Nehemiah lead the rebuilding of the walls. He had some good leadership qualities. The Israelites hearts were still hard though. Even though they promised to follow what God asked of them, they didn’t follow through. Christianity isn’t just a checklist, it is a heart change.

The story of the second temple being built kind of leaves us in this moment of feeling like it isn’t finished. Thankfully the prophet speaks what God has spoken which is you will rejoice, your King is coming!

The stories in Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi are chronologically the last we hear in the Biblical text of the Israelites before the 400 years of silence. Today we will look at part of Ezra’s story.

The story of the friends of the paralyzed man is one of intercessory prayer. They bring their friend to the feet of Jesus. We too should bring others to the feet of Jesus. He will pay attention.

Paul tells us to devote ourselves to prayer being watchful and thankful. What does Paul mean by devoting ourselves to prayer and being watchful and thankful? We talk about that this week.

Sam brings us a message flipping worry inside out.

Today we answer some basic questions about prayer. Paul brings up prayer in Ephesians chapter 6 so we look at what he says today.

Paul brings all he has been talking about in Ephesians together in the armor we are called to put on. Paul calls us to living in different ways than the world does. In Ephesians chapter 6 he brings this all together.

In Ephesians the last part of chapter 5, first few verses of chapter 6 Paul gives household instructions. If we are living a lifestyle of love this is the unity in which our household will run. Each person more concerned about the other than themselves.

What does this lifestyle of love look like? Paul spells it out the later half of Ephesians. Today we look at what our speech should look like when dealing with others.