Of course the question comes to us – Are we committed to never neglect God and our relationship with Him? How seriously do we take our relationship with Jesus?
Category Archives: Nehemiah
Laws of Firsts | Nehemiah 10:35-37
Recognize all good gifts come from God, then trust that He blesses those who acknowledge this by giving back to Him, in faith out of gratefulness.
Temple Tithe | Nehemiah 10:32-34
They promised to pay the temple tithe. It was a practical means to support upkeep of the temple and the activities associated with worship – like offerings.
Covenant details – 1| Nehemiah 10:29-31
They responded in contrite prayer to the conviction of the Word and made a covenant with God to do better. Was this just, “I’m sorry God”? No way!
Covenant makers | Nehemiah 9:38-10:29
Now they put some “meat hooks” into it to make it more binding; the leaders all signed it as an official document and stamped a seal on it.
Slaves in Promised Land | Nehemiah 9:32-37
They are back in the land. But they are slaves – since all their proceeds go to the foreign kings who rule over them. Slaves in the promised land.
Stop 6 Rebellion in Canaan | Neh 9:26-31 (NLT)
26 “But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your Law, they killed your prophets who warned them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies. 27 So you handed them over to their enemies, who made them suffer. But in their time of trouble they …
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Stop 5 – Conquering Canaan | Nehemiah 9:22-25 (NLT)
“22 Then you helped our ancestors conquer kingdoms and nations, and you placed your people in every corner of the land. They took over the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan. 23 You made their descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and brought them …
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Stop 4 – Desert desertion | Neh 9:16-21 (NLT)
But Israel rejected it. They turned their back on God and all his blessings and provisions. They constantly complained …
Stop 3 – Desert Provision | Nehemiah 9:13-15
Does that phrase just jump out at you? God came down. He led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt into the wilderness on the way to the Promised Land.