Wednesday in the Word with Krisan Marotta

In chapter 5 Nehemiah rebukes the wealthy for taking advantage of the poor and calls them back to fearing God. In chapter 6 Nehemiah’s enemies seek to kill him and he resists because he knows that God is fighting for him. The wall is finished. Series: Nehemiah: Restoration & Redemption For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

In chapter 3, the community is diverse and inclusive and begins serving God by working where God has already put them. In chapter 4 the community faces opposition, including their own internal voices of ridicule and shattered faith. Series: Nehemiah: Restoration & Redemption For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

Chapter 2 continues Nehemiah’s story in three scenes: verses 1-8; verses 9-16; and verses 17-20. As you read them, picture each of these scenes visually as if they were a movie playing before you. Use the questions below to help you fill in details and the “actors” motivation. Series: Nehemiah: Restoration & Redemption For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts!

Nehemiah is caught in the tension of two worlds: cup-bearer to the king and brother to the exiles. Series: Nehemiah: Restoration & Redemption For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts!

The book of Nehemiah teaches much biblical leadership, community and serving the body of Christ. Series: Nehemiah: Restoration & Redemption For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

In Jeremiah 38, we talked about how doing the right thing sometimes leads to punishment. But what about the people doing the punishing? When Babylon destroys our city or we get thrown into a cistern of mud, what happens to the guys doing the destroying or throwing? Will the bad guys get what's coming to them? And, is it okay to want that to happen? Series: Questions Jeremiah Answered For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

Libby Taggart teaches on Psalm 19. Series: Psalms For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

Sometimes we despair over our sinfulness and turn the Lord for mercy. But other times, we do the right thing and are punished for it. In Jeremiah 38:1-13, Jeremiah has spoken the message that the Lord asked him to speak and others are seeking to kill him for it. Why do we get punished for doing right? Series: Questions Jeremiah Answered For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

Psalm 130 is an individual lament psalm, one of the 7 songs of ascent. Series: Psalms For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

You don't pick up a cookbook looking for the same things you would find in history textbook or vice versa. You expect a different kind of experience from a "beach read" and a suspense-thriller or from a travel guide and a self-help book. What do you expect from the Bible? What kind of book do you think it is? What do you hope to gain from reading it? Jeremiah 36:1-32 records a story about Scripture and reveals part of the process of how it was written down. In looking at why God instructs Jeremiah to write down His words, we're going to answer, "What's so special about the Bible?" Series: Questions Jeremiah Answered For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

For many people today, religious hope is a fairy tale. They see no difference between believing in Jesus Christ and believing in Santa Claus. In Jeremiah's day, with the Babylonian army threatening their border, Jerusalem was a place with little hope. To teach His people that hope is real, the Lord told Jeremiah take perhaps the most ridiculous action anyone could take - unless hope is true. Series: Questions Jeremiah Answered For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend. #JeremiahAnswers

Jeremiah warns the people of Judah that God is about to let the Babylonians conquer Jerusalem and deport them because they have disobeyed God. That raises the question, "If God really is going to let our city be destroyed and send us into exile, what good is believing in Him? What good is faith?" In Jeremiah 31:31-34, God tells Jeremiah to reveal more about His plan and show His people where faith will eventually lead them. Series: Questions Jeremiah Answered For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

Jeremiah 29:1-14 is addressed to people from Jerusalem who have already been deported to Babylon but before Jerusalem itself has been completely destroyed. These people want to escape. They want the exile to end and they want to get back home. Jeremiah write the letter in this chapter to set them straight. Surprisingly, he doesn't tell them how to escape; instead he tells them how to endure. What do we do while we await the not-yet? What’s there to do in Babylon? Part of the Series: Questions Jeremiah Answered For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

We live in a world of a million conflicting voices today. You can be constantly updated with tweets, texts, alerts and notifications. Which voice has authority? Which voice can be trusted? In Jeremiah 23:9-33, God addresses this issue of these different voices, criticizing those prophets who claim to speak for Him, but really don’t. In 23:1-8, the Lord called out Judah ’s political leaders; in this section He calls out her spiritual leaders. Series: Questions Jeremiah Answered For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.

Today's leaders promise hope and change only to deliver corruption and scandal. We elect bright promising outsiders who go to Washington and immediately become insiders. They cease fighting for the ideals they promised in the campaign and start fighting to keep themselves in power. Who can make things right? Who will help us out of this mess? #JeremiahAnswers Series: Questions Jeremiah Answered For more information: WednesdayintheWord.com Many thanks to Reggie Coates of Heartfelt Music & Ministry for graciously providing instrumental guitar music for our podcasts! Your written iTunes reviews encourage me and they help other people find the podcast. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please write your own review on iTunes, and share this podcast with a friend.