by Susan Barnes | 8 Jun 2018 | Devotions OT
But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission and came back to Jerusalem. Nehemiah 13:6-7 Nehemiah had returned home but when he...
by Susan Barnes | 1 Jun 2018 | Devotions OT
Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten of them to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns. The people commended all who volunteered to live...
by Susan Barnes | 25 May 2018 | Devotions OT
The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there. They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving...
by Susan Barnes | 18 May 2018 | Devotions OT
The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors. Nehemiah 3:5 The Bible is honest and shows us that human nature hasn’t changed. There’re always those who won’t pull their weight or...
by Susan Barnes | 23 Aug 2007 | Devotions OT
But out of reverence for God I did not act like that. Nehemiah 5:15 The Pharisees created detailed lists of acceptable behaviour for those who wanted to follow God. Jesus wasn’t impressed. He said to them, “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you...
