THE OPPOSITION!
The gracious hand of God was with Nehemiah he had favour.Nehemiah 2:8 And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.BUT there was also opposition. Often we think that if God is with us there will be NO opposition. There will always be opposition.Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat…
THE VISION!
The King asks Nehemiah what he wants. Nehemiah 2:4 The king said to me, “What is it you want?” Nehemiah tells the king his vision. Nehemiah had a vision to rebuild what had been broken and destroyed. Your vision is what you want to do. It is what God has placed in your heart to…
Come! Let’s Rebuild
We are living in challenging and interesting times. The world wide economy. The politics. People seem to be under great stress and pressure. Loss of jobs. This stress is affecting almost every aspect of life. It influences families, marriages, health and a host of other areas. At face value it can seem as though the…
WITH RELIEF COMES OPPORTUNITY
RELIEF – COMES IN MANY FORMS.God knows what each of us needs. He knows exactly the relief that you need. It may be respite – a time of rest, a break from the pressure & the stress. It may be restoration – to a former condition, undoing the damage. It may be release – to be set free from restraints…
RELIEF – JUSTICE HAS PREVAILED!
God is a just God and He loves to show justice. Sometimes we can face situations that are just unfair. Injustice and in particular the sense of injustice is a terrible emotion. Life is not fair. Things do not work out as we had always hoped and planned. Someone once said to me: ‘The wheel…
RELIEF – CHANGE IS ON THE WAY!
Sometimes we get locked into situations or circumstances that seem to have no end or no way of getting out of. These can be any host of things. It could include: relationship and marriage problems, financial hardships, a frustrating career or job, frustrations and dissatisfaction in some or other area. You may be wondering will this situation every…
EXPECT RELIEF FROM GOD
A few weeks ago I felt the Lord gave me the word RELIEF. Many people are feeling challenged and down-hearted. In the midst of all of this I sense the Lord is saying that He is going to bring relief. This relief can come in many forms and would vary from person to person and from situation to…
THE RIGHT TIME
THE TIME FOR GOD TO ACT There is a time (an instant) when God moves. The story of Joseph is an example. God gave him dreams of things to come. But from that point on, everything went wrong. He was rejected, abandoned, sold into slavery, abused, falsely accused and imprisoned. There he was forgotten. Some experts…
THE TIME TO TRUST
THE TIME TO REALISE THAT OUR TIME ON EARTH IS SHORT There comes a time when we realize that our time here on earth is a short season. When we are young we think we will live forever. With time we begin to understand that life is short and we will not live, as we know…
WAITING IS PART OF LIFE
Have you ever noticed how much of our lives is taken up by waiting? We wait in line to be served. We wait for our children to get out of school. We wait for a new car we have ordered. We wait to move into a new house we have purchased. There are periods in…