You Were Built to Understand
“They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning, so that the people understood what was being read.” Nehemiah 8:8 (NIV) God never intended to confuse you. Every time the Word felt…
Rodney Garcia
The Word That Broke Us Open
“Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up. Ezra praised the LORD, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands…
Nobody Stands Alone
“All the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.” Nehemiah…
Strengthen My Hands
“They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, ‘Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.’ But I prayed, ‘Now strengthen my hands.’” Nehemiah 6:9 (NIV) Nehemiah did not pray against the enemy.…
Are You Someone’s Sanballat?
“They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, ‘Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.’ But I prayed, ‘Now strengthen my hands.’” Nehemiah 6:9 (NIV) Someone is trying to finish something and…
Distractions Can Come from within Your Circle
“I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin.” Nehemiah 6:12-13 (NIV) Shemaiah…
Build Your Life Around It
“So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.” Nehemiah 6:15 (NIV) Fifty-two days did not happen by accident. The wall did not get finished because Nehemiah wanted it badly enough. It got finished because…
Know Your One Thing
“I sent him this reply: ‘I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?’” Nehemiah 6:3 (NIV) Nehemiah did not hesitate. The letter came…
The Section Only You Can Fill
“And next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.” Nehemiah 3:12 (NIV) The wall is not finished. And you are the reason. Not the only reason. But a…
God Sees What Nobody Else Notices
“Malkijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.” Nehemiah 3:14 (NIV) Nobody was lining up to build the Dung Gate. It…