Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of today's post is

He Did Not Quit. In Ezra 3, the Israelites were attempting to see Jerusalem restored.

The first step was rebuilding the temple. After the successful

laying of the foundation, there was a great celebration. They poured a slab and threw a party.

However, their enemies regrouped very quickly organizing an intimidation and slander campaign,

including the hiring of lobbyists.

Ezra 4 and 5 says,

Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and and frightened them from building, and hired

counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus, king of Persia,

even until the reign of Darius, or Darius, King of Persia.

This succeeded in stopping the rebuilding process. The delay lasted 16 years.

Their diabolical scheming had worked. God had to raise up two prophets, Haggai and Zachariah, to motivate the Israelites,

to restart the work. We must take a lesson from this. We're deceiving ourselves if we think

the enemies of Christ in America, backed by demonic powers, will give up in their attempt to take

over this nation. Ultimate victory over their efforts will not occur until a great awakening

turns the hearts of tens of millions of Americans. This will happen, but we are not there yet.

Not only must we pray for revival, but there is still much work to be done on the practical side.

One of the most important areas is regarding the abortion issue.

Dobbs did not make abortion illegal, but simply sent the decision to the states to do as they choose.

Some have put strict limitations on abortion, while others continue to murder babies.

The reversing of Roe was absolutely critical to the turning of our nation.

God holds nations accountable for the decisions of their leaders.

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