Topic:Real Heroes And Real Life READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 12:1-26 These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua Nehemiah 12:1a This takes us back to the heroes of the past. Zerubbabel led the first return from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem in 538 …
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Topic:Any Volunteers? READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 11 Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns. The …
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Topic:The Oath READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 9:38-10:29 In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it. Nehemiah 9:38 This verse includes a list of what might be termed the company of …
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Topic:Time After Time READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 9:16-37 But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your sight. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you …
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Topic:Where To Begin READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 9:1-15 Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. Nehemiah 9:5b This prayer in the book of Nehemiah is a great model that will teach us much for our own prayer life. It begins with a …
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Topic:Hunger For The Word READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 8:1-8 They told Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. Nehemiah 8:1b It is not surprising that chapter 8 opens with a manifestation of a great hunger for the …
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Topic:The Need To Belong READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 7 So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. Nehemiah 7:5a It was necessary to ensure that only true Israelites lived within Jerusalem. There follows a list of …
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Topic:The Power And Peril Of A Witness READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 6:15-19 So the wall was completed… When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God. Nehemiah …
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Topic:When Not To Run Away READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 6:10-14 Should a man like me run away? Or should one like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go! Nehemiah 6:11 Once again the enemy switches his tactics, reverting again to subterfuge. A word comes …
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Topic:A Great Work READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 6:1-9 I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you? Nehemiah 6:3b These erstwhile enemies suddenly become Nehemiah’s friends and invite him to a conference down on …
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