BUILDING TOGETHER: Devotionals
Day 36 – Nehemiah 7:2
This is a global fact – every organization, corporation, and movement is one generation away from destruction. Hence, we ought to give attention to Godly…
Day 35 – Nehemiah 7:1
Nehemiah chapter 7 provides wisdom, understanding, and knowledge on how to build anything that lasts and counts. When the walls were up, the massive doors…
Day 34 – 1 Corinthians 3:10c-11; 14-15
What a sobering instruction on the what, why, and how we are to build together. We are God’s chosen people (1 Peter 2:9) commissioned for…
Day 33 – Nehemiah 6:5-6
Sanballat sent an open letter filled with rumours to disrupt the work. It was public, intentional, and designed to create suspicion and confusion. Rumours don’t just attack…
Day 32 – Nehemiah 6:2-3
This verse reminds us of the unwavering focus required when God entrusts us with His work. Nehemiah understood that distractions could derail the mission of…
Day 31 – Nehemiah 6:1
The wall was almost completed with no breaks left in it. Yet, the gates were not yet in place. At this crucial moment, the enemies showed…
Day 30 – Nehemiah 5:14-17
Nehemiah was a man of compassion, integrity, and also generosity. As governor appointed by the Persian king, he was given all the privileges, provisions and…
Day 29 – Nehemiah 5:9
Chapter 5 informs us that the work was threatened with internal strife caused by money problems. The poor were exploited by their own wealthy nobles.…
Day 28 – Nehemiah 5:6-8
Not all anger is wrong and sinful. God gets angry. Psalms 76:7 AMPCYou, even You, are to be feared [with awe and reverence]! Who may…
Day 27 – Nehemiah 4:20
In preparation for imminent terror warfare planned by their enemies in verse 11, (‘And our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see anything, till…
Day 26 – Nehemiah 4:17-18
We are in spiritual warfare. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness…
Day 25 – Nehemiah 4:10-12
Chapter 4 captures those episodes during which the rebuilding works came face to face with fierce opposition. The scariest kind opposition can be those from…
Day 24 – Nehemiah 3:28
“Our Kingdom mission will always be personal.” Yes, the wall was a corporate vision—but the building started personally. Each person built the section in front…
Day 23 – Nehemiah 3:5
“Why do we do what we do?” Everyone was given the same opportunity to build, but not everyone chose to participate. The Tekoites built, but…
Day 22 – Nehemiah 2:17b, 3:1a
The best leaders always first make the best followers. In Nehemiah’s story, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests were the first to get…