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Category Archives: Series: “Ezra”
Radical Repentance
“Ezra” series: post #17 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have transgressed and have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel. Now therefore, make confession to the Lord God of your fathers, and do His will; separate … Continue reading
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
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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
Fresh Help
“Ezra” series: (post #13) Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah…..this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe … Continue reading
Posted in God's Omnipotence, God's Timing, God's Provision, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, God's Word, God's Work, Leadership, Ministry, Pastors, Praise, Prosperity, Series: "Ezra", Service, Thankfulness
Tagged Ezra was a priest, Ezra was a scribe, God works in stages, God's Timing, In God we live and move and have our being, succeeding a great leader, the decree from Artaxerxes, the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, the letter that Ezra carried
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The Completion of the Second Temple
“Ezra” series: (post #12) Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, God's Work, Grace, Series: "Ezra"
Tagged 12 goats sacrificed, comparing the second temple with the first one, comparing Zerubbabel's temple with Solomon's temple, Do not despise the day of small beginnings, Do not despise the day of small things, Herod the Great's renovation of the second temple, How was the glory of the second temple greater than the glory of the first temple?, the completion of the second temple, The Lord turned the heart of the King of Assyria toward Judah, Was the Ark of the Covenant in the second temple?
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The Temptation to Compromise
“Ezra” series: (post #9) Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the Lord God of Israel, they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us … 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
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The Disciple's Road 