Keep Building | Pastor Morgan Butcher | Venture Church
Anything worth building for God will eventually face resistance.
In this message from Ruins to Revival, Pastor Morgan continues through Ezra as the people of Israel face discouragement, fear, delays, and opposition while rebuilding the temple. What began with excitement and momentum eventually comes to a standstill — but when God speaks, the people get back up and begin building again.
Resistance doesn’t always mean you’re moving in the wrong direction. Sometimes spiritual maturity looks like continuing to obey God even while the opposition is still there.
You may not be able to control every circumstance, delay, outcome, or person around you — but you can choose whether or not you stay faithful.
What have you stopped building because you got tired?
Maybe it’s your marriage, your relationship with Jesus, your family, your calling, your health, your finances, or something God placed on your heart a long time ago. You may not need a brand-new assignment. Maybe it’s time to go back to what God already said and pick the hammer back up.
Don’t let difficulty talk you out of what God talked you into.
Don’t quit in the ruins when God is still writing the revival.
SCRIPTURE
Ezra 4–6
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Welcome & A Reason to Celebrate
01:23 Ruins to Revival
02:32 Israel Returns to Jerusalem
03:34 Only 50,000 Choose to Return
04:19 Starting vs. Continuing
04:57 Anything Worth Building Will Face Resistance
07:00 Opposition Arrives in Ezra 4
08:20 If God Is in It, Should It Be Easy?
10:56 Expect Opposition
11:31 Resistance Doesn’t Mean the Wrong Direction
12:32 The Enemy Attacks the Builders
13:13 The Enemy Wants You to Stop Building
15:43 When the Excitement Wears Off
17:18 Revival Requires Rebuilding
18:39 Learning to Endure Resistance
19:03 The Work Comes to a Standstill
20:01 When Opposition Gets Inside of Us
21:14 What Have You Stopped Building?
23:17 The Enemy Wants You to Quit
24:12 Haggai & Zechariah Speak
25:15 When God Speaks, Everything Can Change
26:06 Go Back to What God Already Said
27:27 When Opposition Gets Louder Than God’s Voice
28:40 Pick the Hammer Back Up
29:34 More Opposition Comes
30:40 Spiritual Maturity Means Keep Building
31:40 Let God Handle What You Can’t Control
32:37 Keep Obeying Through Opposition
33:27 King Darius Finds the Original Decree
34:37 God Turns Opposition Into Provision
35:40 God Can Work Through What Looks Against You
36:07 Your Job Is Faithfulness — God’s Job Is the Outcome
36:37 The Temple Is Finished
37:27 Finish What God Told You to Start
38:17 What Have You Stopped Building?
38:51 Don’t Let Difficulty Talk You Out of It
40:00 Don’t Quit in the Ruins
40:20 Invitation
41:24 Prayer
42:17 Keep BuildingAnything worth building for God will eventually face resistance