Ezra and Nehemiah tell a vital story: a community revived and restored by God's grace through gifted individuals, and in doing so preparing the way for the coming Messiah.

In this practical and devotional expository commentary, Derek W. H. Thomas shows what that gripping narrative teaches about kingdom life in our own time. In their different ways both Ezra and Nehemiah put the Word of God and the practice of prayer first, and Thomas argues that any church hoping to recover and be renewed will have to do the same. Preachable, and written by a preacher.