Finish The Work Despite The Warfare | Min. Wanda Fitzgerald

[Music] [Applause] hello and welcome to new jerusalem cathedral it is such a blessing to have you guys worship with us today we would like to ask you to be sure to like follow and subscribe to all of our social media pages we are on facebook we on instagram we on youtube and we are on twitter and ladies and gentlemen you can watch all of our virtual services live on sundays at 7 am 11 a.m and 6 p.m and we have our bible studies every monday at 7 p.m and a thursday night service at 7 30 pm as well ladies and gentlemen make sure you evangelize and be a witness share what god has done for you blessed [Music] hi my name is dante briggs and i'm over media here at new jerusalem cathedral we have seen an increase in scammers commenting on our social media posts asking for your information online new jerusalem churches sound doctrine nor any of the churches in our network would ever ask for your cash app or your personal information online if you or someone you know has received requests from these individuals asking for this kind of information on or off of our social media pages they do not represent new jerusalem churches of sound doctrine in any way do not give them your information do not engage them simply report them to the social media platform that you're on whether it is facebook youtube instagram or twitter and block them immediately never give your personal private information to anyone online and please be careful protect your private personal information and be safe be blessed [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] good people how you guys doing my name is joshua i'm with the new jc media department and we have something called what's the word for today every sunday at 10 a.m now what's the word for today is an opportunity for you to give me your testimony because there's so many people out here that is dealing with the same things that you made it out of and why not let your testimony move and shift and help people get delivered from the strongholds and their bondages ladies and gentlemen don't be afraid don't be nervous meet me at 10 a.m every sunday and let's help people get out of their binders to get out of their struggles by using our testimonies as our greatest weapon ladies and gentlemen i love you guys [Music] [Music] thank you for choosing to worship with us today but we also would like for you to stay connected just in case we have any announcements or updates through our social media pages at newjc.org or by downloading our new jerusalem cathedral app thank you guys have a blessed week [Music] just made it through the day hallelujah thank god that he kept you all day long it's by his grace and mercy that you are still here so we just say thank you hallelujah let us go to our scripture we're going to be coming from isaiah 40 and we're going to start at the 28th verse and it says have you not known have you not heard the lord is the everlasting god the creator of the ends of the earth he does not faint or grow weary his understanding is unsearchable he gives power to the faint and to and to him who has no might he increases strength even you shall faint and be weary and young men shall fall exhausted but they who wait for the lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint i don't know about you but i'm glad that if you just continue to wait on the lord i promise you he will renew your strength right there to give god the glory honor and praise hallelujah let us go to the lord in prayer hallelujah dear heavenly father the lord god we just say thank you tonight lord god we just say thank you for being god we say thank you for being lord over our lives we say thank you on tonight lord god that we have all the activity of our limbs lord god in the name of jesus lord god thank you for another opportunity to sing praises to your name god we don't take it for granted lord god that we're here another day so we just say thank you lord god because we know that this is the day that the lord has made and we shall rejoice and be glad in it lord god so we just say thank you for keeping us all day long lord god thank you for keeping us in perfect peace oh god thank you for keeping our mind shade on you thank you lord for being a deliverer [Music] [Music] [Applause] thank you jesus we say thank you on tonight [Music] minds in our hearts lord god keep us in the name of jesus lord god thank you for everyone that is tuning in online right now in the name of jesus lord god keep them in the name of jesus cover them in the name of jesus lord god let them feel your glory on tonight and today for jesus lord god let the fill your glory on tonight through this scream of god in the name of jesus in the name of jesus restroom abide in these atmospheres in the name of jesus lord god i come against depression we're gonna come against suicide you're gonna come against oppression in the name of jesus lord god god you're still god and so we say thank you we say thank you tonight god because we know that you're worthy we know that you're worthy and we know we love to call on your name because it's your name it's your name that heals so god we give you all the glory honor and praise as we call on your great name hallelujah thank you jesus [Music] [Applause] we gotta continue to call on god's name because his name is great hallelujah [Music] we love to call your name it's something we cannot explain that happens when we proclaim your great name your great name we love we love you yeah call your name [Music] we cannot explain any knowledge [Music] [Applause] is oh please [Music] we cannot explain oh everything changing changes [Music] changes we worship you jesus come on somebody lift his name up in your atmosphere there's nobody like jesus [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] here we [Music] is go in the name of jesus power in your name oh yes it is there is power in the name of jesus so much power in your name say there is power there is power in the name of jesus so much power power in your name oh say there is power there is power in the name of jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] i when [Music] he's always right there come on [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus christ is [Music] [Music] about your name i said there's something about your name i said there's something about your name okay i said there's something about so there's something about [Music] there's something about [Music] yes yes he hold on a is longer [Applause] i promise you something about god's name it's never changing his name is never changing his name gives life and his name gives hope and his name [Music] hallelujah we worship you jesus come on somebody [Music] we love you so much thank you cheers thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus we love to call your neighbors [Applause] [Laughter] god is hallelujah over your situation he's exhausted over your problems hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus thank you god we honor you oh god hallelujah hallelujah come on thank you jesus [Music] [Music] and because god [Music] is the greatest power we shall never [Music] be defeated and because god is the greatest power [Music] we shall never never be defeated and because god [Music] is power we shall never we shall never never be defeated never be defeated is [Music] [Music] i shall [Music] be victory [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] greatest power is [Music] we is never ever we shall never ever [Applause] the devil is a liar god is exalted i shall never be defeated i shall never be defeated the devil is a liar the devil is alive is [Music] is [Music] the devil is a is [Music] [Applause] [Music] you should never be defeated is [Applause] [Music] i wish i had a witness behind that screen [Music] get the glory [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] come on i need you to let that break out of your atmosphere [Music] [Music] declared that we shall never be defeated and god is gonna get the glory on tonight god is in this place amen praise the lord hallelujah great job praise team we honor the lord tonight truly the lord is in this place where the spirit of the lord is there is liberty whether you're in the building tonight or you're watching online i declare to you that the lord is about to do something oh yes with the enemy thought he was going to defeat you in god is about to give you great victory in the midst of what you're going through oh my god i feel god tonight i feel the power of god resting in the ocean oh and we praise him tonight we give him glory yes lord hallelujah his name be exalted [Laughter] [Music] oh he in the building tonight whatever i said whatever you need god to do while he's here my god make your request made known unto the lord tonight god is here to fulfill every promise my god [Music] oh jesus we serve an awesome god he's mighty in all of his ways all he wants us to do is trust him all he wants us to do is to stand on his promises he's a god that cannot fail the praise team said that we should never be defeated if god be for us who [Music] who can be against us are we standing on the promises of god we trust in god in difficult times oh my god in the midst of a pandemic [Applause] that seems to be getting worse but i come to tell you tonight that the god that we serve is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask for things all you need to do is just keep trusting god's [Applause] i will say it one more time all you need to do is keep trusting god it ain't time to give up it ain't time to faint for you to give up too much has been declined over your life for you to say that you are defeated oh my god [Laughter] oh my god i feel eternity i feel yes god [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] yes breakthrough in the house tonight hey what's up the devil has tried everything but we're still here my god [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah i'm trying to let it go but that's a [Music] thank you hallelujah somebody need to praise him tonight praise this your weapon tonight praise is gonna keep you from losing your mind hallelujah your praise gonna keep you from giving up tonight yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yes lord thank you jesus hallelujah yes lord yes lord that's another yes lord in my soul hallelujah god is doing something great in the midst of his people [Music] after all the hell that we've been through the devil didn't expect us to show up tonight with a praise oh my god but we here oh devil we here [Music] oh somebody ought to bless them tonight [Music] [Laughter] [Music] tonight i got to praise him tonight come on it [Music] no matter where you are tonight somebody might be on their job hallelujah yes [Music] [Applause] oh foreign victory oh my god [Music] [Applause] [Applause] hallelujah thank you jesus [Music] power praise [Music] my god just broke something loose for the people of god tonight and we're in here rejoicing and i know those that are online you're rejoicing with us because the same god that's here is right where you are hallelujah there is no distance in the realm of the spirit hallelujah and we thank god tonight i'm gonna move on hallelujah hallelujah but i'll tell you something just something just got loose [Laughter] [Applause] thank you jesus hallelujah well we praise god tonight we're gonna try we're gonna try it again hallelujah but i feel god in the building tonight oh my god i tell you i feel him in the building he's in the building tonight and we thank god for the praise team setting the atmosphere tonight amen somebody's gonna be delivered man of fact somebody's already been delivered somebody has already gotten their miracle [Music] our praise just birth your promise [Music] let me repeat that again i said our praise just birth your promise [Applause] [Music] the praise we just got that we just gave god gave birth to some promises some things that had been spoken over your life the power of praise [Music] [Applause] my god [Applause] i do know protocol i know it very well but i also know the spirit of the lord and i'm telling you the holy ghost is in this place [Music] there's a birthing in this place [Laughter] i remember a friend telling me she was with her niece this happened several years ago her niece was pregnant and when they turned her another way everything shifted some of us came in here pregnant tonight and when we went up in another level of praise some shifted [Applause] oh yeah something just happened what happened spiritually we're about to see physically and i'm gonna leave that right there and i'm gonna try to go on [Music] because there is a word tonight i don't want nobody to think that i didn't come with the word tonight and once you hear the sermon title you will understand why we had to give god praise first give an honor to my lord and savior jesus christ to our wonderful pastor dr kevin a williams to mother florence williams we honor them they are worthy of the honor that we give them they are great people of god and we pray for them on a daily basis because we never know what they come up against but we have promised god that we're going to carry them in our spirit until they see total victory everything that god promised our pastor and mother we're going to see it come to pass because we're going to push it out in prayer we're going to keep them lifted up before the lord to all of god's people i want to say good afternoon good evening i want to go to nehemiah the sixth chapter and i'm going to read the 15th through the 16th verse and then i'm going to just skip around a little bit tonight god is so good just give me one second here nehemiah the sixth chapter the 15th through the 16th verse so the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month l in fifty and two days and it came to pass that when all our enemies heard thereof and all the heathen that were about us saw these things they were much cast down in their own eyes for they perceived that this work was wrought of our god amen pray that the lord will bless the reading of the word tonight lord have your way in this place that the word o god that you have given me god fall on good ground tonight we thank you for the hearers we pray god that they would apply this word in their lives god and see great refruit from the word tonight that's preached in jesus name amen my sermon title tonight is from coming from nehemiah 16 15 through 16 finish the work despite the warfare let me repeat that again because this is a command finish the work despite the warfare many of us have been battling things especially over the last year and a half and a half we didn't expect a pandemic to hit us we didn't expect the the political climate that we've seen but in spite of all and despite all of the warfare that we have had to endure many of us have made up our minds that i'm going to finish the work that god has given me to do the bible tells us to be not weary and well doing for in due season you shall reap if you faint not amen but it's the job of the enemy to ensure that you do not finish your god-given assignment here in the book of nehemiah we are looking at a mighty leader nehemiah was a cup bearer in the persian uh palace in a persian palace he was a great man of god in order for him to hold the position that he had he had to have a godly character right character this was a heathen uh king that he served but he served him as unto the lord and when the time came for nehemiah to go and see about his people it was the same king that gave him favor amen nehemiah went to him and he first of all the king noticed that nehemiah was sad his count his countenance was cast down he had the king had never seen him in this um a tight position so the king asked him he said what is wrong and the king said this is sorrow he said you you have a sorrowful heart and nehemiah began to tell him about his people and begin to tell him that that the walls had been were down and the gates had been burned and the king began to ask him what did what was it that you need and nehemiah began to tell him that he needed to take some time off because he became concerned he was concerned he was burdened with the people who had the burden of the people of the jews he had received a visitation from his brother his brother came to visit him at the palace and uh nehemiah began to inquire about the jews if we go over to nehemiah the first chapter his brother had came in verse 2 and he began to tell him about the jews which were left of the captivity and concerning jerusalem and they said unto me the remnant verse three they said unto me the remnant that are left of the captivity there in the providence are in great affliction and reproach the wall of jerusalem also is broken down and the gates thereof are burned with fire and what was nehemiah's response and this is what i love about nehemiah whenever nehemiah heard something and we'll see a little later over how how he dealt with his enemies and how he responded to them we'll see that a little later even when his brother came and told him the news and and how um how the jews were under great affliction what did he do he turned to god he went to god with repentance with fasting with prayer for the people he began to confess the sins of the people this is a pattern that we as the people of god need to learn and apply it in our lives when you see a group of people and you see things that are going on um with the with the with the race of people with the culture you need to be praying you need to identify um the problems that they are facing and begin to repent it may be even your own family you may see some things in your family that are not that is not right and you need to go sometime god has put place you as the gatekeeper over your family and you are the one that need to go before god and repent and fast and pray i always tell people that fasting adds wings to your prayers so if you want to see some acceleration in the realm of the spirit start fasting oh start praying go to god in re and repent on behalf of your family on behalf of your city on behalf of your nation on behalf of could be your co-workers anybody that god placed in your spirit to pray for pray for them go before god and stand in the gap for them we need some more warriors on the walls we need some we need the gatekeepers to stand up and to pray you can't be weary in this hour in which we live the enemy has designed some problems for us they are designed to kill us to take us out to wear us out so that we won't get the things that god has promised us but i come tonight to serve notice on the devil that he is a liar that we're gonna stand no matter what what i love about um nehemiah 16 15-16 actually it was a prophecy being fulfilled if you'll go over to the book of daniel nine and twenty twenty-five here we see daniel says now therefore and understand that from going forth for the commandment to restore and to rebuild jerusalem until the messiah the prince shall be seven weeks three score in two weeks then he tell us daniel tells us that the wall shall be rebuilt but the ending of that says but in troubled times he specifically told us what we would have to what they would have to battle and how it was going to come to pass it was going to come to pass in troubled times this is a prophecy we don't want we don't want these type of prophecies we think that we're going to we're going to go on warfare and it's going to be easy it's not going to be easy you're going to have to fight you're gonna have to pray you're gonna have to fast you may have to shut in with some folks to get what god has promised you god does not want us to give up so easily in this time in which we live nehemiah's name means jehovah has comfort was nehemiah was concerned about his people the jews and the city of jerusalem like i stated he was a cup bearer to the king he received word regarding the plight of his people in the city of jerusalem although he was a great distance from his homeland about a thousand mile miles he was burdened and set his heart to seek god like i said repentance fasting and praying nehemiah not only needed time away but also official documents for the governors beyond the euphrates rivers river who were opposed to any building in jerusalem let's go over to nehemiah 2 and 10. because here in nehemiah 2 and 10 we're going to see that here come the enemies of nehemiah here come those that come to fight what god has already said shall come to pass and these enemies are revealed when they heard that somebody was coming to look after jerusalem let's go to verse 10. when sam ballard the horonite and tobiah the servant the ammonite heard of it it greed them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of israel so i came to jerusalem and was there three days this is what i love about nehemiah nehemiah was very wise he had come into jerusalem but he waited three days before reviewing the city he went in and he just set back and no no doubt he observed he took note of what was going on in the city before he made his move to go out and to inspect the the walls of the city verse 12 said and i rose in the night that's a set time that god will have you to go out and to observe a city i noticed from many years ago a friend and i we would go out in the midnight hour and we would go out and we would pray around the city and there were certain things that god would show us in the midnight hour that we probably wouldn't be able to see in the daytime so he rose in the night i and some few men see you can't take a whole lot of people when god has you observing things because sometimes people talk too much sometimes they don't have the faith that you have and so you don't need nothing and no one you don't need anyone to hinder you when you're going to do the work of the lord you got to make sure that you have the right people surrounding you in this day and time in which we live my [Music] god and then he said neither told i any man what my god had put in my heart to do at jerusalem neither was there any beasts with me say the beast that i rode upon he said neither told i any man sometimes you need to just be quiet you don't need to tell anybody i don't care it could be your boo it could be your best friend for many many years some things that god have you to do you don't need to say a word to anybody nobody needs to know what you're doing verse 13 say i went out by night by the gate of the valley even into the dragon whale and to the dung port and viewed the walls of jerusalem which were broken down and the gates thereof were consumed with fire he here he is observing actually seeing what his brother had told him in nehemiah the first chapter he's actually seeing it for himself he had to he had to observe it he had to go and see for himself what was told him then i love verse 18 it says then i told them he told the people then i told them of the hand of my god which was good upon me as also the king's word that he has spoken unto me and they said let us rise up and build come on the people said let us rise up and build so they strengthen their hands for this good work now this was a good word this wasn't something that they were just doing to be doing this was a good work this was something that was spoken by daniel the prophet that had to come to pass and here they was putting they asked god to god began to strengthen their hands so they could do the work because they knew that it wasn't going to be easy nehemiah had already um come up against san violet and tobiah he already knew that there were some enemies surrounding the city my god and he knew that he had to have the right people he knew that he had to have a people with the mind to work because it says later on that the people had a mind to work that's how they were able to rebuild the walls in jerusalem my god verse 19. i want you to see how the devil sitting somewhere listening verse 19 but when san balan the knight and tobiah the servant the ammonite and gisham the arabian heard it they laughed us to scorn and despised us and said what is this thing that you do will ye rebel against the king then answered ah this this is what i love about nehemiah every time if you look if you go back and you look every time that sam ballad and tobiah and here we see gisham they don't win they got somebody else now they don't got another enemy to join force with them because they them two alone couldn't take out nehemiah them two alone couldn't stop the work see they they were they were they were sent by the enemy to stop the work of god but how many know if god be for you who can be against you they can go get anybody they want to they can go get the witch the warlock whoever but you need to tell that devil it won't work it just won't work it's a waste of time devil and here they begin to laugh them to scorn till they can't till they became um they they they they they laughed at us to scorn they made us feel worthless or despicable and they despised them they looked down on them and then they wanted to know said what is this thing that you do will ye rebel against the king so they was trying to accuse nehemiah of wanting to rebel against the king see when people can't get you no other way they'll start lying on you they'll start making up stuff those especially with those that you have favor with see they trying to disrupt my favor oh my god they trying to disrupt nehemiah's favor but see the devil is a liar you can't stop this devil and this is what i love about nehemiah always had an answer you always got to have an answer for your enemies and for y'all that don't think i got three points i got three points my god i sure do i got three points let me give them to you later verse 20 then answered out them and said unto them listen here the god of heaven he will prosper us therefore we his servants will rise and build but ye have no portion nor right nor memorial in jerusalem that was a rebuke from nehemiah i don't listen we don't you don't have no part in this you have nothing to do with this there are some people that you should never connect with you know i remember living in new york and going to here and this is something that i i i don't think i'll ever forget going in here reverend jackie mccullough one night and she was preaching and she said that she said wait on the clean blessing she said because every hand that has a blessing in is not clean and we have to wait on the clean blessing too many of us are deceived by folks because they got a title before their name because they got a great position you think you need to hook up with them oh no um nehemiah knew better he said y'all don't have no party part of us y'all are not of us so you you're not in the same mindset you don't have the same mindset as us we are about kingdom building everybody not is not about kingdom building some be some people about kingdom tearing down the kingdom instead of building it up so you got to be careful who you connect with in the south i don't care what they drive i don't care what they wearing i don't care how good they talk if god said if god says don't entangle yourself with it you better leave it alone because it'll cost you unnecessary warfare and if anything if if it's listen let me tell you something we going through enough hail i don't need no unnecessary warfare i'm going through enough warfare so why would you put yourself in something that god never told you to get in we we you know what we ignore too many red flags god be trying to tell us don't fool with it don't go here don't go there and and god it got to be you it didn't they said jesus and we think [Music] be careful chapter three tell us about the rebuilding of the wall there were many people that join in the work and they begin to rebuild the wall but how about the how about this although they were rebuilding you know them enemies were still plotting and planting they were watching them rebuild the wall chapter four verse one but it came to pass that when sun ballot heard that we build the wall he was wrought and took great indignation and mark the jews oh san ballot and he spoke before his brethren in the army of samaria and said what do these feeble jews will they fortify themselves with a sacrifice will they make an end in a day will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which i burn now tobiah the ammonite was by him and said even that which they build if a fox go up he shall even break down their stone wall here they were trying to make it seem like that what you were doing is of no great value but you have to listen you got to be careful who's talking in your ear and what you hear in the season the only thing i want to hear and the only voice i want to hear in my spirit is the voice of god because see the voice of god is a purified voice you got people that will talk in your ear and lead you the wrong way and then some things that they say will grieve your spirit and it will cause you to stop doing the work that god called you to do so you have to be real careful in the hour in which we live some people just plant planted by the enemy and they're just and they are planted to hinder the work of god but you have to press on in this hour in which we live in spite of just despite the warfare you got to keep fighting and then here we see in verse seven but it came to pass here we go again that when sam ballet and tobiah and the arabians now here they go they got some more people now now we got some arabians the ammonites and the astrodites heard that the walls of jerusalem were made up and that the breach began to be stopped then they were very wronged they don't they don't got really upset now all that all is talking because see all up up to this point all they've done is a bunch of talking a bunch of words they putting a lot of stuff in the atmosphere uh-huh and it didn't stop nehemiah because see neil maya stayed focused on the assignment despite the warfare their words were weapons to intimidate the people of god to make them stop rebuilding the walls of jerusalem but i love how nehemiah responded verse 8 let me go back to verse 8 and say and conspired all of them together to come and to fight against jerusalem and to hinder it they they come together they don't they don't all got together and in this verse they were out they had they had come together and surrounded the city see we couldn't stop you with the word so maybe our physical presence one got one one group in the north one group in the south one group in the east one group in the west they just knew that they would stop nehemiah from working on the wall neil maya said you know what i'm not going to worry about it what he had to do was he had to strategize he had to come with the strategy he had to do something different because these enemies were watching they had surrounded the city at any time they could have attacked them but i thank god for them we thank god for nehemiah's prayer life because when they came what did he do in verse 9 of chapter 4 nevertheless we made our prayer unto our god he prayed unto the god of heaven and and not only did he pray he set a watch against him day and night because of them he said we're going to watch y'all he said not only are we going to pray we're going to watch you not just at night but we're going to watch you day and night we're going to keep our eyes on them jokers and judah said the strength of the of the barriers of burdens is decayed okay he go to people listen to what judah said and there is much rubbish so that we are not able to build so they begin to start looking at what with the wall they lost their focus for a minute and our adversary said they shall not know neither shall sit neither neither see till we come in the midst among and slay them and cause the work to cease so here like i said they began to lose their focus for a minute so that spirit in the atmosphere began to invade their mind but let me tell you what nehemiah verse 13 said therefore i set in the lower places behind the wall and on the higher places i even set the people after their families with their swords their spears and their boats this was strategic he said he said in the lower places he put them the the men on the wall that were that they were closer they put them he put them closer to their home so that they would fight for their family if the enemy came you know against him nine times out of team you're gonna fight for your family if you see the enemy come come up to your door come on if you're gonna pull up then i may be working but i i got weapons in my hand to take you out so the people nehemiah had weapons they had the people had weapons in one hand and they was working with the other hand they came to war they came to fight for the promise of god to rebuild the wall nehemiah's skill as a leader is exemplified in these verses although enemies surrounded him and the people were discouraged he took action he set armed guards especially on the parts of the wall that was still low that was still too low to be safe he posted every man to his home section so he could so he would be encouraged to fight for his family now we're going to talk about the final attempts the final attempts to stop the building of the wall nehemiah 6 6 and 14. i'm sorry nehemiah 6 1-2 and the the first final the first we're going to look at the final attempts and the first thing that they tried to do when they couldn't do nothing else all the talking that they did didn't work when they surrounded the the wall from the north to south to east and the west it still didn't work they said okay so we got to come with another plan we got to come up with with something else there has to be a way to stop nehemiah from building the wall they requested for to meet face to face with nehemiah the sixth sixth chapter the first through the second verse here sam balan and tobiah and gisham the arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that i have built a wall and that there was no breach left therein though at that time i had not set up the doors upon the gates then sam ballad and gisham said sent unto me saying come let us meet together in in some one of the villages in the plain of ono but they thought to do me mischief point number one and this is coming from verse number 4 of chapter 6 know the intentions of your enemies know the intentions of your enemies nehemiah knew verse 2 it says at the end said but they thought to do me mischief they wanted a face-to-face meeting with him but he knew that they were up to no good then we want to go look at point number two never let your enemies tactics change your response nehemiah 6-4 yet they sent him to me four times after this sort and i answered them after the same manner never let your enemies tactics change your response each time that they came to him to try to get a face-to-face meeting he responded the same way i'm not coming i'm not coming down to talk with you all i'm not going to stop the work of god to even entertain what you have to say and what i love about nehemiah he like i said he always had a response when that didn't work they sent an open letter from sin ballot verse five through seven then sent sam ballot his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand wherein was written it is reported among the heathen and gash most mouth i guess i said to write said if it saith it that thou and the jews think to rebel for which cause thou build is the wall that thou mayest be there be their king according to the words so here they're accusing him of something else accusing him of trying to rebuild the wall so that he can be the king and thou has also appointed prophets to preach of thee in jerusalem saying there is a king in judah now shall it be reported to the king according to these words come now therefore so they thought their lie would draw him out and let us take counsel together then i sent it to him saying these are there are no such things done as thou sayers but thou has lied basically what he said you don't told a lie come from your own heart you don't make this up yourself for they all made us afraid saying their hands shall be weakened from the work but that it be not done now i felt now therefore oh god strengthen my hands so nehemiah always went back to god and relied on god because he knew that it would take god to overcome these powerful enemies these were people that were in position in high position that were coming against him let us go over to the last tactic that they tried now they're going to try something religious you know people do it they can't get you no other way let me see if i can try them uh with something religious of course they're gonna they're gonna give in to it shamaya's council nehemiah 6 10-13 afterward i came into the house of shamaya and then you know shamaya was and then let us shut the doors this is let us meet together in the house of god within the temple and let us shut the doors of the temple for they will come to slay thee yay in the night will they come to slay thee and i said should such a man as i flee and who is there that being as i am will go into the temple to save his life i will not go in and lo i perceive that god had not sent him use your discernment in warfare don't be deceived it may sound good but discern what people are saying because they can they really he he was trying to set nehemiah up in a way that they could accuse him of doing something that the word of god says not to do and though i perceived that god had not seen them but they but that he pronounced this was a prophecy that he was giving him for tobiah and and son ballot had hired him couldn't get him no other way they said we're going to hire somebody to prophesy to him and tell him come on to the temple hide out in the temple knowing that that is not what god told him to do numbers 18 and 7. it tells us that the priests if they were not a priest they were not allowed to go into the temple so they could have accused nehemiah of breaking the law they was trying to make him ashamed therefore was he hired that i should be afraid and do so in sin that they might have matter of for an evil report that they might reproach me but what did leo maya do in the verse 14 he told god to deal with them deal with them god because of their evil works [Music] the efforts of senbai sambalet tobiah and gisham was frugal for the simple reason that they were fighting god's plan the wall of jerusalem was completed in record time in spite of despite the warfare finished the work nehemiah's response to his enemies is is instructive to us we should take this and apply it to our lives rather than fear or worry or seek revenge notice nehemiah never seek revenge nehemiah took the matter to the lord he brought it before the lord remember tobiah and send ballot my god because of what they have done he told god to remember them they tried to intimidate him they tried to make him fear so that he would not finish the work but we know that in nehemiah 16 and 15 so the wall was finished in the 20th and fifth day of the month lu let me tell you about the month of lu if you don't know about it it's going to bless your soul l-u when in the month of el you when it refers to in the month of lu it says the king is in the field a time of great joy and it was a time that they said the king would come to the field while other people were working he would come up behind them and surprise them and give them something unexpectedly i want you to know that this is the time that the king is in the field and god is about to show up unexpectedly while you're working while you're doing what he has called you to do god is going to surprise you in desire in which we live hallelujah we thank god tonight i pray that you have been blessed by the word tonight finish the word despite the warfare amen praise god hallelujah i pray that you have been blessed tonight by the word truly god has been in this place tonight and we give him all the glory and the honor if you are watching tonight and you're not safe you can be saved you can be healed you can be delivered god is here surrender your life to christ this is the day that the lord has made we will rejoice and be glad in it you know why we're going to rejoice we're going to rejoice because some soul is going to be saved whether they are saved tonight while we're alive or they're saved when they go back and look at the broadcast we are going to rejoice now for what god is going to do if you want to be saved make it known to them to media just raise your hand on on line if you online and pray this prayer with me father forgive me of my sins create in me a clean heart renew the right spirit within me i accept jesus christ as my lord and savior come into my heart abide with me forever in jesus name amen we thank god tonight for those that have surrendered their life to christ we thank god for what he's doing in this place and this is the time for us to give amen that's the time we ought to be rejoicing god is good i'm a witness that if you give i'ma tell you you can't be god-given no matter how you try the more you give the more he'll get back to you good man's your press down shaking together and running over shall mean given to your bosom i'm living that i'm living in the overflow i really can't tell all my testimony [Music] but i will share this 13 let me see 2003 i was living in new jersey i was told about the ministry of this prophet prophet kevin williams and went to a service enjoyed the service couple of months later he came back and in the service that he preached he called my name out i wasn't in the service co-worker had invited me to come i got to tell this testimony because i'm living with us shanna all my say yes sir i got to tell it my god he called my name out in a service and she came back to work looking for me i said dee what's wrong she was crying i said what's wrong she said the prophet called your name out in the service i said he don't know me so i don't know why he calling my name i said but you know i know how prophecy worked i said so tell me where he is and we're gonna go get the word just so happened my former pastor was in town and i told him what had happened and i said do you know anybody in greensboro that may know this prophet he said let me call bishop donnie graves he called bishop donnie graves and he told him what had happened i got to tell this prophecy because i'm telling y'all i'm living in it and he bishop donnie gray said tell her to go get her word because he is a true man of god he says i actually preached for them i've been knowing his family for years so we went to get the word the next week and we were at oakland memorial i think it is in philadelphia and the church was so packed we were setting up in the balcony elder witherspoon and prophet came out to preach and i sat on the i sat on the edge of my seat because the anointing just like it was flowing in here earlier the anointing of god was flowing in that surface it was packed it was packed and so at the end of the service the lady stood up she said the prophet will see nobody tonight i said the devil is the lie i said i don't come all the way over here to get my word and you mean to tell me i'm not going to see the prophet tonight the lord spoke to me he said just calm down go down and talk to the armor bearer i did i told the armor barrel whatever happened he said let me go talk to the prophet the prophet he talked to the prophet he came back he said the prophet to see you after he finished doing what he's doing i said okay we're going to wait we waited and he came he sent for me to come back and he gave me a word he said god is going to restore your finances but but when he do it use wisdom and the lord reminded me of that word when i was on the way i want you to know that god did just what the prophecy if you go to the book of ezra and you read the book of ezra the people prospered through the prophesy and other prophets well i want y'all to know that i have prospered through the prophesying of dr kevin williams i can't tell all my testimony but i'm telling you this is good ground never thought that i would move from new jersey i thought i would be a jersey girl the rest of my life less than 30 days after him prophesying to me i was on a bus [Music] shonda headed home [Music] i said how did it happen so you got to be careful when some folks speak into your life some things just abruptly come to an end never thought that i would be at new jerusalem until a friend said actually one day said do you know a church that we can visit in greensboro i said you know while i was there i met this prophet let's go visit his church went one sunday and we never stopped coming to god be the glory i'm living in what he spoke so that's why we must give this is a great house and we must support this house let's put the information to give my god snap to give just hold your camera up and it'll come snap to give give the five download the app and search new jerusalem cathedral cash out new jerusalem dollar sign new jerusalem new jc i'm sorry cash out dollar sign new jc paypal www.newjc.org gift or you can mail it in new jerusalem cathedral 1822 sharp road greensboro north carolina 27406 oh yeah the teruma oh you definitely want to give to the past you definitely want to sew into the prophet cash out pastor's cash out dollar sign dr kevin a williams if you want to give by zell drkevin a williams gmail.com my god let's be blessed on tonight through our giving i pray that you have been blessed it's been a pleasure for me to be here tonight be blessed people of god [Music] [Applause] [Music] she's [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] 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Published: Thu Sep 23 2021