by PastorTravisDSmith | Jul 22, 2022 | Attitude, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Family, Friends, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Law, Leadership, Ministry, Morality, Nehemiah, Prayer, Psalms, Psalms, Sin
Scripture reading – Nehemiah 13; Psalm 126 Our study in Nehemiah concludes today. We have followed Nehemiah’s rise from serving as the king’s cupbearer (Nehemiah 1-2), to the governorship of Judah. He could have chosen a life of ease and luxury in the king’s...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jul 21, 2022 | Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Leadership, Ministry, Nehemiah, Old Testament
Scripture reading – Nehemiah 11; Nehemiah 12 Nehemiah 11 As we near the conclusion of our study in the Book of Nehemiah, I remind you that although the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt, the city itself was not habitable. In an earlier passage we read, “the city...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jul 20, 2022 | Children, Church, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Family, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Hope, Israel, Law, Leadership, Ministry, Nehemiah, Old Testament, Providence
Scripture reading – Nehemiah 10 Nehemiah had served king Artaxerxes as governor of Judah, and completed the task of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, and securing the city. A man of wisdom and spiritual discernment, Nehemiah deferred the spiritual health of the...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jul 18, 2022 | Attitude, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Leadership, Nehemiah, Old Testament, Prayer, Trust
Scripture reading – Nehemiah 6; Nehemiah 7 We have observed many qualities in Nehemiah’s life that serve as an inspiration for people everywhere. He was a man of humility and prayer, for when he heard his brethren suffered in Jerusalem, he “sat down and wept,...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jul 17, 2022 | Attitude, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Faith, Family, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Law, Leadership, Money, Nehemiah, Old Testament
Scripture reading – Nehemiah 5 The task of rebuilding the walls and setting the gates had been an all-consuming mission for Nehemiah. Unfortunately, his effort to restore the walls of Jerusalem invited immense opposition from enemies who used it as an...
by PastorTravisDSmith | Jul 16, 2022 | Attitude, Daily Devotionals, Devotional, Fear, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Israel, Leadership, Nehemiah, Old Testament, Prayer
Scripture reading – Nehemiah 3; Nehemiah 4 Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and burned the Temple in 586 BC. Sadly, for nearly 150 years the ruins of the city remained as a testimony of God’s judgment. Cyrus, king of Persia, decreed the Temple be rebuilt in 538 BC,...
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