Personal Devotions ⁽⁶²⁷⁾

Passage Read: Nehemiah 8-11 Meditation Verses: 9:34-38 The leaders of the people here acknowledge that they are all slaves in their own land, though the Jews in Jesus' day will declare that they have never been slaves of anyone! This generation acknowledges that they are…

Passage Read: Nehemiah 4-7 Meditation Verse: 6:14 It is sad that these foreign leaders who cared nothing about the welfare of the Jews would be able to hire prophets from among the Jews to intimidate one who was seeking to do good to the people.

Passage Read: Ezra 10 - Nehemiah 3 Meditation Verse: Ezra 10:1 Both Ezra and Nehemiah found people who were willing to support and cooperate with the burden God impressed on both of them. Ezra was mourning over the sins of his people, and as he…

Passage Read: Ezra 6-9 Meditation Verses: 9:13-14 Ezra says they are in difficult circumstances, though now they have been returned to their own land. They have been released from exile and permitted to return to their ancestral homes, which is very good. But other books…

Passage Read: Ezra 2-5 Meditation Verses: 4:1-4 It is great that these Samaritans wanted to help rebuild the temple, because they had been worshiping what they understood to be God from early on after their deportation to Israel. However, they also worshiped all their original…