Micha Jazz
Micha Jazz is Director of Resources at Waverley Abbey, UK.
Nehemiah 4:1–6 ‘Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.’ (v4)
I don’t know what your natural reaction is when you face...
Nehemiah 4:1–3 ‘What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day?’ (v2)
As we mentioned earlier, haters are going to hate. It seems that success, which we prayed...
Nehemiah 3:1–32 ‘Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate.’ (v1)
This is a beautiful moment in the story of Nehemiah. We started in chapter 1 with Nehemiah feeling alone in the...
Nehemiah 2:19–20 ‘The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it.’ (v20)
Challenges will always come our...
Nehemiah 2:16–18 ‘Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer...
Nehemiah 2:11–17 ‘I set out during the night with a few others. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no mounts with me except the one I...
Nehemiah 2:7–10 ‘When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.’ (v10)
Whenever someone is successful, there is a person in...
Nehemiah 2:7–9 ‘And because the gracious hand of my God was on me, the king granted my requests.’ (v8)
This is a beautiful moment in the story, where Nehemiah adds the extravagant request. Makes the Big Ask.
Having nervously asked the...
Nehemiah 2:4–6 ‘Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.’ (v6)
My children...
Nehemiah 2:1–5 ‘The king said to me, “What is it you want?” Then I prayed to the God of heaven, and I answered the king...’ (v4)
In the TV show Dragons Den, potential entrepreneurs present their ideas to wealthy business...
