Don’t Deny Denial But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name? Malachi 1:6 My Takeaways Something Old Denial: refusal to recognize or acknowledge. Denial will carry us to places we never intended to go Denial will cause us to do things we never intended to do. Denial will keep…
My Gatekeeper Is Me The gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the LORD when that house was a tent. 1 Chronicles 9:23 My Takeaways Something Old The gatekeeper was responsible for: Opening the doors in the mornings and closing them at night….
A Quick Word from Wendy… Festival For One So everyone who had returned from captivity lived in these shelters during the festival, and they were all filled with great joy! Nehemiah 8:17a My Takeaways Something Old It must have been some celebration. The Israelites had not celebrated like this since the…
How Do I Respond To The Word? …all the people assembled with a unified purpose at the square just inside the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had given for Israel to obey. Nehemiah 8:1 My Takeaways Something Old…
Handling Bullies And Mean People “Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews,…” Nehemiah 4:1 My Takeaways Something Old First: Pray. Second: Recognize it is not your fight. Third: Always carry our weapon. Something New Unfortunately, there are bullies…
Big Things For God They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gate have been destroyed by fire.” Nehemiah 1:3 My Takeaways Something Old Anything I…