discouragement/demoralised within God’s people (vs 10) caused by fatigue and the scale of the task, discouraging from enemies and warnings from their own family and friends of the impending threat
opposition from surrounding enemies (initially verbal abuse/propaganda but eventually physical threat)
discouragement from fellow Jews
4. How do we usually respond to such problems?
5. Whats Nehemiah’s first response?
pray (for God’s justice) - the first but not only response
6. Is that the only thing Nehemiah did?
pray (for God’s justice) - the first but not only response
prepare (for battle)
preach
Nehemiah in particular led by example
7. Does it feel like a contradiction that they prayed but also prepared for battle? Building with weapon in hand? Or in vs 20 when Nehemiah says “When you hear the trumpet sound, join us there Our God will fight for us!”.
