What are your thoughts for the last day of 2012? How has the year been for you? Was it fruitful? Exciting? Disappointing? Sad? However the year was like for each and everyone of us, we can…

It is really not difficult for us to understand why the Israelites kept disobeying the commandments of God. Simply because we are as human as the Israelites in the Old Testament, do you agree? Haven’t we gone…

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 8 Reading today’s passage kinds of reminds me of attending a Spiritual Meeting doesn’t it. The people gathered together to hear the Word of God being read and explained.  But the response of the…

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 6 – 7:3 The enemies and attacks never stop, do they? After their failures in the previous chapters, they started their nonsense once again. First they tried to lure Nehemiah away from the city…

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 5 Imagine if there is a brother who is a loan shark in church and charges ridiculous interest rates to other brethrens? We would think this is out of this world and impossible to…

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 4   When a community or family unit is close-knit, it is difficult for external parties to intrude. On the other hand, when this community or family unit has members who cannot get along with…

Bible Passage: Nehemiah 3 Chapter 3 tells us about the rebuilding of the walls and specifically the gates that separated each section.  What stands out is the names of people recorded doing the work. God takes time…

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 1-2 Nehemiah desired and cared deeply for matters that were of great importance – God’s temple (God’s kingdom), God’s people and the faith of his fellow brethren. This is the key message that strikes me the…

Bible Passage:  Ezra 10 Much more than just a history book with listings of events, names and dates, the book of Ezra describes many scenarios which are still very relevant to us today and from which we…

There are so many qualities that we can learn from prophet and scribe Ezra, but in today’s reading, his attitude towards God and his fellow countrymen left a very deep impression in me. Bible Passage: Ezra 9…