Nehemiah 2-4

Nehemiah has only known life outside of Israel. He is living a very comfortable, secure life serving the King of the Persian empire -- so WHY does he even care about what's happening in Jerusalem nearly 1000 miles away?

Introduction to Nehemiah and chapter one

Before starting a lengthier series from Genesis 1-11 (starting in September?), we are going to do a shortened study of Nehemiah. We recently finished Ephesians by spending four weeks on the subject of prayer. As it turns out, Nehemiah is a wonderful example of godly prayer, so why not now?

Psalm 123 - Guest speaker, John Davis (Pastor Cliff's son) comes to us from Louisville, Kentucky to open God's Word from one of the psalms of ascent!

Ephesians 6:19-24 - Finding himself "an ambassador in chains" Paul adds a personal prayer request before writing his final benediction. A terrific quote from Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910) concludes our study of the letter first delivered to the Ephesians.

Ephesians 6:18 --

A wide variety of persons are called upon to provide an understanding of what the Bible means when it calls upon Christians (the church!) to pray, "at ALL times with ALL prayer and petition in the Spirit, and to this end, being on the alert with ALL perseverance and petition for ALL the saints," (Legacy Standard Bible)

Ephesians 6:18, "praying at all times in the Spirit"

What does "at all times" look like ? What does "in the Spirit" mean?

Curt Fleck is the Executive Director of CIVIL SERVANT MINISTRY -- a ministry devoted to sharing the God's Word and the Gospel with those involved in politics in Springfield and Illinois.