Wednesday April 9, 2014 “Ruinous Rumors”
Neh 6:5-7 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand. 6 In it was written: It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, that you … Continue reading
Tuesday April 8, 2014 “I won’t Come Down”
Neh 6:3 “So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?” Nehemiah surely would have “come down” had he chosen to visit with his enemies in the plain of Ono. No … Continue reading
Monday April 7, 2014 “A Great Work”
Neh 6:3 “So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?” Nehemiah knew that what he was doing for God was a “great work”. Everything we do in the Name of … Continue reading
Saturday April 5, 2014 “Remember My Good Works”
Nehemiah 5:19 “19 Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.” Nehemiah was asking for God’s blessings in this verse. “Remember Me!” We must do good to and for others in order to be remembered by God who is, “Not unrighteous to forget our works and labors of … Continue reading
Sunday April 6, 2014 “Temptation to Compromise”
Nehemiah 6:1-3 “Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), 2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, … Continue reading
Friday April 4, 2014 “Work Hard”
Nehemiah 5:16-18 “16 Indeed, I also continued the work on this wall, and we did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work. 17 And at my table were one hundred and fifty Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. 18 Now that which was prepared … Continue reading
Thursday April 3, 2014 “Because of the Fear of the Lord”
Nehemiah 5:14-15 “14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the governor’s provisions. 15 But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and … Continue reading
Wednesday April 2, 2014 “Seriously Thorough”
Neh 5:11-13 “Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them.” 12 So they said, “We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will … Continue reading
Tuesday April 1, 2014 “A Holy Jealousy”
Neh 5:9 Then I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? Nehemiah was jealous over the Name of the Lord. He had rebuked the leaders v.7 for treating their brothers in an ungodly way. The … Continue reading
We Are The People 