REBUILDING THE WALL

Psalm 23:1 – “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.”

Psalm 23:2-3a – “He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul.”

Hebrews 4:12a – “For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit.”

1 Thessalonians 5:23 – “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Matthew 5:3 (NLT) – “God blesses those who are poor (NKJV: in spirit), and realize their need for Him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.”

Nehemiah 1:4 (NLT) – “When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.”

John 8:32 – “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

James 4:6b – “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Nehemiah 2:13 – “And I went out by night through the Valley Gate to the Serpent Well and the Refuse Gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were burned with fire.”

Nehemiah 2:14 – “Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.”

1. KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE DEVIL’S NECK

John 4:14 – “But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

James 4:7 – “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”

“Nothing is ruined beyond God’s ability to restore.” – Jack Hayford

2. TAKE OUT THE TRASH

1 John 1:7 – “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”

1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Nehemiah 1:6b-7a (NLT) – “I confess that we have sinned against You. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned! We have sinned terribly by…”

James 5:16a (NLT) – “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.”

3. BE WASHED IN THE WORD

John 15:3 – “You are already clean because of the Word which I have spoken to you.”

Matthew 4:4 – “Man shall not live on bread alone, but by every Word which proceeds out of the mouth of God.”

Ephesians 5:26 – “That He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word.

4. RECOGNIZE THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN

John 14:16 – “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.”

John 14:17 (NLT) – “He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it isn’t looking for Him and doesn’t recognize Him. But you know Him, because He lives with you now and later will be in you.”

Discussion Questions:

1. How solid does the wall of your soul (mind, will, and emotions) seem against the attacks of the enemy? Can you share of any areas that seem like they might be vulnerable to the adversary?

2. When was the last time the severity of a situation hit you in the way that the desolate walls of Jerusalem hit Nehemiah, and you experienced true brokenness and godly sorrow? Can you share about that experience?

3. Is there any generational sin or curses that come to mind as you reflect with the Holy Spirit?

4. Is there any trash the Holy Spirit is laying His hand on that needs to be taken out?

5. Are you practicing daily friendship with the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to release increasing measures of living water in and through your life?