Hello Everyone,

God does His best work, in impossible circumstances! This week I want to challenge you to pray for the impossible if you would take the time to read Nehemiah 1:1-11.

Nehemiah was just an ordinary guy...and he heard about the rebuilding of the temple, and of the need to do the same with the walls that at one time surrounded the city, which now in piles.

The gates were burned with fire. The people there were discouraged and devastated in poverty. It broke Nehemiah’s heart. He began to weep and pray and fast over it.

Nehemiah 1:⁴ When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

One of the major themes in the book of Nehemiah is prayer. The book opens and closes with prayer. There are 12 prayers recorded in the book of Nehemiah.

Nehemiah realized there are many things you can do AFTER you pray, but there is nothing you can do UNTIL you pray!

Mark it down: This book is about building a work for God, and behind every great work of God there is somewhere a people praying.

All of heaven’s power becomes focused on the work of God when the people of God are willing to weep, pray, and fast for that which is truly important in this life.

Oh How HE Loves Us!

Pastor Phil