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Ezra Chapter 6: Verses 1-5 (NLT) So King Darius issued orders that a search be made in the Babylonian archives, which were stored in the treasury.  But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: “Memorandum:  “In the first year of King…

Ezra Chapter 5: Verse 5 (NIV) But the eye of their God was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received. The original plan to rebuild the temple was delayed due to interference by the enemies of the people,…

 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of…

Ezra Chapter 1: verses 2-4 (NLT) This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of you who are his people may go to Jerusalem in Judah…

Psalm 144: Verses 1-4 (NLT) Praise the Lord, who is my rock.    He trains my hands for war    and gives my fingers skill for battle.  He is my loving ally and my fortress,    my tower of safety, my rescuer.He is my shield, and I take refuge in him.    He makes the nations submit to me.  O Lord, what are human beings…

Revelation Chapter 6: Verses 9-11 (NIV) When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Then each…

Revelation Chapter 5: Verses 3-5 (NLT)  And I saw a strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice: “Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it?”But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read it. Then I began to…

Psalm 142: Verses 1-3 (NIV) I cry aloud to the Lord;    I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out before him my complaint;    before him I tell my trouble.  When my spirit grows faint within me,    it is you who watch over my way.In the path where I walk    people have hidden a snare for me. David wrote this Psalm…

Revelation Chapter 3: verse 8 (NIV)  I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.  What an encouragement to the Church in Philadelphia. Jesus knew all about them. He…