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The Accuser – Rebuilding God’s Temple

The first attempt by the accuser to thwart the rebuilding God’s temple was to come as a friend and try to destroy the work from within as in Ezra 4:1-3 (see Spiritual Warfare). When that failed they harassed them and attempted to slow the work as best they could Ezra 4:4-5. The next phase was to complain to the authorities and accuse them of their past behavior.

Consider Your Ways – Rebuilding the Temple of God

God, through the prophet, tells the people to consider their ways. That’s something we don’t even do today. We are more impulsive and singularly focused on the goals we have for ourselves than we are on the will and purposes of God.

Spiritual Warfare While Rebuilding God’s Temple

When the Church resists the advances of infiltration and joining with mixture, the adversary will intensify their spiritual warfare against the work of rebuilding God’s holy temple.

Laying the Foundation: Rebuilding God’s Temple

When the foundation was laid the people gathered together and rejoiced and praised God for the work that was done. Most of the people were in pure joy over seeing this small, but significant progress. Preparing the Land Before laying the foundation the people needed to prepare the land and themselves.  Ezra 3: 4-6, “They kept … Continue reading Laying the Foundation: Rebuilding God’s Temple →

Rebuilding the Altar of Praise and Restoring Worship

They built the altar before they started rebuilding the temple. Why? Worship must always come first. The altar of praise is where that begins in the Church.

I Still Believe Even in the Midst of the Storm

Even though I cannot see, I still believe.

Redeeming the Time: God’s Promise

The dream was of my daily life and God was showing me how frenzied and confused I had let it become. I was doing too much and moving too fast, and more importantly, I wasn’t resting.

Feeling Forgotten By God

Just as Peter denied Jesus three times at the crucifixion, so Jesus three times restores the call on Peter’s life and seals it with the call to Follow Him.

What Does It Mean To Live Like Jesus Lived?

When we’re obedient to His commandments and we temper our appetites and passions, we grow spiritually. We feel peace in doing what is right.

The Genesis Temple Part 3

Damiron sighed, “The cleansing has begun. We have little time left. We need to get to the temple now and place the key in the vault.”