Maybe the problem is we aren’t looking for God to work so when He does, we miss it. A 1st step might be to ask for spiritual eyes of faith to see Him working.
Category Archives: Ezra
Submissive Appeal | Ezra 10:12-15 (NASB)
What do you do when you don’t agree with the request of your authority, or you have a better idea? Make a submissive appeal. The point is, we demonstrate willingness to obey (including immediately) – having decided that no matter what, we will obey.
Regret the past or Rejoice in the future | Ezra 3:12-13 (NASB)
12 Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy, 13 so that the people could not distinguish the sound of …
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Add insult to injury | Ezra 9:10-15 (NLT)
Now they are doing it again – disobeying the command God gave to protect them. They intermarried with the impure, idolatrous other nations and we’re likely worshiping their Gods again!
Confession ~ Repentance | Ezra 10:10-11 (NASB)
Specifically, we need to be alert for the sin of “intermarrying with the world” – entanglement with it’s ways – the lust of the flesh and pride of life.
Ezra Overview | Ezra 1:1 (NLT)
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord fulfilled the prophecy he had given through Jeremiah. He stirred the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom: Ezra 1:1 (NLT) Background Israel continually rebelled against the Lord. To punish them, He sent the Babylonian …
But God | Ezra 5:13-17 (NLT)
I love these “But God” passages. Why? When God reveals how He is working in the situation, everything changes. Here, the Jews had rejected God and He …
The End | Ezra 10:18-19, 23-25, 44 (ESV)
We get to the end of the book and the end of the offense with a list of everyone who was guilty and repented.
Set apart | Ezra 10:16-17 (ESV)
This was a critical task that required the utmost care … They were deciding, on God’s behalf, which families would need to be split up.
God moves when we pray | Ezra 10:1-2 (NASB)
What was their source of hope? Was it because they responded to the conviction and were repenting? Yes, but more. What is it? Leave a comment.