When Nehemiah received the assignment from God to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem, he used the principles we must use today to rebuild a wall of protection around our families. What is written in the Bible is written for the admonition of us who live in the End Times, so we need to pay attention to how God accomplished His work through these various people. Nehemiah sought God for direction and favor, he fasted and prayed because he realized the spiritual realm is in control, and he made a plan--all of this before he ever approached the king for permission. Because the work had been done in the spiritual realm, God granted him great fovor with the king, who not only gave him permission, but made him Governor. He faced great opposition from the enemy, but he prayed and stayed the course and was greatly successful.