Facing a run-down Jerusalem with a broken-down wall after the Babylonian exile, Nehemiah, the book's namesake, leads the people in rebuilding the wall and rededicating the city and its people to God. Yet at the outset of the "great work" that Nehemiah accomplishes and the challenges that accompany it, Nehemiah 2:11 contains a simple sentence that we may be tempted to overlook: "I went to Jerusalem and was there three days."
Facing a run-down Jerusalem with a broken-down wall after the Babylonian exile, Nehemiah, the book's namesake, leads the people in rebuilding the wall and rededicating the city and its people to God.
Yet at the outset of the "great work" that Nehemiah accomplishes and the challenges that accompany it, Nehemiah 2:11 contains a simple sentence that we may be tempted to overlook: "I went to Jerusalem and...
The book of Nehemiah gives us a spectacular picture of godly leadership and initiative: Facing a run-down Jerusalem with a broken-down wall after the Babylonian exile, Nehemiah, the book's namesake, leads...
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Facing a run-down Jerusalem with a broken-down wall after the Babylonian exile, Nehemiah, the book's namesake, leads the people in rebuilding the wall and rededicating the city and its people to God. Yet at the outset of the "great work" that Nehemiah accomplishes and the challenges that accompany it, Nehemiah 2:11 contains a simple sentence that we may be tempted to overlook: "I went to Jerusalem and was there three days."
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