
Building the kingdom, in simple terms, is seeing people
Desperate: (Of a person) having a great need or desire for something”, such as a drink of water or relationship with people.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned. We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
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Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
We don’t have to look around at the circumstances and wonder. We don’t trust in the material things, the things that seem possible or plausible. We remember the name of the Lord our God and move when He says move. I want better than what I can do on my own. I am limited by my humanness. I am flawed, broken and unqualified, but the God that dwells with in me, the God that dwells in you is more than able. It is surrendering to the will of God and letting Him do it, because unless Jesus is building this thing then we are laboring in vain. (Psalm 127:1)
Homework
Who can you be praying for that needs to know and believe the gospel? Write their name down and dedicate time to pray for them every week and seek for opportunities to share the gospel with them.
Who has just started the journey in the faith that you can work with and encourage to see them mature in Christ? Invite them to coffee or ask them how you can pray for them. Spend time and look to build them up.
Are you new in the faith? Have you joined a community group? It is a good way for you to be worked with and you to learn how to be who you are designed to be in Christ.