Do your complaining to God

Then I prayed, "Hear us, O our God, for we are being mocked." (Nehemiah 4:4 NLT)

Lessons from Nehemiah: Ten actions steps when the task before you is bigger than you.
1. Pray first.
2. Answer the call.
3. Take the first step.
4. Do your complaining to God.

Today's meditation:

• When we complain to God, we are talking to the one who can actually do something about the complaint, and he will either fix it or fix us.

Pray today:

• For determination in the face of opposition, for maturity of thought that recognizes there will always be opposing forces, but also offers a reality check that God is always with us. 
• For us to resist our fallen human nature and its tendency to influence us to complain, for us to develop an automatic response to turn to God with our complaints and to turn to others with words of encouragement.
• For us to do our complaining to God, to recognize that he understands our anguish, to accept his solace and peace whether or not circumstances change.

Pray First! Pray Through!