Category: The journey

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

So. Nehemiah. He hears terrible news about his people in Jerusalem. He cries. He grieves. He doesn’t eat. And then he prays this prayer – Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome...