15In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the...
1On 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, 2for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against...
1These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 5Mijamin, Maadiah,...
1Now 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 tena remained in the other towns. 2And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered...
Our church is finishing up the 6-week series on the book of Nehemiah "Rebuild". Tonight Pastor Jon will preach on the last part of the book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IazZV1EQPmQ Pastor Jon has three application points...1: When was the last time that you...
This is the last exerpt of Chuck Swindoll's insight on leadership from Nehemiah taken from chapter 10: There are some very simple—but life-changing—principles that I glean from these verses in Nehemiah 10. The first is that serious thought precedes any significant...
34We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, have likewise cast lots for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is...
30We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. 31And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. And we will...
38e “Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names off our princes, our Levites, and our priests. 1a “On the seals are the names ofb Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah, 2Seraiah,...
16“But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return...
1Now 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. 2And the Israelitesa separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities...
Our church is going to week 5 of the 6-week "Rebuild" series tonight from the book of Nehemiah. Pastor Bumble will teach from Nehemiah 6:15-7:6, 66-73 on "Why 'Completion' is Not 'Done' in Rebuild". Tune in at 5 PM in person or online at bit.ly/rp_church or...
In the first week of July, many of us will attend our Alliance Churches' District Conference on the theme of "REVIVE". I was delighted to found Chuck Swindoll's insight on revival leadership in "Hand me Another Brick": Tucked away in the old Book of Nehemiah is the...
13On the second day the heads of fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law. 14And they found it written in the Law that the LORD had commanded by Moses that the people...
9And 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...
1And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel. 2So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and...
1Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing...
15So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. 16And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished...