Year: 2026
July 2026
- Devotional Nehemiah 12:27-47: Dedication
In Nehemiah 12, the completed walls of Jerusalem are dedicated, accompanied by worship and giving. This passage, which sees an external object purified for…
- Devotional Nehemiah 11-12:26: City List
Scripture does not view cities as inherently evil things, but places where people and resources can pool together for mutual support and benefit. God…
- Devotional Nehemiah 10: Putting It In Writing
In Nehemiah 10, God’s People put their renewed spiritual commitment down in writing. As was common in the Bible and in their times, they…
- Devotional Nehemiah 9: Model Confession
The prayer of Nehemiah 9 comes at the end of the first celebration of the Feast of Booths in many years. After finding joy…
- Devotional Nehemiah 8:13-18: Faithful Obedience
As they read through the Scriptures, “they found it written in the Law that the LORD had commanded by Moses that the people of…
June 2026
- Devotional Nehemiah 8:9-12: Joy and Strength in Christ
For the believer, our joy and strength is found in the Lord. God’s unchanging goodness and mercy to us, expressed through his Word, demonstrated…
- Devotional Nehemiah 8:1-8: Explaining the Scriptures
Passages like Nehemiah 8:1-8 demonstrate this principle of expository teaching. Ezra the Scribe, who led an earlier return of Jews from exile, is called…
- Devotional Nehemiah 7:4-73: Town Planners Rejoice
No wonder they would be called upon to repopulate Jerusalem. It was not just time for the town planners to rejoice, but for all…
- Devotional Nehemiah 6:15-7:4: Rebuilding Out And In
The right character was important because what was most needed was not walls (though they were needed and important) but right hearts which sought…
May 2026
- Devotional Nehemiah 6:1-14: Conspiracy Against Character
The conspiracy against Nehemiah’s character was designed to demonise him in the face of the authorities. Sadly, Satan and enemies of God’s Church try…
- Devotional Nehemiah 5:14-19: Generous Sacrifice
Twelve years later, many of those under Nehemiah’s governance still faced the same hard scrabble to live. While Nehemiah could have enjoyed the benefits…
- Devotional Nehemiah 5:1-13: Money Misery
For the Jewish population of Nehemiah’s day, money misery was very real. Most lived close to starvation, one bad event away from disaster. Many…
- Devotional Nehemiah 4:15-23: Sword and Trowel
Nehemiah’s citizens were faced with attack by the devil, and were forced to defend themselves from what was a spiritual attack (with physical consequences).…
April 2026
- Devotional Nehemiah 4:1-14: Darts of the Devil
Nehemiah’s building project certainly caught the devil’s attention. Here God’s People were rebuilding the walls to protect God’s temple, and Satan couldn’t have that!…
- Devotional Nehemiah 3: All Hands on Deck
Nehemiah’s arrival in Jerusalem was followed by careful, and quiet, planning. It was only when Nehemiah had his plan ready that he explained the…
- Devotional Nehemiah 2:9-20: Trusting God More
Nehemiah’s actions show how his experience of God’s good hand caused him to trust God more. Even so, Nehemiah knew the world he lived…
- Devotional Nehemiah 2:1-8: The Good Hand of God
In Chapter 1 we were introduced to Nehemiah as a man of prayer. Confronted by the defenceless state of Jerusalem, Nehemiah turned to the…
- Devotional Nehemiah 1:1-11: Man of Prayer
The book of Nehemiah introduces us to the man, and his personal character. But most importantly, it introduces us to a man of prayer.…
March 2026
- Devotional Ezra 10:18-44: No Sin Left Uncovered
Read Ezra 10:18-44 Any parent or adult who has supervised children knows that the time that is most fearful is when they go suddenly,…
- Devotional Ezra 10:1-17: Holiness and Repentance
That repentance brought the same from many of God’s People who observed him, and were convicted by the Holy Spirit to do the same.…
- Devotional Ezra 9:1-15: Prayer for God’s Mercy
We need to understand the point of the laws, and what they meant for the Jewish people and for us today in the light…
- Devotional Ezra 8:21-36: Stepping out in faith
Ezra’s example is one we can follow as well as we walk through our own seasons of change. As believers, we know that for…
February 2026
- Devotional Ezra 8:15-20: Lacking Levites
Ezra was returning to Jerusalem to bring about further reform of the worship and rule of God's People there. He went as a man…
- Devotional Ezra 8:1-14: Exiles Come Home
This list also gives us a cultural check. In our culture, youth is idolised. Everyone wants to look young. Sometimes it feels like everything…
- Devotional Ezra 7:11-28: Doing the King’s Bidding
Ezra was a man who was placed in the blessed position. Ezra wanted to return to Jerusalem to reform worship and life there. Thankfully,…
- Devotional Ezra 7:1-10: Ezra Arrives On Scene
Nearly sixty years pass between the end of chapter 6 and the beginning of chapter 7. At the end of chapter 6, a group…
