Recent Comments
russellmckinney on Baptizing Your Job Into Servic… Myron on Baptizing Your Job Into Servic… ronen.leo on The Blessing of Changing a… russellmckinney on The 10 Times Israel Tested… Doris Agbetsise on The 10 Times Israel Tested…
Category Archives: Change
Finishing a Job
“Ezra” series: (post #15) Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Change, Christ's Death, Commitment, Doing Good, Faithfulness, God's Will, God's Work, Obedience, Perseverance, Series: "Ezra", Service, Work
Tagged finishing a job well, It is finished, the Christians of Corinth giving their love offering, the group Ezra led to Jerusalem
Leave a comment
The Right Way to Move
“Ezra” series (post #14) There might come a time in your life when God will relocate you. In the case of Ezra, He relocated him from Babylon to Judah by having him lead a group of Jews on that 900-mile, … Continue reading
Two Different Reactions to the Laying of the Foundation
“Ezra” series: (post #8) Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Balance, Change, Church, Elderly, God's Work, Ministry, Music, Series: "Ezra", Worship, Youth
Tagged contemporary Christian music vs. traditional, elderly Christians vs. young Christians, the Jews hire outsiders to build the temple, the old men mourned over the new temple, the sons of Asaph, Warren Wiersbe quote about contemporary music
Leave a comment
A Real Group Consisting of Real People
“Ezra” series: (post #5) The book of Ezra’s general list of the people who left Babylon and made the four-month-long trek (Ezra 7:9) to return to Judah is given in Ezra 2:1-61. Even though the list provides only a handful … Continue reading
When God Flips a Script
“Ezra” series: (post #2) Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all whose spirits God had moved, arose to go up and build the house of the Lord which … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Change, God's Omnipresence, God's Judgment, Justice, Persecution, Problems, Prophecy, Restoration, Series: "Ezra", The Ark of the Covenant
Tagged Belshazzar using the temple vessels, Cyrus the Great giving back the temple articles, God can reverse a situation, Israel plundering Egypt, The Babylonians giving gifts to the Jews, the handwriting on the wall
2 Comments
When God Stirs You Up
“Ezra” series: (post #1) Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all whose spirits God had moved, arose to go up and build the house of the Lord which … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Courage, Decisions, Faith, God's Omnipotence, God's Timing, God's Will, Government, Obedience, Prophecy, Series: "Ezra", Service, Trusting In God
Tagged God stirring you up to do something, God turns the king's heart, Isaiah naming Cyrus by name, the decree of Cyrus the Great, The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus
Leave a comment
The Disciple's Road 