Introduction Slide - 1 Pray and and a little Latin phrase Ora et labora – Work…or pray labour…is which may help sum up this chapter and this phase of the story… It most likely comes from the there was Benedictine monastic tradition…where an emphasis put on the necessity to balance prayer and work… You can see the the Catholics of being too much dangers…we often accuse we look at the plank in our own often do we works based…but…if eyes…how say things will God will sort it like…don’t worry…God provide…or out…just pray and keep the faith… often the reality is we do have to trust When…quite both…of course God…and we also have to be prepared to our hands pray…but allow His Hand…to move at times… Nehemiah seems to have he had to be doggedly got that…but when under persecution and to keep persistent…especially opposition…in order people motivated and empowered to face their enemies… Their Enemies Slide - 2 First of all have a look at the enemies that the the then…let’s people…and building project faced… According to in the New Ralph W. Klein…a commentator Interpreter’s Bible enemies were both external and Commentary…the internal… The external threats came first of all from…
Introduction Slide - 1 Ora et labora – Pray and Work…or pray and labour…is a little Latin phrase which may help sum up this chapter and this phase of the story… It most likely comes from the Benedictine monastic tradition…where there was an emphasis put on the necessity to balance prayer and work… You can see the dangers…we often accuse the Catholics of being too much works based…but…if we look at the plank in our own eyes…how often do we say things like…don’t worry…God will provide…or God will sort it out…just pray and keep the faith… When…quite often the reality is both…of course we do have to trust God…and pray…but we also have to be prepared to allow His Hand…to move our hands at times… Nehemiah seems to have got that…but he had to be doggedly persistent…especially when under persecution and opposition…in order to keep people motivated and empowered to face their enemies… Their Enemies Slide - 2 First of all then…let’s have a look at the enemies that the people…and the building project faced… According to Ralph W. Klein…a commentator in the New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary…the enemies were both external and internal… The external threats came first of all from…