“Reclaim Your Energy for What God Gave You”

Grace and Peace Ekklesia Family

Your visions, your dreams, and your goals need your energy, your effort, and your time more than the people who are draining you.

Some of the warfare you’re feeling isn’t demonic—it's distraction disguised as relationship.

Nehemiah 6:3 (NLT):

“I am doing a great work, so I cannot come down.”

Nehemiah was rebuilding the wall—God’s assignment for his life—when draining people tried to pull him into pointless conversations. The Hebrew meaning behind “great work” points to something divinely significant, something Heaven initiated.

To “come down” means to descend from purpose to pettiness, from calling to conflict, from destiny to distraction.

Nehemiah understood this truth:

Not every voice deserves your energy. Not every relationship deserves your access. Not every request deserves your time.

God gives vision, but you must give focus.

God gives dreams, but you must give discipline.

God gives purpose, but you must give protection—over your strength, your mind, your schedule, and your peace.

Your destiny cannot be funded with emotional overdrafts.

Your future cannot be built with a drained spirit.

Your calling cannot grow while you’re feeding environments that never feed you back.

Some people are not bad—they’re just not assigned to your next season.

1. Audit your access: Identify who drains you, who distracts you, and who develops you.

2. Protect your time: Block off hours for prayer, focus, vision-building, and rest.

3. Fuel what God gave you: Redirect emotional energy back into your purpose.

4. Move quietly, build loudly: Let your results preach louder than explanations.

5. Set boundaries without guilt: You are responsible for your calling, not their comfort.

God says: This season requires focus, discipline, and separation.

I am removing the unnecessary so you can rise in the extraordinary.

Your next breakthrough is tied to your ability to guard your strength.

Father, in the name of Jesus, help me reclaim the energy I’ve been giving away. Strengthen my spirit. Renew my focus. Remove every draining voice and elevate my discernment. Teach me to align my time with Your will and redirect my strength into the visions You have placed in my heart. I surrender my schedule, my emotions, and my energy to You. Lead me into a season of clarity, momentum, and unstoppable purpose. Amen.

LoveUmorethanUknow Pastor Stephän Kirby