How Can We Rebuild the Walls of our Home?
When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.
Nehemiah 1:4
By night I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:13
EXAMINE the walls.
Wall #1 - How is my WALK with God?
O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
Wall #2 - Am I LOVING my spouse?
So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
Malachi 2:15
…you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together.
I Peter 3:7
Wall #3 - Am I CONNECTING with my kids?
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
Wall #4 - Am I BEING a servant leader.
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4
Wall #5 - Am I PROTECTING the purity of my home.
*Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. *
Philippians 4:8
Wall #6 - Am I PRACTICING generosity?
*A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. *
Proverbs 11:25
They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing.
Psalms 37:26
2.SECURE help where you are vulnerable.
I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
Nehemiah 4:13,14
Don’t GIVE up and don’t come DOWN.
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down.”
Nehemiah 6:3
Our MESS is no match for the MERCY of God.