Build your Gate – Nehemiah 3 – [Against the Odds] – Brent Phillips – Encounter Houston
Courageous(n.) – the ability to do something that frightens one. Even when you are scared you are able to do it because what is waiting on the other side is worth is all.
Only a courageous person can step out of the comforts of Heaven knowing that where He was going that man would tear Him apart, hate Him, reject Him, and try and destroy him. Yet, because of the reward at the end He did it. We must remember that The Spirit of the most courageous person that ever walked on the earth is inside of us and we have the ability to do something even when we are scared of it.
Our life is like a bag of seeds and we can choose to sow God or chose to sow the world with the life we are living. Are you living it with a great cause? Are you truly living for something great? Living your life for Jesus is a great cause and He wants us to give it our all. The moment that we give Him everything is the moment that He can give us everything and we can begin to find our satisfaction in Him.
Until we are willing to risk it all for Him we will never know how much He has for us.
Nehemiah 3:1-3“Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. People from the town of Jericho worked next to them, and beyond them was Zaccur son of Imri. The Fish Gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah.”
We were created to be extraordinary. And all it takes is for you to speak up inspire those around you to be extraordinary.
Nehemiah 3:13-15 “The Valley Gate was repaired by the people from Zanoah. The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Recab, the leader of the Beth-hakkerem district. The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum son of Col-hozeh”
Have you ever noticed that a church stops growing at a certain size? It stops because the people of the church forget that they were called to be wall builders. And as a believer we are all called to be a wall builder. It is time that we are start building the church and stop maintaining it.
Nehemiah 3:28 “Above the Horse Gate, the priests repaired the wall. Each one repaired the section immediately across from his own house.” All that Nehemiah did was come and show the people the problem that they had become to accept in their everyday lives. The same God that enabled Nehemiah to inspire a nation of people to rebuild the walls of their city is the same God that is inspiring us to rebuild the church in our nation."
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