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"Restore to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive grovesand their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wineand the oil that you are exacting from them" (Nehemiah 5:11). [With the writing team on summer break, this week's devotionals from Sept. 2020 continue last week's study of Nehemiah as he has returned to Jerusa...
Keep ReadingAfter I looked things over, I stood up, and said ... "Don't be afraid of them.Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers,your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses" (Nehemiah 4:14). (The devotional writing team is on summer hiatus and prays you'll be blessed by this week's devotionals from Sept. 2020.) Have you ever faced opposit...
Keep Reading...to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father" (Gal. 4:5-6). What does that really look like, to be His "sons?" What does it look like to actually live life as these "sons" (and daughters) who are free to know Him as Father?In th...
Keep ReadingAnd all the people gathered with one mind at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel (Nehemiah 8:1). At the start of the quarantine our family chose to have a deeper devotional and worship time together. A highlight from this has been that our kids are asking m...
Keep Reading"Restore to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses,also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine and the oilthat you are exacting from them" (Nehemiah 5:11). Prior to Covid one of my sons told me about a time in his school hallway where he witnessed a bully picking on another student. What he remembered ...
Keep ReadingAfter I looked things over, I stood up, and said ... "Don't be afraid of them.Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers,your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses" (Nehemiah 4:14). Have you ever faced opposition while you were trying to complete a goal, or perhaps experienced it in a relationship where you can remember the words ...
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