Tag: Broken

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Sing Praises

    Sing Praises

    Psalm 69:34-36 34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. 35 For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. 36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it Examine /…

  • Obedience

    Obedience

    Ps 69:29–33 29 But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high. 30 I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. 31 And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. 32 The humble have seen…

  • Annihilation?

    Annihilation?

    Psalm 69:22-28 22 May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap. 23 May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually. 24 Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them. 25 May their camp be desolate;…

  • Scorn has broken me

    Scorn has broken me

    Psalms 69.20-21 20 Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. 21 They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Examine / Explain Scorn has broken my innermost being.…

  • Through the mocking

    Through the mocking

    Psalms 69:13-15 13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time;       O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness,       Answer me with Your saving truth.       14 Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink;       May I be delivered from my foes and from…

  • Cry Out

    Cry Out

    Psalm 69:1-4 1 Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life. 2 I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. 3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;  My eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 Those…