So what is he trying to do? 491 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:35,440 He surveyed the whole city. Here we have low exposed places. 492 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,160 There is an exposed place. There is an exposed place here. 493 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:46,000 And some of the times enemy attacks in the weakest link. 494 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,200 That is his strategy. He has always won. 495 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,400 What is the weakest link in a family? 496 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:55,520 What is the weakest link in a family? 497 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,320 Whoever is not connected to God is the weakest point. 498 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,360 Whoever is not a believer is the weakest point. 499 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,400 Sometimes it can be children. So if he, if both husband and 500 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,880 wife are praying, praying, praying, and they're very strong 501 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,680 and he suddenly put fever on the child to discourage you, to 502 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:15,480 distract you, to make you ineffective. 503 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,040 So weakest link, that's what he does. 504 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,680 So he looked at the weak points and stationed people by 505 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,440 families. Now that's a bold statement and 506 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,520 a bold approach for Nehemiah to do. 507 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,640 Why would you put a family when he says families? 508 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,320 What is he trying to do? It is a man and a wife and 509 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:38,160 children and a man has a brother and his family and they have a 510 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,560 sister and a family. They are all one family. 511 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,360 So he put that family there and said, now you take care of this 512 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,000 area, this weak area, you take care of it. 513 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,600 You protect it, you fight it, and they will fight. 514 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,960 Why? For the sake of their wives, for 515 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,520 the sake of this children, for the sake of their daughters and 516 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:05,240 sons, they are going to fight. That's the strategy of Nehemiah. 517 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:10,720 He did not say, oh, we need very big weapons. 518 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,120 We need some automated weapons to throw stones and descend. 519 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,440 He didn't do all that. He said, OK, do you have a 520 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:17,480 spear? Use it. 521 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:18,800 Do you have sword? Use it. 522 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,200 You got a bow? Use it. 523 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:25,920 He equipped them, he supplied them with weapons and said, now 524 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,040 this is your job. You will protect this weak part. 525 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,920 And I tell you, we need to learn the strategy. 526 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,480 We have to learn the strategy all the time. 527 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,880 Once in a while you have to, when you have your coffee and 528 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:44,440 sit in your chair, ask the question, what is the weak point 529 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,400 in my family? Who is the weak link in my 530 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,480 family? And cover them with the blood of 531 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,320 Christ. Put the blood of Christ upon the 532 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,560 spiritual and body. Put the blood of Christ upon the 533 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,720 spiritual and body. I tell you, any other strategy 534 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,440 may fail, but this strategy will not fail. 535 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,480 Put the blood of Christ. It does not require a PhD to say 536 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,440 those things. You don't need to study for 537 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,000 seven years or 10 years to come up with the statement. 538 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:14,360 Put the blood of Jesus on the spiritual and body and that weak 539 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:19,800 link will come strong. We have shared the secret with 540 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,760 some people who are struggling with children having some kind 541 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,560 of ADHD or something like that, autism and things like different 542 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,320 people. We shared and now after two 543 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,440 months after we came back from US, they are telling us what are 544 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:39,000 they saying that is working? What is working? 545 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,480 Put the blood of crash on the children. 546 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,360 The children are changing situation in the dynamics in the 547 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:49,000 family is changing. That strategy will not fail. 548 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,679 Put the bread of Christ. So then what did they do? 549 00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:59,480 After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles 550 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,000 and officials and the rest of the people, don't be afraid of 551 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,320 them. Remember the Lord for your 552 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,320 brothers and your sons and your daughters, your wives and your 553 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:08,680 homes. You fight. 554 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,600 Remember your family and fight for them. 555 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:14,360 But before that, what he said is remember the Lord. 556 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,280 Everybody said remember the Lord. 557 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:23,480 Why our prayer is not effective? Because the Lord, our God, you 558 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,960 worship who, who saved you is very small. 559 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,720 God is very, very small in your eyes. 560 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,520 Your understanding of God is very, very small. 561 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,320 That's reason why prayer is ineffective and you lose the 562 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:42,360 battle. Remember the Lord, awesome God, 563 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:47,120 terrible God, He is powerful souring, He is the creator of 564 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,640 visible invisible realities. When you remember this God, the 565 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:55,160 prayer, the punch in the prayer, when you think God is very 566 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:59,720 small, He wasn't 6 foot, He needed only 6 foot place to bury 567 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:02,880 him after he died. That prayer will not go 568 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,640 anywhere. You need to think big about God. 569 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,280 I was just sharing with somebody. 570 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,720 Oh, I was thinking about God. And I said, I thank you, Lord 571 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,240 Jesus, for you are the Lamb of God that is slain before the 572 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:18,440 foundation of the world. And I said to the Lord God, the 573 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,840 whole creation has come out of that blood because you shed that 574 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:23,600 blood and then you created the world. 575 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,000 And I shared it with a friend of mine and he said that's very 576 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,560 awesome. Yes, it is awesome. 577 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,440 But I had never known known it for 40 years. 578 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,720 Only today I have realized it and said, Oh God, you are God 579 00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:40,920 who shed the powerful bread. The creation came out of that 580 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,960 blood, salvation came out of that blood, and healing comes 581 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,080 from that blood. Deliverance comes from that 582 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,880 blood, blessing comes from that blood. 583 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,760 I tell you, I have magnified the bread of Jesus, and I will not 584 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,720 lose my battle against the enemy, because that bread has 585 00:36:54,720 --> 00:37:02,520 overcome the enemy. When our enemies heard that we 586 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:06,720 were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we 587 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:09,000 all returned to the wall, each to his own work. 588 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,920 When you know that there's a battle against the enemy, when 589 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,920 you know that the enemy is attacking you, that knowledge 590 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,880 itself will make the battle small. 591 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:24,000 It will have the battle because the enemy knows that you know 592 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,440 him. You know his plan. 593 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:30,440 He's defeated half already. One of the main problems of the 594 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,640 church today is we do not know our enemy. 595 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:39,520 We do not know who is Satan. If you know he has been defeated 596 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,960 by Jesus, and if you know that you have authority over him, 597 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,360 your life is going to change 360°. 598 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,920 It will not be the same. It will not be the same. 599 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:57,080 It will not be the same. You need to know who is devil 600 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,080 and more than that, you need to know who is your God. 601 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,800 When you know your God problem is already half solved. 602 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:12,360 So from that day on half my when see this is you see the strategy 603 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:17,360 of Nehemiah changing quickly. Now what did you do from was 16 604 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,760 from that day on, half my men. I must finish it now. 605 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:24,840 From the day on, half my men did the work while the other half 606 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,600 were equip his spear, Shields, bows and armor. 607 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,440 And then he says they did their work with one hand, held a 608 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,680 weapon in the other hand. So these are the different 609 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,960 strategies. Half people are working, half 610 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:41,320 people are standing guard and next strategy was that they 611 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:46,920 would work with one hand. They are working with one hand 612 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,000 holding the weapon. That is another strategy, and 613 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,000 those who are builders, they hung their sword by the side 614 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,640 because they need both their hands to lift the stone. 615 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,040 So they are working with the hand, but the sword is hanging 616 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,560 by their side. Any second they know the enemy 617 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:08,040 is nearby, comes out the sword. How many of us are even equipped 618 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,920 with the sword? What is the sword for a 619 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,480 Christian? The word of God? 620 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,680 When the enemy puts a trouble into your life, what should pop 621 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,400 up in your mind? The Word of God. 622 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,840 When you stand on the Word of God, enemy will be defeated. 623 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,440 I tell you, if you request 100 hours of praying just to get one 624 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,320 word to solve your problem, it's worth those 100 hours of prayer. 625 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:37,120 One word God speaks into your spirit is going to make you a 626 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,840 David and a Goliath is going to come down. 627 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,400 That's the reason why we believe that there's a Rhema word, a 628 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:49,000 word that God speaks in season through His word, the Bible, and 629 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,280 through His spirit. In your mind, in your spirit, He 630 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,000 can speak. And we need that word because 631 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,080 that word is going to change the game. 632 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,840 That is a game changer. And then what did he do? 633 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:06,120 He said in verse 16, it was 18. But the man who sounded the 634 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:10,400 trumpet stayed with me. So he and each of the builders 635 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,920 wore his sword is at his side as he worked. 636 00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,600 But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me. 637 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,360 Now this is very important when Nehemiah is the guy who is now 638 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:25,040 trying to look out over 1.72 point, 4 kilometers of, I mean a 639 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:29,080 perimeter of the wall. He may be standing here and some 640 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,200 other place the enemy may come. So he needs to be in the He 641 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,280 should be anticipating and be there. 642 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,920 Wherever the problem is going to come, he should anticipate and 643 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,280 be there. And then he wanted the man who 644 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,560 blows his trumpet to be next to him. 645 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:47,320 If the trumpet sounding man is not next to him and is somewhere 646 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:50,960 else, can he sound a trumpet? He cannot. 647 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,960 Secondly, sometimes they can sound a trumpet. 648 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,720 False alarm, when the enemy not come and not attack, he thought 649 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:02,400 some he may be seeing bushes move and he think there is a man 650 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,880 been standing behind him with a sword and he blows the trumpet. 651 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:11,000 False alarm. So leader must know to sound the 652 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,280 alarm at the right time, not you false alarm. 653 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,760 So he kept the man, the trumpet next to him all the time. 654 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:23,240 And then what did he do? And he told them, wherever you 655 00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:25,520 hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. 656 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:30,800 Our God will fight for us. Is he saying we are going to 657 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,960 fight or not? They are going to fight, but who 658 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:37,000 is fighting for them? God will fight for them. 659 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:42,960 It is both is not just only God S many times we think we just 660 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:43,880 pray. That's enough. 661 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:47,640 We don't have to do anything. We are praying for revival. 662 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,640 We are praying for revival. So is that enough? 663 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,400 We have to do something about it. 664 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:54,320 We have to do something about it. 665 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:59,520 Action must follow the prayer and then it is going to work. 666 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:12,840 Now the people had people had a strategy and they had brought 667 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,880 people from outside Jerusalem to work. 668 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,680 So they were not sent back. Once the work is over, they 669 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,440 don't go back home. They're sleeping inside the city 670 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,640 so they can be available to fight if required. 671 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:30,640 And one of the most important thing is was 23, neither I nor 672 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:35,080 my brothers nor my men, nor the gods with with me took off our 673 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,480 clothes. Each had his weapon. 674 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,280 Even when he went for water, they didn't even take off their 675 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:48,600 clothes for 52 days. That is commitment, That is 676 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:52,520 commitment, that is vision, that is everything. 677 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,360 And when you have a commitment like that, the walls will be 678 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,480 rebuilt. No wonder it was done in 52 679 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,560 days. No wonder it was done in 52 680 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,960 days. Because there is a leader who is 681 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,480 committed. And when you see the leader, the 682 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:10,120 people follow the leader. When you see the leader is not 683 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,320 taking off clothes, he's having a sword by him. 684 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,600 He has a trumpeter with the one who blows trumpet beside him, 685 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,960 and he has organized things. And people are not going back to 686 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,400 their places. They're sleeping inside families 687 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,840 of station. At lowest points, everybody is 688 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,480 prepared with the spear, sword and whatever weapon they have. 689 00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:33,440 I tell you, you can breathe the tension in Jerusalem. 690 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:38,000 You cannot just breathe the air and don't feel the tension 691 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,040 there. Christian life has to be like 692 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:46,080 that and when you do that your life will be different and 693 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,480 outcome will be different. The Lord bless you guys for 694 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,560 that. I think I overshot my time a 695 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:55,560 little bit, but let's have the communion straight away. 696 00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:01,480 Let us ask the Lord to prepare our hearts for the part. 697 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:02,920 Partake in His body and the blood. 698 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,560 Thank you, Jesus, Father, as we are going to partake, I pray 699 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:11,920 right now that will prepare our hearts, give us that kind of a 700 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,840 burden, that kind of a commitment that Nehemiah and the 701 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,520 people of Jerusalem had to rebuild the walls. 702 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:22,440 Lord, prepare our hearts to protect our families, to protect 703 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,840 the church, to protect our God, your Kingdom, or to work for 704 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:29,720 your Kingdom, to expect that revival is coming and pray with 705 00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:34,040 expectation because our God is great and he is going to do it. 706 00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:38,600 So, Father, we commit ours into hands, prepare our hearts that 707 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:42,000 we may partake it worthily to the glory of your name. 708 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:48,320 In Jesus name we ask, Amen. 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