Day 208 Never Give Up On What God Has Called You To Do

Day 208

Daily Bible Reading Schedule

Ezra 3-6
2nd Corinthians 1

We are starting 2 new Books of the Bible

Ezra & 2nd Corinthians

Ezra is not a long book, only 10 Chapters
An entire generation has lived in Babylon and now they are going back to Israel.

One thing I want you to notice is that, in
 Ezra 1:4
Let the men of his place help him with silver and with gold and with goods and with beasts besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

They are going to rebuild the Temple for God. 

There is nothing wrong with giving and helping build a church or a temple for God.

I went to a church where the Pastor said he was going to hold a special offering for the church.  The church needed some things to be fixed.  That is fine.  He was a new pastor, and all of a sudden he wanted the congaerations money.

So I just want you to be aware, if your church does uses this verse, pray before giving.  A few months later that Pastor was gone from that church. 

Not saying don't give to the church, but pray before you give a large amount.

Then as they are trying to rebuild the temple, they run into trouble, since they believe in God, the surrounding towns don't like what they are doing.  They are calling them and their city, A Place of Rebellion.  They won't pay taxes, or duties and royal revenues will suffer.
So they were stopped from building the temple until this problem was settled.

Believers are always under attacked.  Satan is always trying to stop Believers. 

The temple finally gets built.

So whatever God is telling you to do, don't give up, just because you run into obstacles.  That is Satan trying to stop you.  Never give up on what God told you to do.