Daily DEVOTIONAL

Ezra 4-5: Tactics of Defense

August 3, 2024

Ezra 4-5,  Proverbs 3,  Luke 13:22-35,  1 Timothy 2   Ezra 4-5: A great work is underway, and as usual opposition comes. Consider the cunning of the opposition and its very real threat to the rebuilding project:  First, they attempt to infiltrate the ranks of the true followers of God (4:2) and so dilute their faith…

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