daily reading 44.5 (Nehemiah 4:7–11)

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023


Our opening prayer for this week:

Though I may speak with bravest fire
And have the gift to all inspire
And have not love, my words are vain—
As sounding brass— and hopeless gain.

Though I may give all I possess
And, striving so, my love profess
But not be given by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin.

Come, Spirit, come; our hearts control.
Our spirits long to be made whole. 
Let inward love guide every deed.
By this we worship and are freed. Amen.

 

Nehemiah 4:7–11

  • When Sanballat, Tobiah, and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they became furious.
  • 8 They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and throw it into confusion.
  • 9 So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard because of them day and night.
  • 10 In Judah, it was said: The strength of the laborer fails, since there is so much rubble. We will never be able to rebuild the wall.
  • 11 And our enemies said, "They won't realize it until we're among them and can kill them and stop the work."




For yourself pray:

  • That Jesus saves you from hidden threats to your life

For others pray:

  • That God glorifies his holy name by spreading the kingdom of the Son he loves in New Zealand

A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:

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