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Ezra chapter 9: verse 13 (NIV)  What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this.  Proverbs Chapter 23: verse 18 (NIV)  There is surely a future hope…

Ezra chapter 7: verses 21-28 (NIV)  “Now I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates are to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you—  up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths…

Ezra chapter 6 verses 21-22 (NIV)   So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbours in order to seek the Lord, the God of Israel.  For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because…

Psalm 145 verses 3-4 (NIV)    Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;    his greatness no one can fathom.   One generation commends your works to another;    they tell of your mighty acts. Whilst out for lunch with Christian friends earlier this week, we were discussing how many elderly people in…

 Ezra chapter 3: verse 4 (NIV)  Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day.  We are very fortunate to have the Bible, the inspired word of God to guide and direct us. We never need to wonder how God…

Ezra chapter 1 verses 1-2 (NIV)  In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing: “This is what Cyrus…

Malachi chapter 2: verse 17 (NIV)  You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?” It was the word “weary” that caught…

Malachi chapter 2: verse 10 (NIV)   Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another? Mark Chapter 12: Verses 30-31  (NIV-UK)  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and…

Revelation chapter 5: verse 8 (NIV)  And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. If we ever need reminded that God doesn’t treat…

Esther chapter 6: verses 1-3 (NIV)  That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.  It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway,…