05/28/2025 – Day 332 – Nehemiah – Chapters 1 – 4 /3 of ? / Chapter Two -Central question – “Who belongs to Israel ?”
Why the list of people who came out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchhadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried to Babylon? The first verse explains: …
Read More06/13/2025 – “There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself.” Oswald Chambers (see Romans 12:1 & commentary from John Gill)
“Therefore, brothers, ,by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.” Romans …
Read More06/13/2025 – “Getting There” / “…come, follow Me”. (Luke 18:22).
“Where our individual desire dies and sanctification surrender lives. One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of our own individual temperament. We make our …
Read More05/28/2025 – Day 332 – Nehemiah – Chapters 1 – 4 /2 of ? / Chapter One: “Trouble and Shame” & “Give Success”
“The Book of Nehemiah introduces us straight away to Nehemiah himself, who will dominate it to a much greater extent than Ezra did in the preceding book. He is …
Read More06/12/2025 – BabylonBee: “10 ways to prepare for a fun successful riot.”
https://babylonbee.com/news/10-ways-to-prepare-for-a-fun-successful-riot
Read More06/12/2025 – Day 346 – Nehemiah – Chapters 10 – 13 / 2 of 2 / Chapter 13 – “Epilogue”
What a study this book is! Again, thanks to J.G. McConville, excerpts from his Chapter 13 commentary provided here(section – pgs 146 -151) :
“We have had a first climax …
Read More06/12/2025 – “Pursue God With Passion” / “Now you, man of God, run from these things; but pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.” 1 Timothy 6:11
Pursuing God: Present Tense
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Proverbs 21:21 says, “He who pursues righteousness and mercy finds life”. The word used for ‘pursue’ is a Hebrew word that also means ‘to …
Read More06/11/2025 – BabylonBee: “Marines deployed to another third world country full of hostile foreigners.” / “Trust in God and keep your powder dry” Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658) / See Nehemiah – Chapter 4
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Cromwell/Mediation-and-the-second-Civil-War
Semper Fi!
Read More06/11/2025 – Day 346 – Nehemiah – Chapters 10 – 13 / 1 of 2 / Chapter 10 – “An Oath”
Excerpts – from the commentary – pgs. 130 to 134:
“We saw that it was common in the ancient world when formulating relationships to recall the course they had taken in …
Read More06/11/2025 – “For those whose lives are according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those whose lives are about the Spirit, about the things of the Spirit.” Romans 8:5 / Read and pray over Romans – Chapter 8! : “The Life-Giving Spirit” / Section titles: “The Holy Spirit Ministries” / “From Groans to Glory”/ “The Believer’s Triumph”
Paper Like A Knife
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
A piece of paper is one of the weakest and most flimsy of substances. But paper can be dangerous. Have you ever had a …
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