This week we will see that when the Israelites got busy building the walls that the attacks of the enemy kept coming. We'll be talking about the spiritual warfare that rages around us as believers, how to respond to the attacks when they come and how the Lord has given us each other to go through life with.

Cross References

Introduction

2 Timothy 2:3

Ephesians 6:12

Verses 1-3

Acts 2:13

Matthew 27:41-44

Verse 10

Matthew 26:41

This week we'll begin the next book of the Bible as we continue the narrative of David. Saul has now died and the kingdom will begin to transfer to David who is known as a man after God's own heart. This week we will see David lament and mourn over Saul, Jonathan and the great defeat that the Israelites had encountered in the battle against the Philistines.

Cross References

Verses 3-4

1 Samuel 23:16-18

Verses 6-10

2 Samuel 4:10

Verses 11-12

Proverbs 24:17

Ezekiel 18:23

2 Peter 3:9

Verses 25-27

Ecclesiastes 3:4

Ephesians 4:32

1 Peter 4:8

This week Nehemiah as he has now arrived in Jerusalem will take some time to examine the walls and then will look to let the people know all that God had done on his behalf. The people will gather together and we'll see that the repairs of the wall will begin. Tonight we'll be looking at the 10 gates mentioned in chapter 3 and how all of us spiritually speaking go through these gates in our Christian walk.

Cross References

John 10:7-9

Mark 1:17

Romans 10:14-15

Jeremiah 6:16

Psalm 23:4

John 7:37-39

Isaiah 55:10-11

Ephesians 6:12-13

2 Timothy 2:3-4

2 Corinthians 5:10

Romans 14:12