How prone are we to self-deception? Are we really able to be honest with ourselves as we talk with God? Do we remember daily the true source of our righteousness? Remember me with favor, O my God (Nehemiah 13:31b). Some people think this sounds self-serving, that Nehemiah is concerned that God is going to forget [...]
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God Will Remember and Help
Posted: August 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, NehemiahTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God Will Remember and Help, Nehemiah, Ray Stedman, Scripture
August 19 Nehemiah 13
Posted: August 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, NehemiahTags: August 19 Nehemiah 13, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Nehemiah, Scripture
August 19 Nehemiah 13 (ESV) Nehemiah’s Final Reforms 13:1 On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, 2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, [...]
Spurgeon: How Does God Give Joy?
Posted: August 18, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, NehemiahTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, daily Bible, joy, Nehemiah, Scripture, Spurgeon: How Does God Give Joy?, worship
And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away. —Nehemiah 12:43 C.H. Spurgeon comments: “For the Lord had made them glad with great joy.” God alone can give us this great joy. [...]
August 18 Nehemiah 12
Posted: August 18, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, NehemiahTags: August 18 Nehemiah 12, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Nehemiah, Scripture
August 18 Nehemiah 12 (ESV) Priests and Levites 12:1 These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests [...]
Driscoll: Urban and Missional
Posted: August 17, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, NehemiahTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Driscoll: Urban and Missional, Mark Driscoll, Nehemiah, Scripture
Nehemiah 11:2 And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem. We have been reading in Nehemiah how the city of Jerusalem and its walls were being rebuilt, and how the people were turning back to God and renewing their covenant with Him. Today, we read how the people decided [...]
August 17 Nehemiah 11
Posted: August 17, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, NehemiahTags: August 17 Nehemiah 11, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Nehemiah, Scripture
August 17 Nehemiah 11 ESV) The Leaders in Jerusalem 11:1 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, while nine out of ten [1] remained in the other towns. 2 And the people blessed all the [...]
Change of mind brings about change of will.
Posted: August 16, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, NehemiahTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Covenant Renewal, daily Bible, Nehemiah, Scripture, sermon
Pastor P. G. Matthew, of Grace Valley Community Church, in a sermon “Covenant Renewal”: Nehemiah 10:28 speaks of “the rest of the people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters [...]
August 16 Nehemiah 10
Posted: August 16, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, NehemiahTags: August 16 Nehemiah 10, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Nehemiah, Scripture, sermon
August 16 Nehemiah 10 (ESV) The People Who Sealed the Covenant 10:1 [1] “On the seals are the names of [2] Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests. 9 And the Levites: [...]
August 15 Nehemiah 9
Posted: August 15, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, NehemiahTags: August 15 Nehemiah 9, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Nehemiah, Scripture
August 15 Nehemiah 9 (ESV) The People of Israel Confess Their Sin 9:1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads. 2 And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of [...]
Getting “the sense”
Posted: August 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, Ezra, NehemiahTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, expository preaching, Ezra, Getting "the sense", Nehemiah, Scripture
Since we have just finished reading Ezra and Nehemiah, this article will bless you- John Piper, at Desiring God Blog: Here’s another reason I am joyfully committed to expository exultation, that is, preaching. Look at this amazing statement of what biblical exposition is like when it’s done well—in the power of God’s Spirit and riveted [...]