11. A Leader Identifies his Enemies and Responds to Them Wisely
Key Verse: Nehemiah 2:20, “I answered them by saying, “The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it.”” Oppositions arise in every ministry. Many...
12. A Leader Maintains Equality
Key Chapter: Nehemiah 3 While reading, Nehemiah 3, we see different kinds of people involved in the work of the wall. The chapter begins, “Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate.” The High Priest was never supposed to...
13. A Leader Fights against Discouragement with Prayer
Key Passage: Nehemiah 4:1-10 In our Devotional 10, we saw how A Leader Identifies his Enemies and Responds to them wisely. But in this devotional, we are looking into a place where the leader has to be silent and pray to GOD alone! When the enemies including...
14. A Leader Prayerfully Plans the Defense
Key Passage: Nehemiah 4:11-23 When the enemies planned surprise attacks, GOD placed faithful Jews to reveal those plans to Nehemiah. This is yet another example of the mighty hand of GOD working throughout this book. These Jews were faithful to GOD and they repeatedly...
15. A Leader Discerns the Enemies’ Tactics – Part-1
Key Verse: Nehemiah 6:1-4, “When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates— Sanballat and Geshem sent me this...
16. A Leader Discerns the Enemies’ Tactics – Part-2
Key Verse: Nehemiah 6:5-9 As the enemies failed in their first tactic of fake friendship, they wove a new tactic against the people. The second time, they tried to spread false accusations against Nehemiah! Their stand was, “you and the Jews are plotting to revolt,...
17. A Leader Discerns the Enemies’ Tactics – Part-3
Key Verse: Nehemiah 6:10-14 The enemy came with the third tactic - a false threat when they found that their previous strategies had failed. To convince Nehemiah about this, Sanballath and Tobiah hired a ‘prophet’, Shemaiah (who was not actually a prophet). To make...
18. Leader Shares His Responsibilities
Key Verse: Nehemiah 7:1-6 The people worked together as one, in response to the call from the LORD. There was no separation between a musician, a priest, or a menial worker. They were on their mission together! And when they completed their works, they had to...
19. A Leader Gives Importance to the WORD of GOD
Key Verse: Nehemiah 8:1 "Now all the people gathered together as one man in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel." With GOD, they were able to...
20. A Leader Does Not Forget his Past
Key Verse: Nehemiah 9 While reading Nehemiah 9, we see a series of events taking place. In the previous devotional, we saw how the Israelites changed their focus to the word of GOD, and the impact of the same on their lives. In this chapter too, we see the...
