In Nehemiah, chapter two, verse twenty, all matters to His Kingdom starts with God for it to be successful. Nehemiah begins rebuilding the wall for the city because he knew it was God’s will. Therefore, Nehemiah was fully confident that God would give him success in doing so. In all God’s work, our Lord desires […]
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In Nehemiah, chapter two, verse nineteen, A third prominent adversary of Nehemiah is part of the trio. His name occurs again in Nehemiah six, verses one through two. Geshem is the chief of some Arabian tribe. The other two are Sanballat, the Horonite, and Tobiah, the servant, the Ammonite. These three seem to have been
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In Nehemiah, chapter two, verse twelve, although Nehemiah arrived as governor with the full authority of the Persian Empire behind him, he did nothing for three days and told no one his God-given plans. We can be sure he was waiting on God, not rushing ahead by trusting in his strength, as in Isaiah forty,
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In Nehemiah, chapter two, verse eight, the hand of the Lord upon Nehemiah meant at least five things to him. He was sharing God’s purposes, as in chapter one. God was actively guiding him in verse twelve. God was granting him His favor and help, as in verse eighteen and Hebrews four, verse sixteen. God
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In Nehemiah, chapter two, verse four, his first impulse always was to pray. Before answering the King’s question, he breathed a prayer to God for help and wisdom: just one of the many times in the book where Nehemiah spontaneously called upon God, as in chapter four, verses four through five, verse nine, chapter five,
In Nehemiah, chapter two, verse two, fear will always accompany an attempt to do the unusual for God. Courage is not the absence of fear but the knowledge that what one is undertaking is worth the fear. Although Nehemiah knew the human emotion of fear, the faith and courage he faced made the king enable
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In Nehemiah, chapter one, verse eleven, this “man” was Artaxerxes, King of Persia, Nehemiah prayed that God would grant him favor with the King on behalf of the Jews. When we desire to obtain anything from other people, we should first present our concerns to God. He can then move the hearts and minds of
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In Nehemiah, chapter one, verse four, Nehemiah became deeply burdened for his people and God’s work in Judah. For four months, he poured out his heart to God in fasting and prayer with many tears because of the trouble afflicting God’s people in Jerusalem and Judah, as in Acts twenty, verse thirty-one. His prayer included
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In Nehemiah, chapter one, verse one, he left for Persia for Jerusalem to be governor of Judah. Nehemiah came thirteen years after Ezra arrived there. He comes with a commission from the King of Persia to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, which had been broken down after Ezra attempted to rebuild the city, as in
In Ezra, chapter ten, verse eleven, the actions of Ezra and the Israelite community at this stage of history should not be considered a standard for those under the new covenant. Concerning marriage and divorce for New Testament believers, the scriptures teach the following: The believer must not wed an unbeliever, as in First Corinthians
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