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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 24 – Real Heroes And Real Life

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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 BC, almost one hundred years earlier than Nehemiah’s day. Nehemiah …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 23 – Any Volunteers?

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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 people commended all the men who volunteered to live in …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 20 -The Oath

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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 the committed. These people see a need for preserving and …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 19 -Time After Time

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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 heard from heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 18 -Where To Begin

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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 great section of praise. First, God is praised as the …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 15 -Hunger For The Word

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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 Word among these people in Jerusalem. Notice that this seems …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 14 -The Need To Belong

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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 names of all the families of those who came back …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 13 -The Power And Peril Of A Witness

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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 6:15-16 Even their enemies had to admit that God was …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 12 -When Not To Run Away

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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 in the form of a prophecy, but this man is …

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Devotions by Ray Stedman for August 11 -A Great Work

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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 the plain of Ono. It is located down on the …

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