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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:47 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday May 14 > Nehemiah 1-3 (The Message) > > Nehemiah 1 > 1-2The memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. > It was the month of Kislev in the twentieth year. At the time I was in > the palace complex at > Susa. Hanani, one of my brothers, had just arrived from Judah with some > fellow Jews. I asked them > about the conditions among the Jews there who had survived the exile, and > about Jerusalem. > > 3 They told me, "The exile survivors who are left there in the province > are in bad shape. > Conditions are appalling. The wall of Jerusalem is still rubble; the city > gates are still cinders." > > 4 When I heard this, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and > praying before the > God-of-Heaven. > > 5-6 I said, "God, God-of-Heaven, the great and awesome God, loyal to his > covenant and faithful to > those who love him and obey his commands: Look at me, listen to me. Pay > attention to this prayer of > your servant that I'm praying day and night in intercession for your > servants, the People of Israel, > confessing the sins of the People of Israel. And I'm including myself, I > and my ancestors, among > those who have sinned against you. > > 7-9 "We've treated you like dirt: We haven't done what you told us, > haven't followed your commands, > and haven't respected the decisions you gave to Moses your servant. All > the same, remember the > warning you posted to your servant Moses: 'If you betray me, I'll scatter > you to the four winds, but > if you come back to me and do what I tell you, I'll gather up all these > scattered peoples from > wherever they ended up and put them back in the place I chose to mark with > my Name.' > > 10-11 "Well, there they are-your servants, your people whom you so > powerfully and impressively > redeemed. O Master, listen to me, listen to your servant's prayer-and yes, > to all your servants who > delight in honoring you-and make me successful today so that I get what I > want from the king." > > I was cupbearer to the king. > > Nehemiah 2 > 1-2 I t was the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the > king. At the hour for > serving wine I brought it in and gave it to the king. I had never been > hangdog in his presence > before, so he asked me, "Why the long face? You're not sick are you? Or > are you depressed?" > 2-3 That made me all the more agitated. I said, "Long live the king! And > why shouldn't I be > depressed when the city, the city where all my family is buried, is in > ruins and the city gates have > been reduced to cinders?" > > 4-5 The king then asked me, "So what do you want?" > > Praying under my breath to the God-of-Heaven, I said, "If it please the > king, and if the king > thinks well of me, send me to Judah, to the city where my family is > buried, so that I can rebuild > it." > > 6 The king, with the queen sitting alongside him, said, "How long will > your work take and when > would you expect to return?" > > I gave him a time, and the king gave his approval to send me. > > 7-8 Then I said, "If it please the king, provide me with letters to the > governors across the > Euphrates that authorize my travel through to Judah; and also an order to > Asaph, keeper of the > king's forest, to supply me with timber for the beams of The Temple > fortress, the wall of the city, > and the house where I'll be living." > > 8-9 The generous hand of my God was with me in this and the king gave them > to me. When I met the > governors across The River (the Euphrates) I showed them the king's > letters. The king even sent > along a cavalry escort. > > 10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard > about this, they were very > upset, angry that anyone would come to look after the interests of the > People of Israel. > > "Come-Let's Build the Wall of Jerusalem" > 11-12 And so I arrived in Jerusalem. After I had been there three days, I > got up in the middle of > the night, I and a few men who were with me. I hadn't told anyone what my > God had put in my heart to > do for Jerusalem. The only animal with us was the one I was riding. > 13-16 Under cover of night I went past the Valley Gate toward the Dragon's > Fountain to the Dung > Gate looking over the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken through > and whose gates had been > burned up. I then crossed to the Fountain Gate and headed for the King's > Pool but there wasn't > enough room for the donkey I was riding to get through. So I went up the > valley in the dark > continuing my inspection of the wall. I came back in through the Valley > Gate. The local officials > had no idea where I'd gone or what I was doing-I hadn't breathed a word to > the Jews, priests, > nobles, local officials, or anyone else who would be working on the job. > > 17-18 Then I gave them my report: "Face it: we're in a bad way here. > Jerusalem is a wreck; its > gates are burned up. Come-let's build the wall of Jerusalem and not live > with this disgrace any > longer." I told them how God was supporting me and how the king was > backing me up. > > They said, "We're with you. Let's get started." They rolled up their > sleeves, ready for the good > work. > > 19 When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem > the Arab heard about it, > they laughed at us, mocking, "Ha! What do you think you're doing? Do you > think you can cross the > king?" > > 20 I shot back, "The God-of-Heaven will make sure we succeed. We're his > servants and we're going to > work, rebuilding. You can keep your nose out of it. You get no say in > this-Jerusalem's none of your > business!" > > Nehemiah 3 > 1-2The high priest Eliashib and his fellow priests were up and at it: They > went to work on the > Sheep Gate; they repaired it and hung its doors, continuing on as far as > the Tower of the Hundred > and the Tower of Hananel. The men of Jericho worked alongside them; and > next to them, Zaccur son of > Imri. > 3-5 The Fish Gate was built by the Hassenaah brothers; they repaired it, > hung its doors, and > installed its bolts and bars. Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, > worked; next to him > Meshullam son of Berekiah, the son of Meshezabel; next to him Zadok son of > Baana; and next to him > the Tekoites (except for their nobles, who wouldn't work with their master > and refused to get their > hands dirty with such work). > > 6-8 The Jeshanah Gate was rebuilt by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam > son of Besodeiah; they > repaired it, hung its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Melatiah > the Gibeonite, Jadon the > Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, which was under the rule of > the governor from across > the Euphrates, worked alongside them. Uzziel son of Harhaiah of the > goldsmiths' guild worked next to > him, and next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers. They rebuilt the wall > of Jerusalem as far as > the Broad Wall. > > 9-10 The next section was worked on by Rephaiah son of Hur, mayor of a > half-district of Jerusalem. > Next to him Jedaiah son of Harumaph rebuilt the front of his house; > Hattush son of Hashabneiah > worked next to him. > > 11-12 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab rebuilt another > section that included > the Tower of Furnaces. Working next to him was Shallum son of Hallohesh, > mayor of the other > half-district of Jerusalem, along with his daughters. > > 13 The Valley Gate was rebuilt by Hanun and villagers of Zanoah; they > repaired it, hung its doors, > and installed its bolts and bars. They went on to repair 1,500 feet of the > wall, as far as the Dung > Gate. > > 14 The Dung Gate itself was rebuilt by Malkijah son of Recab, the mayor of > the district of Beth > Hakkerem; he repaired it, hung its doors, and installed its bolts and > bars. > > 15 The Fountain Gate was rebuilt by Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, mayor of the > Mizpah district; he > repaired it, roofed it, hung its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. > He also rebuilt the wall > of the Pool of Siloam at the King's Garden as far as the steps that go > down from the City of David. > > 16 After him came Nehemiah son of Azbuk, mayor of half the district of > Beth Zur. He worked from > just in front of the Tomb of David as far as the Pool and the House of > Heroes. > > 17-18 Levites under Rehum son of Bani were next in line. Alongside them, > Hashabiah, mayor of half > the district of Keilah, represented his district in the rebuilding. Next > to him their brothers > continued the rebuilding under Binnui son of Henadad, mayor of the other > half-district of Keilah. > > 19-23 The section from in front of the Ascent to the Armory as far as the > Angle was rebuilt by Ezer > son of Jeshua, the mayor of Mizpah. From the Angle to the door of the > house of Eliashib the high > priest was done by Baruch son of Zabbai. Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of > Hakkoz, took it from the > door of Eliashib's house to the end of Eliashib's house. Priests from the > neighborhood went on from > there. Benjamin and Hasshub worked on the wall in front of their house, > and Azariah son of Maaseiah, > the son of Ananiah, did the work alongside his house. > > 24-27 The section from the house of Azariah to the Angle at the Corner was > rebuilt by Binnui son of > Henadad. Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the Angle and the tower that > projects from the Upper > Palace of the king near the Court of the Guard. Next to him Pedaiah son of > Parosh and The Temple > support staff who lived on the hill of Ophel worked up to the point > opposite the Water Gate eastward > and the projecting tower. The men of Tekoa did the section from the great > projecting tower as far as > the wall of Ophel. > > 28-30 Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each priest repairing the > wall in front of his own > house. After them Zadok son of Immer rebuilt in front of his house and > after him Shemaiah son of > Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate; then Hananiah son of Shelemiah and > Hanun, the sixth son of > Zalaph; then Meshullam son of Berekiah rebuilt the wall in front of his > storage shed. > > 31-32 Malkijah the goldsmith repaired the wall as far as the house of The > Temple support staff and > merchants, up to the Inspection Gate, and the Upper Room at the Corner. > The goldsmiths and the > merchants made the repairs between the Upper Room at the Corner and the > Sheep Gate. > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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