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Still a Great Answer

September 18th, 2011 · No Comments

This is an answer from several thousand years ago. It is still a great one: Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head. – Nehemiah 6:8 (New International Version 2011)  

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With the Help of Our God

November 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Nehemiah 6:16 (New International Version) When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God. Nehemiah wrote these words as a small group of Jews are rebuilding Jerusalem after the captivity in Babylon. […]

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Please Listen

January 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Nehemiah was cup bearer to King Artaxerxes. He was troubled by the news that came from Jerusalem. Nehemiah wanted to ask the king for a favor – actually a huge favor; the kind of favor that you don’t ask often; the kind of favor that if answered with a “no” comes with an execution for […]

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