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 people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10 Then he said … More What is the Joy of the Lord?
The wall… provided protection in that day… but parts were torn down… so the enemy could get through that way. So it’s people were exposed… to those who wanted to harm… for the protection was gone… unless it’s inhabitants were armed. So Nehemiah had to rebuild it… to restore the protection… but all pitched in … More The Wall
THE BENEFIT OF AFFLICTION …It is good for me that I have been afflicted; – Ps. 119:71 Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly, – Jonah 2:1 Affliction is God’s flail to thresh off our husks. – Thomas Watson God uses captivity of people to enlarge the bounds of … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 20 January
Author directorfsm@gmail.comPublished on 24/May/2015 Dedicating Yourself unto the Lord Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel. – – – … More Rebuilding a Future Nehemiah Part XV
Time to Stop Think then Do Part II 17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” 18 And I told them of the hand of … More Rebuilding a Future Nehemiah Part XIV
Time to Stop Think then Do Part 1 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast … More Rebuilding a Future Nehemiah Part XIII
Grieving Our Enemies a Good Thing 9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there … More Rebuilding a Future Nehemiah Part XII
Finding Favor 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it. 6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting … More Rebuilding a Future Nehemiah Part XI
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, why is thy … More Rebuilding a Future Nehemiah Part X
PRAYING PART FOUR 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I … More Rebuilding a Future Nehemiah Part IX
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