Date: 12.12.2009

Speaker: Wenjiang

Passage: Nehemiah 13:1-31

What Nehemiah found out of the pple?

-No1 observed Sabbath

-Ungodly marriages

Judges 3:7-9/ 3:12-15

-people are prone of turning away from God

1. Ensuring there is no enemy intrusion (v1-9)

-Does the devil have a foothold in areas of our lives?

-What is a foothold?--> Consistently falling into something which draws us away from God

-Prolonged foothold will lead to→Stronghold

Mat12:43-45

-We can clear up our house or things around us but it won’t forever remain that way it needs constant clearing up.

-To overcome stronghold something needs to be filled to occupy that void within us (God is a good void occupier!)

-Turning away is not enuff ensure that its occupied wit the right things→replace with a desire to live for God do not leave it empty.

-Grow in the things which builds up the house

-Danger→we may grow into a harden hard

-When we are faced with stronghold ask ourselves”Are we loving n desiring of God more n more??”

-Root issue is more important den our actions or words or verbal repentance

1 Peter 5:8

-Struggling with things again n again how can we reflect a changed life?

2. Ensuring there is support for God's assignments (v10-14)

-God has entrusted us wit the church so it needs financing

-Ensure there is support in doing God's work!

-Give our best so that the work of God is not compromised

Haggai 1:2-4

-Are we building our own paneled houses instead of his?

-Do not allow our worries to eat us up!

3. Ensuring your heart is at rest (v15-22)

Mat 21:12-14

Mark 2:27-Sabbath was given by God to us to remember God's covenant

3.1 To rest from stress

Deu 5:12-14

-Our emotions will affect our ability to think and live out the life God has intend of us therefore rest when rest is needed!

3.2 Rest from distress

Deu 5:15

-Remember God is in control of our lives.

4. Ensuring there is no incompatible Partnership (v23-28)

-Today are we unequally yoke wit someone who is not a follower God?

-Putting God where he’s suppose to be!

-Testing will arise when we try to put God where he should beà stand firm!

-Are our lives changed or is it just a change in schedules? (We just occupied with more church stuffs and deem we are “serving” hard)

Aids for changes:

a) Holy spirit

-Be sensitive to His prompting

-Be honest and seek God over the issue we struggle

b) Spur one another on

-“Nag” at one another to obey/ love God

-Speaking truths into one another

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