When Nehemiah was given the burden to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls of the city, he immediately began to cry out to the Lord in fasting and prayer for the Lord to grant him success and mercy in the mission. Nehemiah 1:11 "O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." For I was the king's cupbearer.
Beloved, God has given me a burden to rebuild the walls of a broken country of Kenya by providing a good home for some of the orphan children who are homeless there. All over Africa there are millions of orphan children, primarliy due to the AIDS epidemic that swept through the continent ten years ago. Just in Kenya alone there are an estimated 2-3 million orphan children out of a population of 45 million.
Together we can make a difference in the lives of fifty children by providing them a good home, with good food, people that love and care about them, and the teaching that Jesus came and died for them. Many of these children come from muslim and pagan backgrounds, so they will be given the greatest gift of all, the good news of the gospel. And just as Nehemiah was successful in his quest to fulfill the burdern God placed upon him to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, so too, we will be successful to build the Living Water Orphanage, to help shore up the walls of a devastated country and the people who live there.
Through prayer God provided all the provision for Nehemiah to accomplish the task set before him. By prayer God opened the eyes of kings and pagans to help Nehemiah go forward. By prayer, God defeated the enemies of Nehemiah who came against him when the wall was being built. By prayer, God filled up the city with the returning captives. By prayer Jerusalem stands today, a testament to the power and faithfulness of God.
Please join me in praying for the provision for the orphanage, that the good plans of the Lord will be established on earth as it is in heaven. Pray about your part in sending a team next summer to help build, or to be a team member to go and put your hands to the work. May God bless you as you pray!
In Christ, Jim
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