Topic:Who is Jesus? He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. John 1:2-3 John says without any doubt that Jesus is God. He declares that Jesus is the Creator of all things. This accounts for Jesus’ …
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Topic:God’s Compassion And Mercy READ THE SCRIPTURE: JOB 42:12-13 The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first.Job 42:12a This is what James calls in the Revised Standard Version the purpose of the Lord (James 5:11), revealing God to be compassionate and merciful. God did not suddenly become …
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Topic:A God Of Purpose Then Job replied to the LORD: I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:1-2 The greatest theme in this book of Job is that it reveals to us the character of God Himself. God often appears to …
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Topic:A Cry For Mercy Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:1-2 What a marvelous understanding of the nature of sin and the character of …
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Topic:Are You Faithful? READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 13:10-14 I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a Levite named Pedaiah in charge of the storerooms and made Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, their assistant, because these men were considered trustworthy. Nehemiah 13:13a Notice how representative this …
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Topic:How To Celebrate READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 12:27-43 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres. Nehemiah 12:27 …
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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 …
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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 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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