Proverbs
14 articles exploring the teachings of Proverbs.
View all sermons from ProverbsNehemiah 6:15-19 — What 52 Days of Rebuilding Teaches About Prayer and Fruitfulness
Jerusalem's walls lay in ruins for over a century. Nehemiah rebuilt them in 52 days. The timing reveals something stunning about prayer, perseverance, and God's power.
Nehemiah 6:15-19 — What 52 Days of Rebuilding Teach Us About Prayer and Persistence
The walls of Jerusalem lay in ruins for 150 years. They were rebuilt in 52 days. The math reveals something stunning about the relationship between prayer and fruitfulness.
Who Was the First Person Filled with the Spirit? (Exodus 31)
The first person Scripture records as filled with the Spirit of God wasn't an apostle, prophet, or king — he was a builder. And the reason changes how we think about the Holy Spirit's work.
What Nehemiah 5 Reveals About the Fear of God
Nehemiah's secret wasn't willpower or discipline — it was the fear of God. And it produced something most people never associate with that phrase: radical, costly generosity.
What the Fear of God Actually Produces (Nehemiah 5:14-19)
The fear of God isn't just a restraint from evil — it's a stimulus for radical good. Nehemiah 5:14-19 reveals four rewards that only come to those who stand in awe of God.
Nehemiah 5: Why Sin Silences Your Worship
Nehemiah 5 reveals a stunning pattern: unconfronted sin silences praise, and genuine repentance restores it. This verse-by-verse study shows why the fear of God governs everything.
Nehemiah 5: Why Sin Silences Your Praise
Nehemiah 5 reveals a devastating truth: the people couldn't praise God until sin was confronted and repentance was real. Here's why that matters for your worship today.
Nehemiah 3: Seven Types of Servants in God's Kingdom
Behind the 32 verses of names and gates in Nehemiah 3 lies a mirror for every church — seven types of servants, from the zealous to the absent. Which one are you?
What the Seven Bowls of Revelation 16 Reveal About God
The seven bowls of Revelation 16 aren't arbitrary destruction. They reveal a God whose patience has run out — and whose justice mirrors patterns stretching back to Exodus.
What Revelation 16:1-9 Reveals About Worship and Wrath
The first four bowls of God's wrath in Revelation 16 aren't random destruction — they expose what happens when humanity worships anything other than the living God.
Nehemiah 1:1-3 — The Man Nobody Expected God to Use
Nehemiah had no pedigree, no priestly lineage, no royal blood. Yet God chose him to rebuild a nation. What the first three verses of Nehemiah reveal about who God actually uses — and what he requires.
Nehemiah 1:1-3 — The Man God Uses Has No Pedigree
Nehemiah had no pedigree, no priestly line, no royal blood. But he had character and a heart that burned for God's people — and that's exactly the profile God was looking for.
Ezra 10: Why God Recorded These Names Forever
The final verses of Ezra record a list of names no one wanted to be on. But hidden in the details is a stunning reversal — the lowest servants outshone the priests.
Revelation 14:6-11 — Why the Gospel Ends with Wrath
Three angels race through the sky with three messages for a doomed world: fear God, Babylon is falling, and hell is real. What their testimony reveals about the gospel we preach today.