Category: Nehemiah

  • Guards!

    Guards!

    Nehemiah 7:1-4 1 Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.…

  • Phishing

    Phishing

    Nehemiah 6:2 2 then Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me. Nehemiah 6:10 10 When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, “Let…

  • Power

    Power

    Nehemiah5:6 6 I became extremely angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. Examine / Explain According to the King, Nehemiah was appointed governor for twelve years over Judah. In this time of rebuilding, complaints arose regarding being taken advantage of by fellow Jews. The fact that they needed money and their own countrymen took…

  • Assignment

    Assignment

    Nehemiah 4:9 But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night. Nehemiah 4:13-14 13 then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places, and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears and bows. 14 When…

  • Working

    Working

    Nehemiah 3:8-9 8 Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 9 Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. Examine…

  • Faithful Opposition

    Faithful Opposition

    Nehemiah 2:2-8 So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid. 3 I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my…

  • Brokenness!

    Brokenness!

    Nehemiah 1:4-9 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 5 I said, “I beseech You, O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep…