The story of my life
Nehemiah 9 is amazing! The whole story of God’s interaction with his people from the very beginning up to this point. The whole span of history in one chapter! It really is worth a...
Author: Helen Redfern
Twelve ingredients for a great faith festival
Come together When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. Nehemiah 7:73 – 8:1 Gather together...
A letter to Sanballat (or someone like him!)
To Sanballat and all your miserable crew, I can’t sit by and watch you treat people like this any more. I can’t keep quiet. I have to say something. You just can’t give it...
Lording it over the minions…….
Power changes people. We see it all the time. Give someone an extra responsibility for a shift and they will work diligently and with confidence. Put someone in charge of a project and they...
Make Poverty History
Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews. Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive,...
Bringing stones back to life
Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble? Nehemiah 4:2 Bringing stones back to life? A strange expression, but one which has stuck with me. Such a graphic reminder...
Keep on keeping on….
So as the Jewish people start to rebuild, they face opposition to the rebuilding. Just as when we set out on a project, we often find ourselves facing opposition too. The reaction of others...
Working together
Remember how Nehemiah said to the people ‘Come, let us rebuild…’ Well, Nehemiah 3 describes exactly that. Everyone pitches in. Everyone plays their part. They work together. They build side by side, shoulder to...
Who do you think you are?
So Nehemiah says ‘Come, let us rebuild’. And the people say ‘Let us start rebuilding.’ So they began this good work. Nehemiah 2:18 All good so far. Nehemiah has a vision. Everyone is up...
Come, let us rebuild……
Yesterday, I promised I would tell you how I got from there to here. How I rebuilt my life after trying to destroy it. I can’t remember the detail, sorry. How I started to...
