Category Archives: discipleship
joy through understanding
Nehemiah 8 Restoration is not possible without being confronted by the revelation – God’s word, his law. Yet the LORD never intends those who will be involved in restoration to stop at the mourning phase. When God intercedes by his … Continue reading
commanded to teach
Psalm 78 This psalm serves as a teaching song, which could be used by fathers to teach their children. The LORD commanded that each generation instruct the next, so that no one is ignorant of who God is, and what … Continue reading
dare to repair
Nehemiah 2 God’s hand was in the work, the people wanted to do the work, and God strengthened their hands for the work. Yet, there was opposition. Such will always be the case when we want to restore what has … Continue reading
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none can stand
Ezra 9 God had granted his people a little reviving, and that had served to highlight the faithlessness of the people. They had intermarried with the idolatrous nations around them – something that the LORD told them not to do. … Continue reading
an unexpected mouth
2 Chronicles 35:20-27 We should not be surprised that the great reforming king Josiah would end his life in such an ignominious way. His story is of one who dared to respond to the word of the LORD. His only … Continue reading
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the choice of faith
Psalm 57 The beauty of psalms like this is that they are worship in the midst of pleas for help. These are not the words of someone who lives above the dangers and trials of life. They are the words … Continue reading
skipping steps
2 Chronicles 30 Getting the Passover celebration reinstituted took some adjustment. Hezekiah prayed that the LORD would look beyond the bending of a few of the rules, so that those who wanted to reconnect with God would not be punished … Continue reading
where reform begins
2 Chronicles 29 The temple had been a barometer of the people’s spiritual condition, so it was only logical that Hezekiah began his reforms by cleansing the temple. Let us not forget that another Jewish prophet would speak out symbolically … Continue reading
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bright shiny spoils
2 Chronicles 25 The unnamed prophet asked Amaziah an obvious question: “Why have you sought the gods of the people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?” (15) Amaziah went from halfhearted devotion to God to absolute … Continue reading
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while God sleeps
Psalm 44 The sons of Korah call upon the LORD to awake, and ask him why he is sleeping. While the LORD sleeps, his people are being slaughtered, and scattered among the nations (11). We now know that God’s plan … Continue reading
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