Devotions With Daryl

The Despair of Sin

Nehemiah 8:9-12

This episode discusses the feeling of despair that the children of Israel felt after completing the wall in Jerusalem and then listening to the law of Moses only to discover how severely they were disobeying God.

God's Blessings

Nehemiah 8:5-6

This episode discusses how God blesses us in ways we never consider and how we should honor Him.

Isolation Kills Us

Nehemiah 8:1-3

This episode discusses the social nature that we all share and how isolation hurts us. 

The Gates of Jerusalem

Nehemiah 3:1-5

This episode examines the deeper meaning behind the rebuilding of the gates of Jerusalem.

 A Proclaiming Priest

Ezra 7-10

Nehemiah 8

When God's people hear the Word of the Lord, they find joy and seek to obey God's commands. When God's people heard the reading of His Word, they confessed their sins and committed to obeying God's law in response. The people, however, would fail to obey God as they had promised. Jesus is the Word of God who takes away our sin, give us His righteousness, and changes our heart so we can obey God. Because we have received salvation through Jesus, the Word of God, we seek to worship Him in all we do as a way to proclaim His glory to the nations.

Knowing One Another

This episode discusses the benefit of truly knowing another person and how we should strive to truly know the people mentioned in God's Word. 

Ezra 7:6-10

People of the Bible- Ezra

Ezra 7:19-20

This episode looks at the prophet Ezra and who he really was in God's plan to restore His people in Jerusalem.

Be Careful What You Pray For

This episode discusses how many times our mouths can get us into trouble asking for something  we really do not understand and praying for things not realizing that God's answer is not what we expected.

Nehemiah 2:18

Backaches

Nehemiah 2:1-2

This episode examines the relationship of the king and the cupbearer.

The Grocery List

Nehemiah 1:5-11

This episode discusses Nehemiah's example of praying to God and how we should apply it to our daily prayer life.