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Reflection on Nehemiah 8 (Week 17, 2026)
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Monday JOSHUA 24:1-15 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says.” In this summary of God’s relationship with …
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Monday PSALM 101: 1-3a Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. “I will sing of your love and justice.” Why think about love and justice when you …
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Monday MATTHEW 5:1-4 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. VV1-2: Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and “he began to teach them”. …
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I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. (Philippians 4:10) When I read this, I didn’t quite believe Paul’s protestation that he is content. “Rejoice greatly” and “at last” told me that there has been a …
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Gentleness Sensitivity of disposition and kindness of behavior, founded on strength and prompted by love. The Old Testament. Gentleness is suggested by the waters of a stream (Isa 8:6) or by wine flowing over lips and teeth (So 7:9). It stands in contrast to baseness (Deuteronomy 28:54, 28:56), harshness (2 Sam 18:5), and wildness (Job …
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Monday EPHESIANS 1:1-6 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. V1: How does Paul describe himself? Vv3-6: How does he describe our destiny as Christians? In these …
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Monday COLOSSIANS 1:15-20 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. Vv15-17: These verses tell us that Jesus is: The physical, visible representation of God The first cause …
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Monday ISAIAH 30:1-14 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. Vv1-2: What was God’s complaint against Israel? Vv3-7: What kind of ally will Egypt prove to be? …
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Monday ROMANS 1:18-25 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. V18: The wrath of God is hostile to godlessness and wickedness. How would you differentiate the two? …
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Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5:21-42 have always troubled me. “Pluck it out! Cut it off!” if it causes you to be thrown in hell. The logical mind would say, “Kill the baby before it can sin!”, and of course that cannot be the intention of Jesus’ words. Jesus started by clarifying in the preceding verses …
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