In The Word Read Nehemiah 11 Time Passes; Heads of Provinces Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities. And the people blessed all the men who […]
Month: July 2015
PEOPLE, TIME, AND MONEY
In The Word Read Nehemiah 9:38-10:39 A Covenant Results “Now because of all this We are making an agreement in writing; And on the sealed document are the names of our leaders, our Levites and our priests.” Signers of the Document Now on the sealed document were the names of: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and […]
REFUSE SIN AND PLEASE GOD
In The Word Read Nehemiah 9:22-37 “You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, And allotted them to them as a boundary. They took possession of the land of Sihon the king of Heshbon And the land of Og the king of Bashan. “You made their sons numerous as the stars of heaven, And You brought them into […]
SORROW FOR SIN
In The Word Read Nehemiah 9:1-21 The People Confess Their Sin Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them. The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. While they stood […]
OBEDIENCE BRINGS JOY
In The Word Read Nehemiah 8 Ezra Reads the Law And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel. Then Ezra the priest brought […]
TIME TO SERVE
In The Word Read Nehemiah 7 Census of First Returned Exiles Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed, then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a […]
WHAT DOES SCRIPTURE SAY?
In The Word Read Nehemiah 6 The Enemy’s Plot Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates, then […]
FREE FROM BONDAGE
In The Word Read Nehemiah 5 Usury Abolished Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. For there were those who said, “We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live.”There were others who said, “We are […]
DEFEAT THE ENEMY
In The Word Read Nehemiah 4 Work Is Ridiculed Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews. He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are […]
GOD’S MISSION REQUIRES WORK
In The Word Read Nehemiah 3 Builders of the Walls Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. Next to him the men of Jericho built, […]