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NEHEMIAH 4:1-31 NOW IT CAME ABOUT THAT WHEN SANBALLAT HEARD THAT WE WERE REBUILDING THE WALL, HE BECAME FURIOUS AND VERY ANGRY AND MOCKED THE JEWS. 2 HE SPOKE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS BROTHERS AND THE WEALTHY MEN OF SAMARIA AND SAID, “WHAT ARE THESE FEEBLE JEWS DOING? ARE THEY GOING TO RESTORE IT FOR THEMSELVES? CAN THEY OFFER SACRIFICES? CAN THEY FINISH IN A DAY? CAN THEY REVIVE THE STONES FROM THE DUSTY RUBBLE EVEN THE BURNED ONES?” 3 NOW TOBIAH THE AMMONITE WAS NEAR HIM AND HE SAID, “EVEN WHAT THEY ARE BUILDING—IF A FOX SHOULD JUMP ON IT, HE WOULD BREAK THEIR STONE WALL DOWN!”

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DERISION

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DISCOURAGEMENT

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NEHEMIAH 4:1010 THUS IN JUDAH IT WAS SAID, “THE STRENGTH OF THE BURDEN BEARERS IS FAILING, YET THERE IS MUCH RUBBISH; AND WE OURSELVES ARE UNABLE TO REBUILD THE WALL.”

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DANGER

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NEHEMIAH 4:1111 OUR ENEMIES SAID, “THEY WILL NOT KNOW OR SEE UNTIL WE COME AMONG THEM, KILL THEM AND PUT A STOP TO THE WORK.”

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DISCORD

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NEHEMIAH 5:1NOW THERE WAS A GREAT OUTCRY OF THE PEOPLE AND OF THEIR WIVES AGAINST THEIR JEWISH BROTHERS.

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Video: “ME” Church

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NEHEMIAH 5:1NOW THERE WAS A GREAT OUTCRY OF THE PEOPLE AND OF THEIR WIVES AGAINST THEIR JEWISH BROTHERS.

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HE FACED IT HE FOUGHT ITHE FIXED IT

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DISTRACTION

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NEHEMIAH 6:1-31 NOW WHEN IT WAS REPORTED TO SANBALLAT, TOBIAH, TO GESHEM THE ARAB AND TO THE REST OF OUR ENEMIES THAT I HAD REBUILT THE WALL, AND THAT NO BREACH REMAINED IN IT, ALTHOUGH AT THAT TIME I HAD NOT SET UP THE DOORS IN THE GATES, 2 THEN SANBALLAT AND GESHEM SENT A MESSAGE TO ME, SAYING, “COME, LET US MEET TOGETHER AT CHEPHIRIM IN THE PLAIN OF ONO.” BUT THEY WERE PLANNING TO HARM ME. 3 SO 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?”

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DEFAMATION

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NEHEMIAH 6:5-75 THEN SANBALLAT SENT HIS SERVANT TO ME IN THE SAME MANNER A FIFTH TIME WITH AN OPEN LETTER IN HIS HAND. 6 IN IT WAS WRITTEN, “IT IS REPORTED AMONG THE NATIONS, AND GASHMU SAYS, THAT YOU AND THE JEWS ARE PLANNING TO REBEL; THEREFORE YOU ARE REBUILDING THE WALL. AND YOU ARE TO BE THEIR KING, ACCORDING TO THESE REPORTS. 7 YOU HAVE ALSO APPOINTED PROPHETS TO PROCLAIM IN JERUSALEM CONCERNING YOU, ‘A KING IS IN JUDAH!’ AND NOW IT WILL BE REPORTED TO THE KING ACCORDING TO THESE REPORTS. SO COME NOW, LET US TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER.”

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NEHEMIAH 6:15-1615 SO THE WALL WAS COMPLETED ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF THE MONTH ELUL, IN FIFTY-TWO DAYS. 16 WHEN ALL OUR ENEMIES HEARD OF IT, AND ALL THE NATIONS SURROUNDING US SAW IT, THEY LOST THEIR CONFIDENCE; FOR THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THIS WORK HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE HELP OF OUR GOD.

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JESUS ISTHE AUTHOR

AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH

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