In The Word Read: Psalms 92-93 Praise for the Lord’s Goodness. A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day. 92 It is good to give thanks to the Lord And to sing praises to Your name, Most High; 2 To declare Your goodness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, 3 With the ten-stringed lute and […]
God Is Our Protector
In The Word Read: Psalms 91 Security of One Who Trusts in the Lord. 91 One who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will lodge in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” 3 For it is He who […]
God’s Vantage Point
In The Word Read: Psalms 90 God’s Eternity and the Brevity of Human Life. A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. 90 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are […]
Faithful To The End
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 13 Foreigners Excluded 13 On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud as the people listened; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite was ever to enter the assembly of God, 2 because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and […]
We Have Come To Worship God
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 12 Priests and Levites Who Returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel 12 Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, […]
In The Right Place
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 11 Time Passes; Heads of Provinces 11 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. 2 And the people blessed all the men […]
People, Time, And Money
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 9:38-10:39 A Covenant Results 38 “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 10 Now on the sealed document were the names of: Nehemiah the governor, the […]
Refuse Sin And Please God
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 9:22-37 22 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. 23 You made their sons as numerous as the stars of heaven, And […]
Sorrow For Sin
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 9:1-21 The People Confess Their Sin 9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them. 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their […]
Obedience Brings Joy
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 8 Ezra Reads the Law 8 And all the people gathered as one person at the public 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. 2 Then Ezra […]