Finding Hope in the Faithfulness of God.Read Nehemiah 1“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 Hi...  Read More

The Holiness of God and the Call to a Holy life.Ezra 8:28-36“Then I Said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, and the utensils are holy; and the silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God ...  Read More

Trusting in God.Ezra 8:21-32“That we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions..”Ezra and the families that were to travel ...  Read More

When the heathen rage, God laughs.Read Ezra 5-6Psalm 2 reminds us that when the nations and kings of the earth “take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed…He who sits in the heavens laugh...  Read More

When problems become big, God becomes small.Ezra 3:11-4:5; 5:1-5“Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and frightened them from building.”With great excitement, the people return...  Read More

The God who Controls HistoryEzra 1:1-11“The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom.”Nothing seems so arbitrary as the political w...  Read More

The Power of God’s GraceRead 2 Chronicles 33‘When Manasseh prayed to God, God was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh kne...  Read More

When God gives the victory.2 Chronicles 20:1-23“You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be...  Read More

God’s Justice and Grace2 Chronicles 15:1-6“Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.  But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is ...  Read More

God’s Divine PresenceRead 2 Chron. 7“The priests could not enter into the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord’s house.”One of the Old Testament's remarkable events is God's...  Read More

Worship worthy of a Great GodRead 2 Chronicles 2: 1-9“The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods.”For a small nation, the extravagance of the Temple So...  Read More

Celebrating the First fruits Pt 2Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-58“But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.’As we look back upon the feast of the first fruits, ...  Read More