When we know the reality of God’s judgment in the future, it helps us live for His glory today, and it gives us hope to hang on to Jesus in the meantime. When we know what comes next, it definitely affects our now.

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Despite all the opposition he faced, Nehemiah didn’t allow himself to get distracted. God had given him a job to do, and he was determined to see it done. It required dedication to the task at hand, but it especially required dedication to the Lord. Jesus has given us a Great Commission. Will we be distracted from what He’s given us to do?

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The day of God’s judgment is approaching, whether we recognize it or not. This is God’s promise, and what God says is always true. Thankfully, His loving mercy is also certain, for the desire of God is to see sinful people saved.

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When it came to warning the church about false teachers that would soon come among them, Peter wanted the church to see them with such clarity, that it would be impossible to unsee them. He wanted the church to be thoroughly warned, fully prepared to see these false teachers for who they were.

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The fact that false teachers exist within the church is something that shouldn’t surprise us. But just like we shouldn’t be surprised by them, we also shouldn’t be taken in by them. The good news is that even if we miss some here or there, our salvation is ultimately in the hands of our Good Shepherd.

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When Nehemiah received news about the broken down state of Jerusalem, what did he do? He prayed and he planned, being proactive with the opportunities God gave him, and ready to go when the time was right. May God help us be proactive in all that He providentially gives us to do!

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Whether it is written in the pages of the Bible, proclaimed through declarations of apostolic testimony, or supernaturally declared by God Himself, the gospel of Jesus Christ is the truth and we need to be reminded of it every day!

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Sometimes there is no clean solution to sin. There is no easy way out. Such is the example at the end of the Book of Ezra. Human beings have no good solution to sin; thankfully, God does in Jesus Christ!

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While Jesus in His divine power gives us all that we need to live this life for His glory, we are not excused from all personal responsibility when it comes to our own spiritual growth. There are certain things we can do to grow up in grace, growing in our spiritual fruitfulness. We can do them, so we should do them!

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Ezra wasn’t one to brag, but he could have easily said the words, “mission accomplished.” When God gave him the opportunity to lead a group of his Jewish countrymen back from Babylon/Persia to their homeland in Israel, he did it. And God was the One who equipped him to do it all. What God calls us to do, God equips us to do…always.

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