Hi, Chris Valetan here. Welcome to my podcast where I hope to inspire you to walk

in your Royal Identity in Christ and experience God's goodness in every area of your life.

I hope you enjoy this message today and if you're looking for more resources,

check out ChrisValetan.com. And, Lord, I just thank you today for what you're doing all over the world.

And I thank you that you are rising in darkness. You are the light in the midst of the darkness. You're

not the light at the end of the tunnel. You're the light in the tunnel. You prepare a table

for us in the presence of our enemies. You are knowing our head with oil. Lord, you're the rod and

the staff that comfort us in the middle of the valley, the shadow of death or whatever it is we're

going through. And, Lord, I just bless this day. I bless this time and I pray that you would awaken

something powerful in us, Lord. I'd say you would awaken something powerful in us today

that you would awaken the greatness in each of us, that you would awaken the leader in us,

that you would awaken the lion in us today, God. And I pray for that and I thank you for it

in Jesus' name. I want to talk about discipling nations and building in troubled times. And I want

to actually read, we're going to read a lot today out of the book in Nehemiah. So,

if you have a Bible near, if you could scramble and go get your Bible because it's probably some of

the most reading we'll do if you're with us today. Nehemiah is a story of the rebuilding of the

walls of Jerusalem. Help me. Okay, there we go. I got a little cheering section in here. And the

walls of Jerusalem and the gates of Jerusalem were tore down for 114 years as I shared with you before.

And then for 72 years, the Israelites tried to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Now,

when we're talking about walls, Isaiah 60 says, you'll call your wall salvation,

sorry, and you'll call your gates praise. And so we see these as physical walls, but they're also

representative of the walls of our life. Your walls salvation, your gates are praise. And I want

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