Our church continues week 4 of the 6-week "Rebuild" series tonight from the book of Nehemiah. Pastor Bumble will teach from chapters 4-6 about "Facing Oppositions as We Rebuild". Since we will be going through 3 chapters tonight, if you need to catch up to chapter 6,...
In Chuck Swindoll's "Hand me A Brick", he mentioned: God's will didn't allow the wall to be built without opposition. It was before the wall was half-finished that the workers began to be bombarded with the sarcastic words of the critics. While not all criticism is of...
10Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are...
1Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying,...
1Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. 2For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” 3There were also those who...
7c But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry. 8And they all plotted together...
1a Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. 2And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for...
Our church is in part 3 of the 6-week series on the book of Nehemiah "Rebuild". Our guest speaker for tonight is Bill Staffieri, Lead Pastor of Beach Point Church (on Magnolia north of Slater). Bill has been a resident of Fountain Valley all his life. He took on the...
28Above the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house. 29After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired. 30After him Hananiah the son of...
1Then 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. 2And next to him the men of Jericho...
In Chuck Swindoll's "Hand me Another Brick", he noted the following from Nehemiah 2: FOUR PRINCIPLES ON PREPARATION Nehemiah was preparing for a tough job, but he had his head on straight. The account of his preparation reveals what I consider to be four timeless...
11So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode. 13I went out by night...
9Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. 10But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them...
1In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is...
Our church continues week 2 of the 6-week "Rebuild" series tonight from the book of Nehemiah. Pastor Bumble will teach from chapter 2 about "Preparations are Needed to Rebuild". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK9UiMvK8Xg There is no assigned Bible Reading today so...
Yesterday we covered the first two leadership lessons from Nehemiah 1 according to Chuck Swindoll. Let's look at the remaining two: 3. A Serious Leader Goes First to God with the Problem. In Nehemiah 1:5 we hear Nehemiah say, “I beseech Thee, O Lord God of heaven.” He...
Hello RPers, I am reading "Hand Me Another Brick" from Chuck Swindoll on leadership lessons from Nehemiah and this is an excerpt from Nehemiah 1: 1. A Leader Has a Clear Recognition of the Needs. The beginning of Nehemiah 1:4 reads, "It came about when I heard these...
11O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” [King Artaxerxes I] Now I was cupbearer to...