ou can rebuild it! When God puts a project on your heart to repair, restore or rebuild something that's been broken, God will help you every step of the way to put it back together. Learn from the great prophet and rebuilder Nehemiah how God helped him, and how God can help you, too.

Nehemiah: Lessons In Rebuilding

Is there something broken in your life that you'd like to fix, but don't know how? Then you'll love to learn these lessons in rebuilding from the biblical book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah took on a rebuilding project that seemed imposing, impractical and nearly impossible. But God walked him through every step of the project, and he eventually completed his project. Join me in learning these lessons in rebuilding from a man who achieved his goal, with God's great help.

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Introduction to "Nehemiah: Lessons In Rebuilding": Nehemiah faced a rebuilding project that was imposing, impractical and nearly impossible. But with God's help, he rebuilt a wall around the entire city of Jerusalem. After many months of planning, praying, debating and building, the work was completed. And everyone knew how it had happened, even those who thought it was impossible: "...they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God" (Nehemiah 6:16).
Lesson 1 - Sit Down And Weep: You might be surprised at the first step Nehemiah took toward rebuilding the wall in Jerusalem. He sat down and wept. But once he got up, he had the resolve to do what needed to be done. Without sitting down and weeping, he may never have stepped into what God had put on his heart to do.
Lesson 2 - Get Up And Pray: God doesn't want you to weep over your losses forever. There comes a time when you'll need to move forward, and the best next step to take is to get up and pray. Nehemiah gives us some good ideas for what to include in our prayers, as recorded in Nehemiah chapter 1, verses 4-11.
Lesson 3 - Acknowledge Your Position: Why did God choose you to take on the task that He's given you? Why didn't He pick someone else? When you find the answer to that question, it may just give you the confidence you need to move forward with the task at hand.
Lesson 4 - Find Your Resources: If God wants you to undertake a special project, He probably wants to see it succeed even more than you do. If it's too much for you to handle on your own, that's when you'll need to find your resources somewhere else. This lesson is to encourage you to do what you need to do.
Lesson 5 - Examine The Situation: There will come a time when it's important to enlist the help of others to do all that God has called you to do. But there's also a time when you need to talk to God, and God alone, about your project, letting Him help you to examine the situation at hand so you can take the next steps together.
Lesson 6 - Gather Others To Help: When the work's about to begin, you'll need to enlist the help of others. You may have to ask several times, and several different people or groups, but it's important to ask and keep on asking! If God is for you, you're not alone. Gather others to help.
Lesson 7 - Start Rebuilding: After all the thinking, planning and praying, there comes a time to start rebuilding. Let the story of Nehemiah encourage you that it's worth it to take that first step, whatever it may be, toward fulfilling what God has put on your heart.
Lesson 8 - Pray Against Opposition: What can you do when someone laughs at your "good idea"? Return to the Lord in prayer. Let Him speak to your heart, then put your hope and trust in Him to vindicate you in your cause. If you need some encouragement to do that, read on...
Lesson 9 - Work With All Your Heart: Are you more likely to look at the glass as half-full or half-empty? Today, I'd like you to take a look at what God has done in your life so far, praying that He will give you the boost you need to keep moving forward with whatever He's put on your heart to do.