THE REBUILT LIFE: “Overcoming The Fear of man”

II Timothy 1:7 NKJV

“…God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of POWER and of LOVE and of a SOUND MIND.”

Proverbs 29:25-26 NKJV

“The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe. Many seek the ruler’s favor, But justice for man comes from the Lord.”

Nehemiah 6:1 NKJV

“Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies

“You have enemies? Good. That means you stood up for something in your life.”

Winston Churchill

Nehemiah 6:1 NKJV

heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they thought to do me harm.”

“Mental confusion, contradiction of feeling, indecisiveness, panic; these are our weapons”

Adolf Hitler

Nehemiah 6:3 NKJV

“So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

Proverbs 9:10 NKJV

 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Galatians 1:10

“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”

Nehemiah 6:4 NKJV

“But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.”

Nehemiah 6:5-7 NKJV

 “Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand. In it was written: It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, that you may be their king. And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.”

“A lie can get around the world before truth can get its shoes on” - Charles Spurgeon

“I would rather play with lightning or live electrical wires rather than speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on each other, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies”

A.B. Simpson (Founder of the Christian & Missionary Alliance)

Nehemiah 6:8 NKJV

 Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.”

Nehemiah 6:9 NKJV

“For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, ‘Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.’ Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.”

Nehemiah 2:4 NKJV

Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Psalm 18:1-6

“I love you, Lord; You are my strength. You Oh Lord are my rock, my fortress, and my Savior; You my God, are my rock in whom I find protection. You are my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. I called upon You, my Lord, who is worthy of praise, and You saved me from all  my enemies. The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me. The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path. But in my distress I cried out to You Oh Lord; yes, I prayed to my God for help. You heard me from Your sanctuary; my cry to You reached Your ears.”

Nehemiah 6:10 NKJV

Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer; and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.”

Nehemiah 6:11-13 NKJV

And I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!” Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.”

Nehemiah 6:14 NKJV

 “My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.”

Nehemiah 6:15-16 NKJV

“So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.”

Nehemiah 6:17-19 NKJV

“Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them. For many in Judah were pledged to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. Also they reported his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.”

Matthew 10:34-39 NKJV

 Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Mark 5:36 NKJV

As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”

 John 20:19 NKJV

“Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Joshua 1:5-6, 9 NKJV

“No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and of good courage…”

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

 Romans 8:35-39

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”