Daily Strength: A 365-Day Devotional for Men April 3 - Study, Do, and Teach!
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Apr 3, 2026 A Bible reading highlights Ezra as a God-empowered scribe and leader. Lists the returning temple servants and traces Ezra’s journey back to Jerusalem. Focuses on the pattern: study Scripture, obey it, and teach others. Encourages practical spiritual reformation and leading others through faithful learning and practice.
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Word Centered Reformation Transforms Communities
- The Word of God, embodied in Ezra's ministry, is the primary agent of life change and community reform.
- Ezra pursued reformation by centering people around Scripture after finding many returned exiles spiritually cold.
Ezra's Vision For Corporate Revival
- Ezra aimed for a corporate revival so God's people would honor him and be a light to the nations.
- He saw spiritual coldness among returned exiles and pursued a community living according to God's law.
Study Do And Teach In That Order
- Immerse yourself in Scripture, obey it, then teach it to others in that order.
- Ezra deliberately 'set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.'