
Archives for January 2019
Enjoying His Goodness
Nehemiah 9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. God’s people were delighting themselves in the great goodness of […]
God is so good
Nehemiah 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. God is so good. I was […]
Miyashita Family Prayer Letter
The kind of God He is!
Nehemiah 9:17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. […]
Biblical Preaching
Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. This text is my favorite description of Biblical preaching. They opened the Word of God. They read it clearly, distinctly. They gave the sense, made people understand what was being […]
Above many
Nehemiah 7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. Nehemiah started his story by telling how his brother had been to Jerusalem. His brother had shared the destruction of Jerusalem with him. Now they have […]
Trying to put you in fear
Nehemiah 6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. Tobiah wants to stop the work of God. He writes letters to Nehemiah. Tobiah even writes open letters. He looks for things that might scare Nehemiah. He states the obvious […]
Gazaway Family Prayer Letter
Remember the Lord
Nehemiah 4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. Things are […]
Unprepared
Nehemiah 4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. The enemies of Nehemiah and God’s people were confident that they could sneak in and kill them unawares. The people would be unprepared for their attack. […]
Smithey Family Prayer Letter
Sunday in Review
We had another great service here at Vision Baptist this past Sunday. On Sunday morning, Dan Penrod baptized Charlotte and Alex Penrod, and Andrew Pearson baptized Natalie Pearson. Bro. Gardner preached from Nehemiah 9 on how God is a gracious and merciful God. John Pearson gave our offering devotion from Matthew 10. Then, Jessyca McKinnon, […]
Need to be shocked to wake up
Isaiah 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, And with their lips do honour me, But have removed their heart far from me, And their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among […]
Hall Family Prayer Letter
King Family Prayer Letter
Drunkenness
Isaiah 28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, So that there is no place clean. Isaiah said even the priest and prophet were staggering from drink. They had become falling down drunks. They could no longer think straight because of the effect of their brews. All the tables were covered in the […]
Victory from the Lord
Nehemiah 6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. God did the work. The work had been from difficult […]
Gates Family Prayer Letter
Turpin Family Prayer Letter
Fake preachers
Nehemiah 6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. A “man of God” had come to condemn Nehemiah and his work. Nehemiah wanted to respect true men of God. He had to try the spirits to see […]
Rishel Family Prayer Letter
Till Family Prayer Letter
Bloom Family Prayer Letter
Reject the fear
Nehemiah 6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in […]
de los Reyes Family Prayer Letter
Johnson Family Prayer Letter
You dreamed that one up
Nehemiah 6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. They attacked Nehemiah and the work of God. When they did, they were bringing false accusations. Nehemiah answered them by merely saying, nothing like what you are saying has […]
Tolson Family Prayer Letter
Wounding their own
Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. Nehemiah got really angry. He is fighting an enemy on the outside. He is building a wall around the city […]
Tracy Paver Prayer Letter
Super busy
Nehemiah 4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. Have you ever been super busy in the work of the Lord? They were so busy that they literally […]
Coffey Family Prayer Letter
Stephen Carrier Prayer Letter
Building and battling
Nehemiah 4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. Most of us do not like conflict. We want to avoid it at all costs. We love the idea […]
Sparks Family Prayer Letter
Holt Family Prayer Letter
Conspiracy theory
Nehemiah 4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight […]
Sanabria Family Prayer Letter
Determined to get the job done
Nehemiah 4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. God’s people got the job done. The reason was that they were determined to work. They were involved from the heart. They wanted to see the job through. When […]
Rastelli Family Prayer Letter
Underwood Family Prayer Letter
Hall Family Prayer Letter
Ridiculing the work of God
Nehemiah 4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. The enemies of God always seem to want to make fun of the work of God and His workers. When Nehemiah began to build the wall the enemy […]
Gazaway Family Prayer Letter
Brown Family Prayer Letter
Watch and pray
Nehemiah 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. It is always a Biblical truth that we are to watch and pray. We do not merely pray and expect God to take care of us. Nor do we only watch and think […]
Thomas Family Prayer Letter
Miyashita Family Prayer Letter
Next unto
Nehemiah 3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. I love this truth that is found all through Nehemiah 3. They were working next to each other. Shoulder to shoulder they built the wall. This phrase is found 13 times in 9 verses […]