Prayer and work

N Chapters 1 and 2 of the book of Nehemiah, Nehemiah learned of the situation they found the people of Israel, so he wept and mourned greatly. Raised his prayer to God and cried out for mercy to those who loved him and keeping his commandments.

The people had been separated - some were in exile, others in the province. Nehemiah also made it clear that the error stemmed from the very people who had transgressed the word of God. In his prayer he says to God that in spite of sin, they still were his servants and the people who had been rescued with great power by his mighty hand.

Nehemiah used his influence with the king to get rebuilding Ataxerxes, together with the people, the walls of Jerusalem, which had been destroyed. By achieving the authorization cards and that he be allowed to come into Judah, because the good hand of God was with him, Nehemiah encourages people to rebuild the walls and the work begins.

With these passages we see the importance of unity and cooperation so that a proposal is carried out. The people of Israel suffered the consequences of their sins and that God is not delighted. Nehemiah, suffering for the people who lost the companionship of God, prayed and asked for mercy. When people join for rebuilding the city walls, we see their willingness to serve God.

Today, we have the same duty that Nehemiah, to keep standing our strength, which is the word of God. If the work of spreading the word and the spiritual growth of Christians are weakening, we, like Nehemiah, to pray to God, recognizing that the sin part of ourselves and we know the eternal promise. We must join forces with the congregation to not overshadow the work and remain abandoned, as was the case during the decades before the return of Nehemiah, the city walls of Jerusalem.

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