Day 18, January 20, 2021
Today’s Focus: Fighting For Our Families
Keep praying this year! Keep praying for our families! This is the year that our kids “come home,” That our spouse remains close to us.
Prayer can change things. Our families are worth fighting for.
Nehemiah is rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. We need to have walls to protect our families
Nehemiah 4:14 (NLT)
Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!”
Nehemiah is saying what we are doing is great. We are not going to lose one family member.
Nehemiah 4:23 (NLT)
During this time, none of us—not I, nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me—ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with us at all times, even when we went for water
Nehemiah is training the people to be ready. He gives us this strategy.
Bring the Lord back in.
Let’s not let fear slip in. Hold on to our values. Jesus needs to be at the center of our lives.
The world is working overtime to divide our families. We need to keep Jesus at the center of our lives and our families.
Praying at all times in our family life.
2. Put the guards back up.
God has a part but I have a part too. I need to be ready. I am ready to fight and guard with weapons that defend and protect. We are going to fight together.
We need to put guards over hearts, before our eyes. We need to protect and be careful of what we let into our lives.
3. Get your weapons back out.
We need to take our stand. We need to bring our weapons with us. We are not going to get caught off guard.
The weapons are prayer and actively taking in God’s word so the Word of God is in our life. Our weapons are worshipping together.
We are to teach our families how to embrace the weapons God provides to protect our families.
We are not to give up!
Let’s continue to pray and make Jesus first our lives and our families.
