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Worth the Wait (Heb. 11:8-16)

Posted on August 27, 2024 by salooper57

. Even Jesus, Son of God and Lord of men, had to wait. In fact, he is still waiting. After writing about Jesus’s great sacrifice, the author of Hebrews says that he is: “waiting … until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.” How about that? Even Jesus waits. Continue reading →

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Prayer in Action (Nehemiah 1:1-2:8)

Posted on November 27, 2022 by salooper57

We don’t know how long Nehemiah had served the king, but it was long enough for the king to notice that something was wrong with him, and he asked him about it. Nehemiah says that the king’s question made him “very much afraid.” Why? Because Nehemiah had resolved to ask the king to send him to rebuild Jerusalem, but it was on the king’s order that the rebuilding of Jerusalem had been halted.

Nehemiah was about to ask a Persian sovereign to do an about face, a 180 degree turn. The request itself might be taken as an insult. Nehemiah could be fired—or worse. He had good reason to be “very much afraid.”

But the God who had prepared Nehemiah had also prepared the king. Continue reading →

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