PlayStop Popout X The halfway point in any project proves to be a critical time. The excitement of doing the project is waning, the work of the project is front and center, and the completion of the project is still a ways off. Satan chooses to use this time to attack Nehemiah and his workers.…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Ecclesiastes 1-3; Revelation 10 Devotional Thought: Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes at the very end of his life. This wise old king had experienced tremendous wealth, power, and prestige. The Queen of Sheba traveled to visit Solomon to see if he was as rich as she had heard. Upon leaving his palace, she…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Daniel 11-12; Revelation 9 Devotional Thought: In chapter 9 the fifth trumpet sounded and a star falls from heaven. This star is Satan himself, and he unleashes all the demons of the bottomless pit. The picture is that of a swarm of locusts who have gathered themselves in great number to…
There is no secret that the family is under attack of Satan today. He certainly affectively uses our flesh, the world’s secular humanistic culture, and the forces of demonic oppression. God’s word has the formula and clearly taught structure for a God honoring family. There is certainly hope for those who will submit themselves to…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Daniel 8-10; Revelation 8 Devotional Thought: The first five seals (deception of peace, war, famine, death, and retaliation) are simple descriptions of the introductory judgments that will lead up to the climax of God’s divine wrath being poured out upon the world. While we are not given the exact timetable for…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Daniel 5-7; Revelation 7 Devotional Thought: Chapter six of Revelation describes the torments, terrors, and tragedies of a world under the judgment of God. The tribulation period is divided into the seven seals of judgment. The seventh seal is divided into seven trumpets and the seventh trumpet is divided into the…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Leviticus 26-27; Revelation 4 Devotional Thought: In 2 Corinthians 12, Paul was allowed to see the heaven, the very abode of God, but was not allowed to comment on what he saw. Here in chapters four and five, John is allowed to describe the scene of heaven and the activities that…
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PlayStop Popout X Chapters 4 to 6 describe at least nine different tactics that the opposition used to try to stop the work on the walls. They attacked the Jewish people with derision (4:1-6) and designed intimidation (4:7-9). This resulted in difficulties within the Jewish ranks: discouragement (4:10), dread (4:11-23), and deceitful covetousness (5:1-19). When…
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Leviticus 23-24; Revelation 2 Devotional Thought: God has highly exalted Christ and given Him a name that is above every name. He sits in authority over the whole world. The day is coming, and I think it may be very soon, where every Christian will bow before Him and give an…