Devotionals

Nehemiah 13:31 …Remember me, O my God, for good There seems to be two ways to respond to the world as it now is. One is to ignore it and the other is to be absorbed by it. The one might be characterized by the idea “ignorance is bliss.” If I just ignore it, I will be...

Nehemiah 12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps I woke...

Nehemiah 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that I be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands There is an old illustration by Norman Rockwell called “The Gossips” that portrays five rows of talking heads....

Nehemiah 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them If you have ever thought about visiting China, one of the things that is probably worth seeing is the Great Wall of China. Ironically, that wall...