Well...its been one of those work weeks. I was at the office until a little after 10pm last night, drove 55 minutes home and got back up again to make sure I was back at the office 55 minutes away by 8am. Let me be clear, I am not complaining...but I am tired (mentally, emotionally, ect.). Six days a week can wear a person down. BUT we have, as true believers, the source o...

When Artaxerxes came to the Persian throne, he authorized Ezra the scribe and a small number of Jews to return to Jerusalem in 458 B.C. Upon their arrival they found things in sever disarray. The temple was there; however, there was a tremendous disregard for the Law of God (or things of God in general for that matter). Now, since the time of the Babylonian Captivity (appr...

Reading: Nehemiah 1 'Prayer that Gets God's Attention' "When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven". Neh 1:4 When all things are lost, and your freedom is taken away, without a doubt one can feel a sense of hopelessness. Psalm 137:1-4 gives us a little insight into the life of the children o...