RESILIENT PSYCHOLOGY AND THEOLOGY Archives - Nannette Oatley Johnson

Winding Down On Nehemiah Chapters 9-12:26

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 23:13:11 +0000

Dear Friend, Nehemiah 9:1-37 is the longest recorded prayer in the entire Bible. I won’t be laying it out here but I strongly urge you to take a look at it. The people who both offered the prayer and heard it clearly understood why they had fallen into captivity and slavery. They had brought […]

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Rediscovering God’s Hidden Riches – Nehemiah 8

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:41:47 +0000

Dear Friends, Don’t you just love when you are reading, researching and writing about a topic that you, first and foremost, are the one most blessed by it? I can only hope, that you my readers, find my writing encouraging and uplifting too! God’s word is a rich and rewarding source of wisdom for our […]

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Refuse to Let Threats and Opposition Pull You Off Course—Stay True to the Mission Nehemiah 6 & 7

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:00:46 +0000

Dear Friends, In Chapter 6 of Nehemiah it was more of the same. The opposition continued and crises and problems threatened the very existence of the entire Jewish state. One of the crucial lessons of the book of Nehemiah is that life is a battle from beginning to end. You know by now, my theme […]

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A Class Struggle Between the Working Class and the Privileged Class

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:30:45 +0000

Dear Friends, Last month in Nehemiah chapter 4, the tension escalated to the point where the enemies of God were plotting to assassinate the Jews and put an end to their work (4:11-12). Nehemiah’s people had to continue the sacred work of rebuilding the temple, carrying a trowel in the one hand and a weapon […]

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“Lord, Turn it On Their Own Heads. Turn it Back On Them.” Nehemiah 4:4

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:07:13 +0000

Dear Friends, God put the Book of Nehemiah on my heart in early 2023. I’ve been sharing the story in segments with you ever since. Let me do a quick re-cap for you so you can appreciate the momentum that is building and why Nehemiah and the Jewish remnant were Strong, Sacred and Armed. (see past posts here. scroll […]

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Rebuilding Our Walls—Squarely Facing Reality

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Thu, 04 May 2023 19:34:22 +0000

Dear Friends, As the second chapter of Nehemiah opens, his opportunity has arrived. After four months of prayer the time had come. In his duties before the king as a cupbearer, the anguish he felt within was etched on his face. The king of Persia asked him, “Why does your face look so sad?’ Nehemiah […]

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Rebuilding our Walls – A Four-Step Process

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:20:21 +0000

Dear Friends, Last month I introduced you to the Book of Nehemiah and wrote about broken walls and broken lives. Today, I want to follow up in Nehemiah, beginning in chapter one and sneak over into chapter 2 verse 10, where we are given a pattern with specific steps and a specific order on how […]

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Broken Walls and Broken Lives from the Wisdom of Nehemiah

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 19:11:57 +0000

Sound the Alarm! Blow the Shofar! Gather all of God’s people who will hear! This is the first prong of two where I feel compelled to make a big noise. I want to: Prod my brothers and sisters who are working hard and pursuing God’s highest; Disturb the backsliders who once knew God but have […]

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Is the Bible, and thus Jesus, Political?

Nannette Oatley Johnson — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:44:06 +0000

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