Neh 8:1-12. After the reconstruction of the wall, there was now need for the re-instruction of the people. Ezra brings the book, the people hear attentively and hearts are realigned. This speaks to us of our need for the book, for preaching and gathering together in faith. Ah bring the book once more!

Neh 6:15-7:3. How foolish it would have been to have completed the walls and hung the gates and yet leave them open and unguarded. Nehemiah knew that to keep the city secure and prevent the enemy from entering, posting guards and watchmen was so important. In the same way, The Bible warns us to guard […]

Neh 5:1-13. As well as opposition outside of Jerusalem, Nehemiah also had to deal with conflict within the camp. Inner conflict and strife can hinder blessings in our personal lives and in the church. Making good decisions and making right that which is wrong can often be the key.

Neh 2:1-10. Nehemiah & Ezra are careful to recognize that it was God’s Hand working behind the scenes that causes them to prosper to return and rebuild. May we also be discerning and aware of how God hears our prayers, opens and closes doors, turns hearts, and makes a way for us in his time […]

Neh 1:4-11. As Nehemiah set his heart and mind to Jerusalem, with a desire to see the wall rebuilt, he started with prayer. As we consider God’s work of rebuilding in our own lives, our church, our community, and our land, let us be moved to pray to prepare the way.

Introducing our Series from The Book of Nehemiah, “A Time to Rebuild”, we explore the need in post-exilic Jerusalem to be rebuilt and how that pictures the need we have as believers to be rebuilt, revived, and renewed again and again. Many of us have time and areas in our lives where the walls and […]