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Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther: Restoring the Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

The books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther were written thousands of years ago, and yet they remain relevant to God’s people as they demonstrate God’s faithfulness in difficult times and earnestly seek revival. Designed to help modern readers understand and apply the messages of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther to their own lives, this commentary by pastor Wallace P. Benn walks carefully through the text....

I love the comment of Charles Swindoll that Nehemiah was a “leader from the knees up!” Right through the book he is seen praying and encouraging others to pray. He had learned well the lesson of the importance of prayer in the months he had prayed in Susa for God to intervene and do something to restore and bless his people against all human odds. He prayed on his own, and the people of God prayed too (4:4, 9; 6:9 where “O God” is implied). His first instinct was to pray, not to do. Ours is
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