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In the fifth chapter of Nehemiah, there was an uprising by the Jews to Nehemiah about the hardships they were having to endure, specifically, that they were having to mortgage their land and sell children into slavery just to be able to afford to buy food and pay taxes. Can you imagine that? Having to [...]

I was watching an episode of the “The Office” last week. I love that show. My wife hates it. I always love to try to look at life through the lens of Michael Scott. Last week’s episode began with Michael Scott excitedly running around the office telling everyone he needed something great to write in [...]

Multi-tasking – the performance of multiple tasks at one time.  Can anyone really multi-task?  When you multi-task are one or all of your tasks completed at the highest level or are they somehow lacking?  I am guilty of trying to do too many things at one time.  I try to talk to my mom on [...]

Continuing on through Nehemiah, I read through Chapter 3 recently. This chapter tells how everyone was pitching in with the completion of the wall. It describes the specific places where the people of Jerusalem were building. When you breeze through the chapter you see that there are mayors, nobles, priests, men, women, and all kinds [...]

This post is a continuation of my Bible study through Nehemiah, and the post I did about the second chapter, “Fulfill the object of your existence by asking a question. The next one happens in verses 17 and 18. Nehemiah did not tell anyone why he was returning to Jerusalem. Once he got there he [...]

Nehemiah 2 Nehemiah was a “foreigner” who worked directly for the king.  I believe he had a pretty good relationship with King Artaxerxes (King A from here on out) because the king asked him what was bothering him.  “Why the long face?”  I know that your body language and facial expressions can give away your [...]