I believe this is blog # 30 in this series of tracing God's familial theme throughout His Word.

Nehemiah 4:14-15 and on...  "And I looked and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people.  'Be not ye afraid of them:  remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.  And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to wall, every one unto his work."

The enemy is determined to rob, kill and destroy all that is good--that includes your family.  But, when we are alert to the tricks and wiles of the devil...like in Nehemiah's day....his plans will come to nothing.  Remember the Lord, Nehemiah said and FIGHT for your family members, for your household.

Satan has no new tactics.  Throughout history he has used the same deceit and temptations to destroy.  Being aware and conscious of his ways we can out maneuver him as we fight, on our knees for our children, spouses, any members of our family.

Later in this chapter we read that as they worked they had a weapon in one hand as they worked with the other.  Laying a good foundation as parents we work each day by example and testimony, teaching and training our family, according to the Word of God.  Our weapons are not carnal.  Our weapon is the Word of God.  In Ephesians, the sixth chapter, Paul tells us how to prepare, what armour to put on. 

We are in a battle, for the very souls of our loved ones.  We must fight with the tools God has equipped us with.  His Word, Prayer, our testimony--these are essential for the victory to be won.  It will happen as we take seriously the enemies purpose and tactical moves.

The exciting part is that the "Captain of the Host of Israel", Jesus Christ, Himself is at the forefront of the battle.  He will fight for us as we seek Him, trust Him, and follow His battle cry.

I've repeated before in my blogs that I would "storm the very gates of Hell" on behalf of my children and grandchildren.  But I don't have to.  Jesus has won the battle for me--I just need to go to my "Commander-in-Chief" and lay them on the altar.  He will fight for us.  He will be victorious.  But we MUST take Him at His Word, believe that He will do what He has promised if we do our part.

All we have to do is trust, like the old hymn says:  "Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him, how I've proved Him o'er and o'er.  Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus, O for grace to trust Him more."

I encourage you to stay on your knees fighting for your family members.  Nehemiah 4:20  "...our God shall fight for us."