“COMING TO KILL YOU” ~ Nehemiah 6:10-19

“Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home, he said, ‘Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to …

“WHY SHOULD THE WORK STOP?” – Nehemiah 6:1-9

“And I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?" vs3 We must not leave our work for any reason. We can’t leave it to argue with sinners. It is too important that …

“DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT” – Ephesians 4:30

“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.”This is important! We cannot grieve the Spirit and be happy. We must walk uprightly, or we'll be disturbed. The Holy Spirit shows us Christ. Without him, we can't have the comforts of the …

“GOD WILL FIGHT FOR US” – Nehemiah 4:20

“In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.” This is the confidence of the believer. “Our God will fight for us,” and this is all that counts. We don’t need the help of man. God may raise up people to support and …

“STOP THE WORK” — Nehemiah 4:11

And our enemies said, “They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work.” There are going to be enemies who try to stop God's work. We have guilt and fear. We even have those who love the gospel and oppose us. We have unbelief and many …

“GIVE ME TIMBER” – Nehemiah 2:8

“Then I said to the king, ‘If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may grant me passage until I arrive in Judah; and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, directing him to give me timber to make …

“FIVE OR SIX TIMES” – 2 Kings 13:19

He continued, “Take the arrows”; and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them”; he struck three times, and stopped. Then the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Aram until you …

BY THE HOLY SPIRIT” — 1 Peter 1:12

“It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.”We must have the Holy Spirit to preach the gospel. …

“IT MULTIPLIED” — Acts 9:31

“So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.” The church multiplies, as it receives God's people [vs26-28]. The apostle Paul was saved at Damascus, and then the Jews …

“MORE DISTINGUISHED” — Luke 14:8

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him,” The One who is more distinguished is Christ. He's the most distinguished among us, as the Savior of sinners. He's the One that God the Father …