Nehemiah 1 Part 2

Also, what I find remarkable about the life of Nehemiah and this whole book is how God works. Consider this, Nehemiah was doing his normal thing, protecting the life of King Artaxerxes with his own life, this was his job as a cupbearer. And then on an ordinary day, a...

Nehemiah 1 Part 1

If you wouldn’t mind reading this short chapter, I have a few thoughts for our devotion today. Even if you wanted to read the passage and then let it soak in you, and then tomorrow read the devotional, that’s even better. Verses 1-4 tell us some things about...

Nehemiah Week 6

Devotional Thoughts for God’s Family – 1 Nehemiah 13:8-9 And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber. Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the chambers, and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God,...

Nehemiah Week 5

Devotional Thoughts for God’s Family Week – 1 Nehemiah 9:16–17 (ESV): But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed...

Nehemiah Week 4

Devotional Thoughts for God’s Family – 1 Nehemiah 8:9-12 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the...

Nehemiah Week 3

Devotional Thoughts for God’s Family – 1 Nehemiah 6:17–18 (ESV): Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them. 18 For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of...