The Nehemiah Wall
Build the wall, stone by faithful stone. A wall you cannot build by tapping. Every day you are faithful in the app, in prayer, in the Word, in serving, gathering and worship, one stone is laid in your section. Opposition comes, as it came to Nehemiah from Sanballat and Tobiah, and you answer it the way he did: by praying, posting a guard, and standing firm. The wall rises over weeks, not minutes, and when the last stone is set it stands as a stone of remembrance for what God did through ordinary faithful days.
- Players
- Solo
- Kind
- Walk the story
- Built on
- Nehemiah 4:17
- Cost
- Free, inside Living Bread
How to play
- Open the wall and see your stones: one for every day of real faithfulness recorded in your walk.
- Read the opposition of the day. Sanballat and Tobiah taunted the builders; the game gives you their words and Nehemiah's answer.
- Pray, and stand firm. The stand posts a guard and you keep building.
- Lay a stone today by walking through one of the doors: pray, open the Word, serve someone.
- Come back tomorrow. The wall only rises by days, never by taps.
- When the last stone is laid, the wall stands, and an Ebenezer is raised: thus far the Lord has helped us.
The Scripture it stands on
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Nehemiah 4:17, King James Version
What it forms in you
Perseverance under opposition, and the humility of a slow work. It ties the game to your actual days, so the only cheat is a real morning with God. Over a month it also teaches something the other games cannot: that a life is built the way a wall is, one unremarkable stone at a time, and that the laughter from the ridge has never once stopped a wall from rising.
Who it is for
Believers building a daily rhythm, anyone discouraged by slow growth, small groups who want a shared picture of faithfulness over weeks.
A reflection
A trowel in one hand and a sword in the other. What are you building that someone laughs at, and what would it mean to keep laying stones anyway?
Questions people ask
Why can I not just tap to build?
Because the wall is a picture of your real faithfulness. Each stone is a day, and days cannot be faked.
What counts as a faithful day?
Prayer, time in the Word, serving, gathering with the family, or worship, recorded in your walk inside Living Bread.
What happens when the wall is finished?
It stands, and the game raises a stone of remembrance with Samuel's words: thus far the Lord has helped us.
Play it in Living Bread
The Nehemiah Wall lives inside the app with every other game, your progress, and the family to play it with. Open in Living Bread App Store Google Play
