Nehemiah 8:13-10:39~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Today in Nehemiah chapter 9 we read the wonderful prayer of the Levites!  This prayer is a fantastic overview of God’s grace and discipline to the Israelites. Today in Nehemiah chapter…

Nehemiah 7:4-8:12~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit We have powerful readings in Nehemiah today!  Just to frame up for us the date of these readings, in chapter 8 verse 2 we are reading about October 8, 444 B.C. …

Nehemiah 3:1-7:3~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV Online.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Today in Nehemiah chapter 3 we read about the Israelites involvement in the various segments of the wall of Jerusalem being rebuilt!  Below is an image by C.F. Vos titled…

Ezra 9:1-10:44; Nehemiah 1:1-2:20~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Below is an image for Ezra chapter 9 verses 1 through 3: “But then the Jewish leaders came to me and said, “Many of the people of Israel, and…

Ezra 4:7-23; Ezra 7:1-8:36~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit We have great readings today in Ezra about the completion of the second Temple!  Note that this second Temple, which was completed on March 12, 516 B.C., is the…

Esther 5:1-10:3~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Below is an amazing painting by Rembrandt from the year 1660 of Esther revealing the evil plans of Haman to King Xerxes at the banquet in chapter 7.  Check out how…

Ezra 6:14-22; Ezra 4:6; Esther 1:1-4:17~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Today we begin reading about Queen Esther! Hold on tight because Esther is an amazing book – Don’t miss it!  Below is Esther: ~ Esther ~Author: UnknownDate:…

Zechariah 9:1-14:21~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV Online.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit I love it!  In today’s readings Zechariah prophesies 500 years in advance about Jesus entering Jerusalem riding on a donkey to a hail of Hosanna’s (days before his death –…

Zechariah 6:1-15; Ezra 5:3-6:14; Zechariah 7-8:23~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESVBible.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit Bible.org’s commentary on today’s readings in Zechariah titled “Oracles Concerning Hypocritical Fasting” is at this link. We have great readings today in Ezra about the completion of…

Haggai 2:1-9; Zechariah 1:1-6; Haggai 2:10-19; Ezra 5:2; Haggai 2:20-23; Zechariah 1:7-5:11~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on BibleGateway.com ~ // Mobile Site Link~ Listen to today’s Scripture on ESV Online.org ~ // http://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit I’ve been talking about a lot of obedience in recent blog posts.   Here’s a great verse of a promise of…