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1. 1
   Sermon 1 Ezra 1:1-2:70

   Return from Exile and the First Wave Home

   This block keeps Ezra moving through return from exile and the first wave home.

   Prayer for this passage

   Lord, you keep your word even when your people have walked through long years of discipline and delay. Teach us to trust your faithfulness more than we trust visible circumstances, and make our hope rest in what you have spoken. Stir our hearts toward worship-centered obedience, and teach us to support the work you are doing without confusing your providence with human glory.

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2. 2
   Sermon 2 Ezra 3:1-6:22

   Temple Rebuilding and Opposition

   This block keeps Ezra moving through temple rebuilding and opposition.

   Prayer for this passage

   Father, you gather your people and call us back to worship before all our circumstances are settled. Teach us not to delay obedience until fear is gone or the foundation looks complete. Fix our hearts on Christ, the final sacrifice and true meeting place with you, so that our worship is governed by your Word, strengthened by your grace, and offered in faithful trust.

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   Sermon 3 Ezra 7:1-10:44

   Scripture, Reform, and Renewed Covenant Fidelity

   This block keeps Ezra moving through Scripture, reform, and renewed covenant fidelity.

   Prayer for this passage

   Father, your good hand brought Ezra to Jerusalem and set before your people a servant devoted to your Law. Teach us to seek your Word with prepared hearts, to practice what you reveal, and to speak only as those who first sit under your authority. Keep us from empty knowledge and self-made confidence, and form us by your grace into obedient people who trust your hand in all things.

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