Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 10 THE EPOPLE CONFESSION OF SIN (vs. 1-17) Shecaniah, son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithfu to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us.  But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.  Now let us make a… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/23/23 (Saturday)

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 9 EZRA’S PRAYER ABOUT INTERMARRIAGE (vs. 1-15) The leaders came to Ezra telling him that the people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites had not kept themselves separated from the neighboring people with their detestable practices.  They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/22/23 (Friday)

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 8 LIST OF THE FAMILY HEADS RETURNING WITH EZRA (vs. 1-14) All the family heads who came up with Ezra from Babylon during the reign of king Artaxerxes were listed and registered. THE RETURN TO JERUSALEM (vs. 15-35) They assembled and camped together at the canal that flows towards Adva.   Since there were… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/21/23

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 7 Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.  In the 7th year of king Artaxerxes, Ezra, a teacher well versed in the law of Moses came up from Babylon to Jerusalem together with sons of the… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/20/23 (Wednesday)

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 6  THE DECREE OF DARIUS (vs. 1-12) King Darius issued an order to search into the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon on the decree issued by king Cyrus” The memorandum stated the following: A temple is to be rebuilt and a foundation be laid as a place to present sacrifices.  It… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/19/23 (Tuesday)

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 5 TATTENAL’S LETTER TO DARIUS (vs. 1-17) Zerubbabel and Jeshua set to work in rebuilding the house of the Lord in Jerusalem with the help of both prophets Haggai and Zechariah.  Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to ask them this questions:  “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/18/23 (Monday)

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 4 OPPOSITION TO THE REBUILDING (vs. 1-8) The enemies of Judah and Benjamin wanted to help the Israelites rebuild the temple of the Lord but Zerubbabel, Jeshua and the rest of the leaders of Israel rejected their offer.  So, the enemies set out to discourage the people of Judah and made them afraid… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/17/23 (Sunday)

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 3 REBUIDLING THE ALTAR (vs. 1-6) The people assembled together in Jerusalem at the 7th month.  Jeshua and the fellow priests together with Zerubbabel and his associates began to build the altar of God to sacrifice burnt offerings on it both in the morning and evening.  After that, they presented the regular burnt… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/16/23 (Saturday)

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 2 THE LIST OF THE EXILES WHO RETURNED (vs. 1-70) The exiles who returned to Jerusalem and Judah in the company of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelalah, Mardecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah were listed.  The whole company numbered 42,360, besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants and they also had 200 men… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/15/23 (Friday)

SCRIPTURE:  EZRA 1 INTRODUCTION: The Book of Ezra tells about the return of Jews from exile in Babylon.  Cyrus, king of Persia had began his rise to power by unifying the Medes and Persians into a strong empire.  In 539 BC, he conquered Babylon and established the Persian empire.  In 539 BC, Cyrus, king of… Continue reading Our Daily Scripture – 9/14/23