Category: Daily Devotion

  …yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Galatians 2:16…

As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. Galatians‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ ‭- The apostle Paul is confronting a very serious matter within the churches of Galatia. Apparently there had been brought to the churches a “different…

  …no longer as a bondservantbut more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. Philemon 1:16 – Paul was asking a big ask from Philemon with this letter! What we have is a runaway slave named Onesimus who happens to find…

  So I confronted the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their stations. Nehemiah 13:11 – While seeing this backtrack in faithfulness is hard for us to see, imagine the pain it caused Nehemiah. These last few chapters have been filled with Spirit…

  And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall. Nehemiah 12:30 – What a special day this was for the people! The wall was rebuilt and now was a day to dedicate it with worship. Worship leaders from all around in the Jewish community were…

  These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants. Nehemiah 11:3 – Certainly a difficult chapter to read through due to it being almost completely a list…

  For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God. Nehemiah 10:39 – God’s people…

  And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God. Nehemiah 9:3 – In today’s chapter we are seeing some beautiful events take place. We see the people…

And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. Nehemiah‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬ ‭- As a preacher and as a disciple who truly has found a passion for God’s Word,…

  I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. Nehemiah 7:2 – While we certainly give Nehemiah applause for stepping up to the call God laid on his heart to rebuild the wall, if we were to rewind the story…