Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Nehemiah 1:1-4
by: Linda Harris.
Nehemiah’s first reaction when he heard the walls of Jerusalem remained in disrepair was grief. The second was prayer.
When you receive alarming news, what is your first reaction—and your second? Do you panic, worry or manipulate? Or do you turn to God in prayer? What can you do to remind yourself that prayer should not be the last resort, but the first?