Devotion

"Conform". Good or bad word? https://www.esv.org/Ezra8:24–30 Week 22: 24/05/2023. Wed Ezra organised the return and returnees from Babylon to conform to God's way of doing things in the past—the Exodus. "Conformity" might have become a negative word. Conformity is neutral, neither

Father or father? https://www.esv.org/Ezra8:21–23 Week 22: 23/05/2023. Tue Once a church member prayed before a meal, "...give us this day our daily bread..." Her father heard her and retorted, "If your earthly father doesn't catch fish, you can't even eat at all!

Read, Review, Reform! https://www.esv.org/Ezra8:15–20 Week 21: 19/05/2023. Fri Ezra and company have already set off. But Ezra realised that something was amiss. Ezra 8:15 I gathered them to the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As

"Better life" and being in the minority https://www.esv.org/Ezra8:1–14 Week 21: 18/05/2023. Thu Compare! Must compare! Don't say "Don't compare!" It was 42,360 returnees earlier in Ezra 2:64–65, plus others. But subsequently Ezra 8:1–8 only disclosed very small

And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God https://www.esv.org/Ezra7:25–28 Week 21: 17/05/2023. Wed When surrounding waters seem to overwhelm. When the dead-ends and dead-weights seem hopelessly heavy and suffocating, the "wisdom" of God can change everything. The LORD is God

God sent Ezra, His instruction https://www.esv.org/Ezra7:21–25 Week 21: 16/05/2023. Tue Ezra was sent from exile back to Jerusalem. On the surface, we see the tremendous contributions of king Artaxerxes, to supply not only "whatever Ezra the priest ... requires" (7:21), but also