Think & Act Biblically
Monday: Remembering God
09/15/2025
What a thrill, to tackle something extremely difficult and to keep at it until you reach a triumphant conclusion. This is what Nehemiah did. Therefore, it remains thrilling to read his story even today. Nehemiah had come to Jerusalem from Susa with a single-minded objective: to rebuild the massive b
Friday: The Secret of Nehemiah’s Success
09/12/2025
In these first chapters we learn something important about the secret of Nehemiah’s success as a leader and man of God. This is a place to review these leadership characteristics. There are five of them. 1. Nehemiah’s closeness to God, his prayerfulness. Nothing is more characteristic of Nehemiah th
Thursday: Opposition by Intimidation
09/11/2025
The final form of opposition was outright intimidation. Like the others it too was subtle. Shemaiah, a man who was regarded as a prophet, sent for Nehemiah. Nehemiah tells us that Shemaiah was shut up in his house, though we do not know why. Whatever the immediate cause, the underlying reason was a