Confronted by God's Word, the Israelites in Nehemiah 9 are moved to confession but they do not remain there. As they recount their history, the grace, mercy, and steadfast love of God has been greater than their sin every time prompting them to renew their covenant with God.

As the word of God is read to the people in Jerusalem in Nehemiah 8, their understandably grieve seeing how far they had fallen from God's standard. But they did not remain in their sin and grief, and neither do we as word of God also reveals his grace and mercy, ultimately displayed in the Jesus who is the Word who dwelt among us.

Having completed the construction of the wall, he find Nehemiah's faithfulness continue in the more mundane act of setting up the administration of the city and the people's faithfulness demonstrated in their generosity toward the temple.

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As the wall nears completion, we find the enemy using sly and subtle tricks in a final attempt to distract and scare Nehemiah from the job God has given him.

Even while the external walls were going up, the community inside was beginning to crumble.

Christ's arrival at the first Christmas serves to offer us hope as we await his anticipated seconding coming.

Observing how the shepherds, King Herod, and the wise men responded to news about the newborn King can help prepare us for Christmas.

Jesus' coming as the light of the world was an event foretold long ago and still being felt and lived out today in every believer.

In chapter 4, Nehemiah's response to external threats and opposition provides the church a template for how we can handle spiritual adversity through prayer, action, and trust in God.