I replied, “There is no truth in any part of your story. You are making up the whole thing.”
9They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.
the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun. 16When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.

Lord God,
I pray for your truth to once again be embraced and this nation to become united under your authority. Start with me, remove my sinful nature and allow you peace to rest on me. Use me to reach the lost in my realm of influence.

In Jesus name,
Amen