The Tower of London was built around the year 1000 AD, and it still stands on the banks of the Thames River today. But a castle that old needs tending to keep looking good, no matter how many famous ravens live there. The regular maintenance is never finished, and every task, once complete, needs to be done again every seventy-five years. The old castle is never really “finished.” It’s just going through its stages of the seventy-five-year upkeep plan.
When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, the walls were still standing, but the people had fallen apart. They had forgotten who they were and what God had called them to do. It was so discouraging after the celebration and commemoration ceremonies in the previous chapters. We all want a happy ending for these people who worked so hard and endured so much.
On this side of heaven, things will never be perfect. Because of the curse of sin, we will always struggle. But there are three things I think we can learn about the gospel from this passage.
First, notice what Nehemiah did before he let his righteous anger fly. He gathered the whole community and read the book of Moses. I think it’s safe to say that he read the Pentateuch—at the very least, the Ten Commandments, and at the most, he sat them down for hours and read the whole thing. Either way, before He brought them to justice for breaking God’s law, he reminded them of God’s law. He established their common ground. When we are struggling, we must return to God’s Word to remember who we are and to whom we belong.
Second, remember that Nehemiah was a man of prayer. He prayed before he even answered the king. He was a steady and continuous man of prayer. While he brought judgment to the people, he kept stopping to pray. He cried out: “Remember me for this, my God, and don’t erase the deeds of faithful love I have done for the house of my God and for its services….look on me with compassion according to the abundance of your faithful love” (Nehemiah 13:14, 22). It’s clear that prayer was an integral part of Nehemiah’s actions. When we find that we are inadequate, when things have gone wrong, we must turn to God in prayer.
Finally, let’s notice that even Nehemiah, the guy who is known for prayer and Scripture reading, couldn’t get it perfectly right. He was a great leader and a true man of God, but he still wasn’t able to create a perfect city. He couldn’t totally stamp out corruption. He couldn’t get people to follow the rules. The people fell into the same sins that sent them into exile in the first place, and Nehemiah couldn’t fix them.
Christ is the only One who can complete the work. He changes hearts, He mends families, and He is making all things new. We are called to read His Word, submit ourselves to prayer, and realize that no matter how dedicated or good we think we are at self-maintenance, we cannot achieve a perfect utopia. We can barely keep the Tower of London from falling down! So we ought to do the work He has called to do and rest in Christ who is the only One who can truly call a task finished.
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Change is hard. Old habits are always lurking. Now is the time. Day One.
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So we ought to do the work he has called to do and rest in Christ.
What an amazing example Nehemiah is. Faithful. Committed. Steadfast. This has really been a great study. These thoughts from the devotional really stood out to me today and have been a great encouragement to my heart. Thank you all for sharing ❤️
When we are struggling, we must return to God’s Word to remember who we are and to whom we belong. When we find that we are inadequate, when things have gone wrong, we must turn to God in prayer. Christ is the only One who can complete the work.
Thank you Father, that you and you alone are all I need and I can rest in you ❤️
Oops…sorry I posted in the wrong spot;(
Only He can determine a task to be finished. Amen. I need to keep this in my mind and heart.
Great comments today ladies. The first thing that came to mind today when reading how they had turned back to their sin was the verse when Jesus warned about the “yeast of the Pharisees”. Sin spreads like yeast when left unchecked. Nehemiah left, the head priest led the charge by defiling the temple. Next followed the other priests back to their homes, leaving the temple work. They were only following the example of the head priest. Then the people defiling the Sabbath. Nehemiah went and cleaned it all up, foreshadowing what Christ would eventually do. I have to ask myself, in what ways do I let the “yeast of sin” in? It’s slow and insidious if we are not aware. Thank God for all of you who speak such truth. We hold each other accountable and spur one another on. Thank you ladies!
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So true. I also like to say one small compromise at a time. And Bad Company does corrupt good character. We tend to start acting like our friends. Desensitizing as well. The more we see sin as normal, we start acting normal.
Hope you are feeling back to normal!?
Hebrews 3:12-14! Thank you, I so needed to hear this scripture today!
Nehemiah, so much learned and yet so much more to know, and yet uless we listen and obey these lessons will not be benefiicial. Preaching to myself!
great study!
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He read the book of Moses, He prayed before he answered, he dealt with what needed to be dealt with.
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May I follow the pattern of Nehemiah every day – being faithful to be in the Word and faithful to pray. If I do these things, I will know how to answer and I will know how to act or react.
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We do what we know to do and can do, the the rest is up to Christ. He is the only one who can complete the work – in us, and in others.”
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“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ..” Philippians 1:6
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And with this I leave you…
“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”
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Thank you for your prayers for our church – please keep them coming!! Praying that this will be the year that God brings the increase.
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Thank you for the prayers for my scan, it went much better than I anticipated and the results were all normal – Praise the Lord!
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Happy Friday She’s, and if I may “borrow” this from Tina – Much love and hugs covered in prayers for a God blessed weekend..❤️
Borrow away, my dear. Borrow away.., no need to ask!
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Wonderful words. Sharon. And wonderful news on your scan. Praying for you church.
So happy to hear about clear scans!!! Enjoy the weekend!
Praise the Lord for normal scans! And praying for your church, it must be a heavy weight, but keep depending on God.
So thankful the scan was clear! PTL!!!Continues prayers for you, Jeff, and the church. ❤
PTL for a clear scan!
Wow, I like Nehemiah! A man with a strong back bone. He rebukes the nobles and officials (ha), Sabbath violations, mixed marriages with pagans, and temple corruption of this Tobiah. Wow. Bravo Nehemiah. However, what stood out of me was another detail in the Scriptures today, the hardening of heart by the deceitfulness of sin (Hebrews 3:13). I went on further some verses down, and saw this gem “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? And with whom was He provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief” (Hebrews 3:15-19). You know, the thing about sin is that sin doesn’t usually show up in its ugliest form, instead it shows up as “beauty”, “protecting myself”, “passion”, “freedom of expression”, “anger disguised as justice”, “pride”, etc. It seduces us, rationalizes itself, and promises false fulfillment while eroding slowly our sensitivity to God. The hardening process often happens step by step. Scary isn’t it. And then, repeated compromise, small sins get justified, excused, or minimized. Conviction fades, what once bothered us doesn’t anymore. Resistance to God’s Word will happen, the heart becomes defensive instead of yielding. Pride and unbelief comes in. Pride refuses correction, always thinking one is right. Unbelief is the root sin, the very first sin in Eden, when Adam and Eve stopped trusting God and believed the serpent’s lie. Is the SAME serpent still influencing our world today and got many people’s ears? Yes. And faith comes by hearing and hearing what? The serpent’s whispers? How do we know the signs of a hardened heart? In ourselves and in others. Some signs: Loss of sensitivity to sin ( not feeling conviction anymore, laughing at things once considered wrong), bitterness or unforgiveness (holding grudges, unwilling to reconcile), coldness in worship and prayer (prayer is a checklist), cynicism toward spiritual things (mocking, doubting, or despising godly instruction), lack of compassion (indifferent to the needs of others). A hardened heart rarely happens overnight. It is the accumulation of unconfessed sin and resistance to God’s voice. BUT GOD! He will give us a new heart that is soft and tender (Ezekiel 36:26). What is a soft heart? A soft heart trembles at God’s Word (Isaiah 66:2), sensitive to conviction and doesn’t delay confessing/renouncing sin (Proverbs 28:13), humble and dependent like a child (Matthew 18:4), compassionate toward others, rich in empathy, mercy and love (the good Samaritan’s compassion flows from a soft heart despite the social prejudice). Gratitude keeps the heart tender, while complaining hardens it (Numbers 14:27). We are called to guard our heart and also our ears, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it”, “Today, if you HEAR his voice, do not harden your hearts”. May we do a daily heart check and ear check. Be blessed dear sisters.
Mercy i love that with each sentence, there a verse to back it up.. you are a teacher and an encourager, thank you ❤️
Yes, Amen she is!
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Agreeing with your teaching gene! ❤
Love this, Mercy❤️
Thank the Lord He finished this work at the cross and we can live from that! We aren’t perfect but He is! He is so good!!
First, the Word, then prayer, then wait and trust.
“When we are struggling, we must return to God’s Word to remember who we are and to whom we belong.”- Rebecca
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Nehemiah knew he could not ‘fix’ these people, but he knew the “Fixer”!
This is a great example for us (the ones who like to ‘fix’ people, situations, etc.
I have a little piece I bought . It is strung together with 3 wooden crosses: 1st- PRAY, 2nd- WAIT, 3rd – TRUST.
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Hebrews 3:
14 For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ. 15 Remember what it says:
“Today when you hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts
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Sisters, we made it through Nehemiah! I will remember this session for a long time!
REBECCA FAIRES- Thank you for beautifully encouraging us today. May we make it a practice to, as the Scripture says, encourage (warn) each other before the sun goes down each day!
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Love, hugs, and prayers. Thinking of you LYNNE and LINDA K! ❤
Again I am reminded of the Natalie Grant song that says,
“Let me want the Healer more than the healing…Let me want Jesus more than anything.”
Oh my gosh, I’m dumb, I didn’t even realize that was the end!! That’s one reason I don’t like reading the scripture online rather than my Bible. And second, there is something beautiful of that physical Bible, and it be WELL USED and underlined, and marked!!
What a good study! I’m sorry it is done, but I do indeed like the ending, but without a study and reflections of wisdom, I surely would not get all of the goodness of it. So thankful for SRT!!
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Nehemiah knew he could not ‘fix’ these people, but he knew the “Fixer”!
Oh how I love these truth-filled words..
Cee Gee, God bless you for bringing it home to me.. ❤️
God bless you, Tina! ❤
“When we are struggling, we must return to God’s Word to remember who we are and to whom we belong.“
These words spoke to me today. Please Lord, let me always remember I’m yours.
Same, Leanna! I just posted before reading yours. ❤
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Happy Friday sweeties!! Yes, HE changes hearts. Gotta run… but did read through your comments! After work today I will be officially on Fall break, so I won’t be joining you this early next week as I’m sleeping in a tad.
❤ Oh, Mari, how sweet for you! Prayers for lots of good rest next week! ❤
What?! Fall break already!?? I still have summer heat and palm trees, lol. I am sure you are ready, and will have coffee shop dates with Alyssa! We will have to video!
Yay!
Rest well, dear Mari❤️
Praying for your complete recovery Cindy, that fatigue and headaches would be minimal and that you would allow yourself to rest and recuperate. Psalm 147:5
“Our Lord is great. Nothing is impossible with His overwhelming power.
He is loving, compassionate, and wise beyond all measure.”
Oh, Lord, you are great! Thank you for this day. Thank you for your word, and it’s truth. Thank you for the encouragement that it brings to us. We declare today that nothing is impossible with your overwhelming power.
We ask You Lord for your continued healing for Cindy. We speak your peace, strength and wellbeing into every area of her body, mind and spirit. In Jesus name. Amen.
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I actually loved today’s reading. Although it is heartbreaking that the people did so much work for restoration, with God’s hand helping them. They celebrate and it is such a picture of happiness…and Praise God, Hallelujah…Then-skip forward, Nehemiah goes back, and- what has happened!!? YET- that is the whole book, sinful patterns that destroy. Those darn stiff-necked Israelites!! How could they be so dumb. So un-self-aware. So silly to depend on themselves. To think that sin is good??
Well, of course it is the pattern of our own life and world. I knew God was my Savior, I knew the rules. Yet, I thought my ways were pretty good…until they weren’t. As a teenager in my family, I knew the rules…but still.
I am a slow learner, apparently. But I hope I finally have learned the lesson that My God, our God, is amazing, good, and steadfast and faithful. He has a perfect path for us. Not that it might have fires, mountains, and bumps on it, yet if it is His way, he makes the challenges for our good to gain growth, and he will give us ways through!! And those are our glorious testimonies!! of course our destructive wrong paths are testimonies as well of how going our own way is harmful to ourselves and other.
But the takeaways are so good—Stay in the Bible, observe ALL that is written in it. Not the parts we like, but all of it. The glaring lessons of today, of how easy we stray if we are not adhering to the commandments. And staying in constant prayer and conversation with God.
Be a Nehemiah. Who seems to also be a man after God’s own heart. Trying to be good and make a difference. How do you think the people reacted when he came back? Do you think they were glad to see him. I think they probably shrank back? OR..did they feel too proud and make him seem like the oddball and too religious?! When we try to sharpen with iron (Christian sharpening another Christian) it is not met with ease. It is friction. Offense usually. Deflection or defensiveness. But we must stay true to the truth, share it often, WANT to bring a brother or sister back to the word of God to shine the light on their dark. It is not being mean, or high and mighty-it is love. And due diligence in our obedience to the Lord.
The Psalms passage is so good…forgive my unfaithfulness, and the dumbness of my youth…Hallelujah to that!! As I had my young butterfly over yesterday, the hours went by as we talked and shared. I told her the dumbness of my “youth,” more like my 20’s. She is wise. She is separated from her husband, but she wants to be with him, and they share a 3 yr old girl I am praying they will come back together as more than friends and co-parents. The life these young people lead with “fluid” relationships is not of God. HE defines what and how we are to live. Hebrews 3:12– :Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil”
WATCH OUT…we can slip, fall, or be trapped at any moment, stay focused. Fix my eyes on you Lord!! 13 But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception. ENCOURAGE each other Daily!!! That’s what we do each day here, first thing in the morning She’s!! I think God will honor that! I can see the fruit from the 10 years I have come here first light of the morning. One step at a time, one day at a time…and we will see the difference!!! It is honoring to OUR God!!
And lastly, that ultimately the world, our nation, our cities, our families will never be perfect!! Why would we long for a heavenly, perfect home if we had that here?? No, perfection is what we keep our hearts and minds on in the distance. The end of the race!! But we “look the part” (that is what I would tell my first timers doing a 5k…when they rounded the corner toward the finish- be tall, looking forward, arms strong at your side, knees up, chest out….it makes you appear like a runner whether you feel like a one or a big elephant TRYING to run..!!) We run our race strong, for the Lord, when we get tired and fatigued, we know that Jesus is with us, and we straighten back up and run strong for the finish!! We sharpen each other, rebuke, refresh and encourage. Maybe pull their hair out once in awhile! And WE accept all this as well from our sisters!!! Amen!
Tauren Well’s “Let the Church Sing”
We love one truth, we crown one name
We bow to one king, we follow one way
One faith, one gospel, one cross, one grave
One resurrection we share by grace, so we sing
No one like our God, only one we need
Holy is our Lord, hallelujah, let the church sing
No one like our God, only one we need
Holy is our Lord, hallelujah, let the church sing
Halle-halle-hallelujah, let the church sing
Halle-halle-hallelujah
A good one to get your toes tapping!
You said it all!
“ENCOURAGE each other Daily!!! That’s what we do each day here, first thing in the morning She’s!!”- I had the same thought! ❤
Amen, Cee-Gee, Amen❤️
The DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT also stood out to me guys. And I was thinking about our community here. Sunday church is not enough. Daily encouragement will sustain us, with not just milk, but good meat.
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Toes are tapping, hips are swaying, arms are on the move… neighbours look out..❤️
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3 weeks ago I had a 4.5 cm tumour removed from my brain. Thanks be to God it was benign. I know the healing/recovery is going to be long. I need to be patient and I need to sit with Jesus through this.
I am a woman who likes to get things done quickly, but I have to wait on God to rebuild the walls in His time.
Oh wow Cindy!! That is scary, praise God it was benign! Yes, it is hard for women to be still and rest…but it is important! Sending prayers your way, thanks for sharing!! Hope to see you comment more!! :)
Cindy, that is an incredibly difficult and scary surgery. Praise God it was benign. Waiting, healing and resting is very difficult. From a physical standpoint, rest is crucial for healing and the place where you will make your greatest strides forward in recovery. It is not easy to be patient when we want quick results. May the Lord’s healing hand, His care, His grace be yours as you walk through this time towards full restoration and recovery ❤️
CINDY, how awfully scary! So very THANKFUL that the tumor was benign and praying for a smooth recovery period. Like you, I like to tackle things quickly and feverishly, but after a few bouts of Covid the last few years, I have come to accept the postponement of activity. Praying that acceptance comes with peace for you soon, sister. ❤
Praying that recovery keeps progressing and you’ll soon be back to good health, good as new.
Oh my goodness, Cindy… prsise God for His physician hands that have brought you through this.. now to rest. Rest in Him. Rest in the knowledge that the major is done, but now for the hard bit, resting. It is much needed, oh boy i hear you, as a doer i was told i couldn’t even lift a kettle after major surgery.. i laugh now, there was a reason.. rest to heal..
Sending some healing love covered in prayers for rest-filled rest!:)❤️
So thankful the tumor was benign, Cindy. I’m praying for God’s healing as you recover, and for Him to grant patience in the time of rest.
I love Psalm 25. I encourage you to read the entire chapter and turn it into a prayer to God today! ❤️
Thank you Jesus
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Amen! May we be bold enough to lovingly point fellow believers back to Jesus! / New job is going well, but I’m still figuring out how to get my time with Jesus in before work without feeling like I’m rushing through. Hence, the lack of comments this week. Happy Friday ladies!!
Glad the new job is going well Susan!
Susan, that is great news! Praying you find a way to reschedule that allows precious moments in the Word. ❤
Praise the Lord the new job is going well! Will be praying you can find your “rhythm” that allows you time in the Word without rushing.
Praying for your new routine and making room.
So thankful the new job is going well.
May God continue to bless you, Susan as you find your feet in the new job..❤️
Let’s be on guard, sisters, against things that might be especially tempting to us, justifications that we cling to as an excuse for disobedience and urges to see how close we can get to the dividing line between what God wants and what the evil one wants.
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From HRT:
Brothers, look to Jesus, and do not grow weary in doing good. If no one else around you will keep the faith, press on. Even if everyone else abandons the gospel, let it be the passion of your own life. God sees you, and the reward He offers through Christ Jesus is great.
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Hebrews 3:12-14 NLT
12 Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. 13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God. 14 For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.
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JULIA C ❤️ – “I know God is able, but I think that sometimes I doubt His goodness to me. You know what I mean?” Yes, Julia, I do. One of the most difficult things for me to wrap my head around is a No from God, to trust that He really does have a plan better than mine even if, or especially when His ‘No’ is excruciatingly painful. Then….if I stop and think of all of my plans that have failed, I need to admit my ‘perfectly awesome’ ideas and plans aren’t all that great. I was just reminded of Mercy Me’s song, Even If …
They say it only takes a little faith
To move a mountain
Good thing
A little faith is all I have right now
But God, when You choose
To leave mountains unmovable
Give me the strength to be able to sing
It is well with my soul
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MERCY ❤️❤️ no, nothing is too hard for God. We can trust that! Praying for resolution of potential teacher strike. The teachers in our state went on strike in late 60’s and I still remember the loss of one of my favorite teachers.
CHLOE ❤️ thank you for your testimony
CEE GEE ❤️ thank you for Wiersbe quote “Otherwise, we will become spectators instead of participants, and spectators miss most of the blessing.”
TANYA ❤️ that song! Can’t Steal My Joy. And praying for the victims of that awful attack, and for opened eyes to the truth of Christ
RHONDA J ❤️ praying for your back and your butterflies
TAMI ❤️ praying for total recovery!
FOSTER MAMA ❤️
SHARON JERSEY GIRL ❤️ praying scan went well, and praying for someone to step up and lead worship
KELLY (NEO) raising praise ❤️
I keep some reusable sticky notes on my mirror and one right now says “Don’t grow weary of doing good” and the other one is from Proverbs 31: She opens her mouth with wisdom, and kindness is on her tongue. I need so many reminders throughout the day to keep my eyes, mind, and heart on God. My life can be so loud and distracting!
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I love this Kim!
“justifications that we cling to as an excuse for disobedience”- guilty some days when I feel pushed to my emotional limit and don’t respond in a godly manner.
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Love your reply to Julia and you know Even If is one of favorites! ❤
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You were highlighting the exact same verse that I was unpacking. Same Spirit, same mind, same thoughts. Goose bumps.❤️
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No leader, even great ones, can legislate or dictate a righteous society. It is only when there is true heart change through Jesus that people truly begin to change.
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MARGARET W – hope your German class is going well.
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MERCY – continued prayers for Kaydin’s recovery, Tracy, and needed teacher hiring.
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SHARON, JERSY GIRL – praying your CT scan brings insight to your medical team.
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SANDI – continuing to pray for your husband’s witness during his busy time at work.
Thankyou,Kelly
“It is only when there is true heart change through Jesus that people truly begin to change.” amen! ❤
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Yes and Amen Kelly! Praying for that true heart change in all of our leaders and those in authority.
Thank you for your prayers, the scan came back normal – praise the Lord!
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What sweet summary KELLY. Thank you so much for your precious and faithful heart ❤️.
May it be so, my sister!❤️
Thank you Jesus!
I was disheartened at first by this ending. How fast the people had turned back to disobedience! But really it points to our need for Jesus. Christ is the greater Nehemiah. He restores, protects and purifies His people for eternity. Amen to that.
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Amen! ❤
My house. The home that was gifted me by my ex.( God is good). The house that holds the table at which I sit to connect with you daily, whilst looking out at the garden that is not perfect and yet to me, it is just so! The home with the doors so widely open, and has become a place of welcome and of safety and a place to gather, pray with and for others, a place where love resides in its abundance, from hugs on entry to visuals hanging from ceilings, to hearts poking out of drawers, to string lights in the form of hearts. Out in the garden, hearts hang off trees and there is a large heart, it must stand 3 foot tall covered in tiny lights so that when and if you are blessed to be here at night, your view of the garden, I think, is spectacular! If I think so myself!
I want to believe this home is a haven, not just for me, but for those that visit..
Here’s the thing, like the Tower, there is much to up keep, much to trim, much to cut back, prune in the garden, painting as often as can afford to, even the love has to be worked on . It is not set in stone. It could get messy. It has got messy before..
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Psalm 25:6-7 brought it home to me that neither the sins of my youth, nor my acts of rebellion over the years, have kept the LORDS love from me so in receiving i can give to others, encouraging, loving, opening arms and doors.. I can only do that through Christ who strengthens me each day in and from His Word, as I hold firmly to the truth and reality of who gives me life, purpose and hope.. He re-forms me daily.
I am a work in progress, without a doubt, but, by and in His grace I forge on, knowing that the task in hand is only done because of Him.
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Amen.
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Happy Friday my dears..
Much love and hugs covered in prayers for a God blessed weekend..❤️
Beautiful, Tina ❤️. “… there is much to up keep, … even the love has to be worked on.”
Amen, sister.
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Tina please post a picture of the heart at night! I love sitting out back on our patio at night. My husband is very into lighting and has worked hard to create an oasis and it is spectacular! But I love the idea of the heart:)
Yes, I have wanted her to post a picture of a garden as well! I want to see these heart lights too!
I love an oasis and lighting is important! My husband draped big lights across our back yard too. It looked so pretty. We had our wedding reception in a pretty garden with the lights! It was beautiful!
Light shines in the dark!
Tina–love the remark “love has to be worked on too” amen to that!
Dear Rhonda and Tami, I looked out earlier and because we hadn’t had much sunshine the lights on the heart were not their best.. I will endeavour to capture it one of these fine days, I promise..(the solars are dependent on sunshine).❤️
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Oh sweet Tina, it would be so wonderful to visit you someday and see that beautiful garden of yours, while drinking tea (coffee for me or even tea) and chit chatting about the wonders God has done in our lives, but if not in this life time, I can’t wait to meet you someday when we are all in our FOREVER home! Love you sweet lady and sending you a hug from across the pond
Yes, Amen!! What times we will have!!
I’m still asking everyone to email SRT suggesting a conference that we could all attend and meet!!
Amen Tina! I praise God for you – for your home and for welcoming me and Jeff into it. It was a blessing to see where you sit and to see the garden you often talk about. I am so blessed to know you. ❤️
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Your home and garden sound so wonderful, peaceful and nourishing, Tina. I’d love to spend an afternoon sipping tea and sharing life and stories.
Teresa, pop over the pond and come round, the door is always open.. I will fill the kettle in preparation..❤️
Finally made it back to read Diana’s and your comment, Tina! I hated stopping before I finished this morning, but duty called!
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I have such a visual of the beauty you described. Your heart is a treasure, sweet friend, and we are so blessed by your shares! Hugs, love, and prayers from across the pond. ❤
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