Tag: Struggles

  • 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…

  • Calling?

    Calling?

    Galatians 1:11-24 11 For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard of my former manner of life in…

  • 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;…

  • 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…

  • YAWH sees

    YAWH sees

    Psalm 69:5-12 5 O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.   6 May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,   7 Because for Your sake I have…