A PATRIOT'S SELF-SACRIFICE
Nehemiah 2:1
The seventh month answers to our March or April, so that four months
had passed since Nehemiah had set himself to special prayer. Between
the king's second question and Nehemiah's answer, the simple-hearted
cup-bearer found time to pray to the God of heaven.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRAVING RIDICULE AND TREACHERY
Nehemiah 2:12; Nehemiah 4:1
_ Suspicion_, Nehemiah 2:12. Sanballat was probably a Moabite, a
native of Horonaim; Tobiah had been a slave. There are many
descendants of these two men in all our Christian communities today,
hindering God's work. This heroic soul met th... [ Continue Reading ]