Finish What You Start

So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they . . . realized this work had been done with the help of our God. (Nehemiah 6:15-16 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.
5. Use common sense.
6. God-size your problems.
7. Work together.
8. Work hard.
9. Resist distractions.
10. Finish what you start.

Today's meditation:

• Some say, "It can't be done." Others use the word impossible. But they fail to see what God can do with people who are determined to follow the Lord.

Pray today:

• For our students to be determined to finish their courses of study, especially those who may be contemplating dropping out of college, for them to enroll this fall and persist to graduation.
• For prospective students who still need to follow-through and finish their preparations to attend this fall, for those who will be at the Early Registration event today to be successful in finishing the process, for those who still hesitate to find the motivation to finish the process.
• For the Emmanuel family to keep working even when discouragement comes or fear attempts to paralyze, for us to work on, whether hard or easy, to finish what God has given us to do, for us to work through fatigue and hard times, to never give up, to never give in.

Pray First! Pray Through!