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During the time of the prophet Nehemiah, he had a heart to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. In the process of doing so, he and the people of Israel were met with a lot different oppositions that came their way.

Read the the account of the rebuilding of the wall here: Nehemiah 1-7

Like Nehemiah and the people of Israel at that time, trials/criticisms/oppositions will come our way. But we have to act like them when we are faced with these things in our daily lives. Believe that God will be the one fighting for us!

… ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
– Zechariah 4:6

We have to continue to pray and ask God to give us the encouragement to continue. We have to have faith and trust in His words. As Jesus said of faith:

He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.”
– Luke 17:6 (NIV)

“Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, ‘Why could we not cast it out?’ He said to them, ‘Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”
– Matthew 17:19-20 (NIV)

Besides, Nehemiah and the people of Israel managed to re-build the walls, didn’t they? But the most important aspect here is also written in the scriptures.

When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.
– Nehemiah 6:16

Have faith my friends, God is in control!