03/12/2020
*Day 2*
*Men in charge*
*Teachings, prophecies and prayers*
*Bro Jide*
*TO BE IN CHARGE*
Hmmm
I will be taking only Nehemiah as a case study while you can also use the remaining text as a reference, trust God to help us.I don't want to know the kind of situation you are into ,God is giving you charge over them.
Nehemiah would have loved that sign! His story shows that whenever you try to accomplish anything significant for the Lord, you will face strong opposition. Satan never bothers with half-hearted people who are content with a ho-hum spiritual existence.
Are we here?
This is true on the personal level. As long as you live with one foot in the world, living according to the world’s values and for the world’s goals, Satan won’t trouble you. You can go to church and even pray and read your Bible, and he won’t mind. But the minute you wake up from your spiritual lethargy, shake off the worldly mindset, and commit yourself to radical obedience to Jesus Christ, you will encounter spiritual opposition!
Ayaa
Somebody is here tonight ,u have been suffering humiliation ,you're coming out now,God said so
This also applies to churches and church leaders: Whenever godly leaders attempt to rally God’s people to advance His kingdom, opposition will hit. Satan doesn’t mind when churches gather to sing and to hear soothing sermons about how to use the Bible to achieve personal success. Those churches are no threat to his domain of darkness. But when a pastor preaches the gospel that convicts sinners of their sin in the presence of a holy God and points them to the cross of Jesus Christ, look out! When a pastor calls the flock to obedient, holy living in this wicked world, look out! When a pastor directs the vision of the flock toward the unreached nations who are waiting to hear the gospel, look out! The enemy is committed to opposing that kind of work. We need to be ready for such opposition and know how to respond to it. Nehemiah 4 teaches us that …
If we only had chapter 3, we would get the impression that the work on the wall went without a snag. “So-and-so built this gate, and these people built the wall to this point, and next to them, these people built the wall further, etc.”
It sounds as if there were no problems. But such was not the case. It never is. Chapters 4-6 show us some of the problems that had to be overcome in the process of rebuilding the wall. There is a cycle of advance and setback through chapters 3-6:
This cycle shows that the Christian life is a conflict. There will always be opposition. The enemy will try to get you sidetracked or to give up completely. Even though it was God’s will for the wall to be rebuilt, He did not remove the opposition.
Just sing with voice note for a minute
Like now
*Our text reveals at least six types of opposition:*
*(1) THE ANGER OF OTHERS AGAINST YOU.*
Sanballat, the governor of Samaria, became furious and very angry (4:1, 7). The Hebrew word means “burning mad.” A secure and independent Jerusalem would threaten his hold on the area and undermine his control of the trade route through the region, thus hurting his economy. So for the time being, he dropped his differences with the Ammonites to the east, the Arabs to the south, and the Philistines to the west. In anger over what Nehemiah was doing they all came together, threatening to stop the work by violence if necessary. This new work of God in Jerusalem threatened their lifestyle, and so they got angry.
Satan often uses the anger of others to try to squelch the newfound joy and zeal of a new believer. Suppose that a teenager who grew up in a culturally religious home, where the gospel was never preached, gets saved. He goes home and joyously tells his parents how he has met Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Are they overjoyed? Hardly! They explode: “What do you mean that you’ve become a Christian? How do you think we raised you? As a heathen? What’s all this nonsense about being born again?”
*(2) MOCKERY AND SARCASM.*
Sanballat and his buddies gather within hearing distance of the wall and ask a bunch of sarcastic questions (4:2): “What are those feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices?” He means, “Do they think that they can complete this project and offer sacrifices of thanksgiving?” “Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the dusty rubble, even the burned ones?” After each rhetorical question, his cronies probably roared with laughter. Then Tobiah threw in his sarcastic barb, “if a fox should jump on [this poor excuse for a wall], he would break [it] down.”
(3) *THREATS AND INTIMIDATION.*
If anger and ridicule don’t work, the enemy gets more aggressive. Nehemiah’s enemies had to be careful, since he was working under Artaxerxes’ permission. They couldn’t just rally their troops and march on Jerusalem, or they would be charged with rebellion against the king. But they could and did use threats of violence (4:8, 11), which they circulated among the Jews living near them (4:12). Small bands of terrorists could sneak in and pick off a few of the people working on the wall, and Sanballat would just tell Artaxerxes that it was a renegade band that he didn’t have control over. So, like the militant Muslims today, the threat of terrorist activity put the Jews under immense psychological pressure.
Satan still uses subtle or overt threats and intimidation to oppose Christians. “If you don’t keep quiet about the boss’s corruption, you’ll get fired.
*(4) DISCOURAGEMENT AND EXHAUSTION.*
Apparently there was a discouraging proverb or work song that circulated among the workers at this point (4:10): “The strength of the burden bearers is failing, yet there is much rubbish; and we ourselves are unable to rebuild the wall.” The people were wearing out and the piles of rubbish didn’t seem to be diminishing. They had lost their earlier heart for the work that had resulted in the wall rapidly being built to the halfway mark (4:6).
*(5) NEGATIVISM* .
*(6) FEAR* .
Fear is the cumulative effect of all of the above factors (4:14). The people had seen the enemy’s anger and had heard their mockery and threats. They were wearing down through exhaustion. Then they repeatedly heard gloom and doom from their fellow Jews who lived near the enemy. Nehemiah saw their fear and exhorted them not to be afraid.
Nehemiah did some of the six we mentioned
Please follow
*(1) THEY LIFTED THEIR VOICES IN PRAYER* .
*(2) THEY PUT THEIR HEARTS INTO THE WORK.*
*(3) THEY KEPT THEIR EYES ON THE ENEMY IN VIGILANCE.*
*(4) THEY KEPT THEIR MINDS FOCUSED ON THE LORD* .
Be Vigilance (ver. 9). We "set a watch against them day and night." The Christian motto must ever be the memorable words, "Watch and pray."
If you know Christ and try to accomplish anything for Him, you will experience opposition, especially if you are in leadership. Respond as Nehemiah did, with prayer, keeping on with the work, vigilance against the enemy, and keeping your focus on the great and awesome God whom we serve.
When peter kept away his eye from Jesus ,he began to sink,your safety is in your focussing on Jesus.
Can we pray now
*Prophetic words*
I saw an instrument of pride just now fired from the pit ,just to discourage some people tonight
It will be working in some and they will know of it
They will be little God and God will pass them by
My God
I hear Philip ,
Please if you have somebody like that or ur are the one...hmmmm
God is locating the person with an heavenly cake
Open doors now
Please get to me after this program
It will be manifested
I here Mary...the person is here
Like now,God says
God says ur tear is over
My God
I hear humility
Yes Lord
*God says*
*Sickness has been the other of the day for some families here ,God says u are taking charge....it is very clear...one is even in the hospital....please let's talk after*
God says a sister.is here
*Having problem in marriage ,God says u are taking over ....your sister in particular...remember to show up after the program*
Ayaaa
My God
God says
Somebody is one of the oversea country
Ur business is astake
*God says is locating u*
*Somebody had a dream and arrow of death hit the person...u are even convince u are going to die soon...God said death is over ,u are taking charge*
*Bro Tolu ,God says he has seen ur cry and ur passion...God says a move of the spirit is locating u now .*
Thank you Jesus
*Someone delayed visa is given Now...God says they will call u*
I see a doctor here
*God is promoting you now,u will have a serious in ur hospital and this will cause the shift.*
*I see a pastor here ....God says don't compromise ,ur breakthrough is nearer*
*I hear,Bro Gideon and bro Abbey...,God says u should expecting His touch tonight..please prepare*
I hear honor
*Somebody will be honor,I don't know how...but it will be evidence ,u will not be able to cover it*
*God says ,somebody is taking a political appointment soon ,please display God there*
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