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Today’s Daily-Bible-Reading is from Nehemiah 9. Today, as we study the Bible, we see in this Scripture in the book of Nehemiah that on the twenty forth day of the month the children of Israel fasted and wore sack clothes, which were rough, textured like burlap bags and they put dirt on their heads. The people were so sorry for their sins that they didn’t care about the creature comforts of everyday life such as, food and comfortable clothing. They humbled themselves before God.

The ones who were of the original Israelite lineage set themselves apart from the foreigners and confessed their sins and the sins of their fathers. They read the book of the law for a fourth of the day and confessed their sins a fourth of the day and worshiped God. The leaders stood up on the stairs and cried out to God and praised and worshiped Him.

They remembered and blessed God for His creation of the world and everything in the world. They then remembered the story of Abraham and how God blessed him and promised this land to him and his descendents. They praised God that they were living in the promise. They talk about the miracles God performed at the Red Sea and how God showed signs and wonders to Pharaoh. They talk about how God led the children of Israel with a cloud by day and with pillars of fire by night in order to light their way.

This is probably the longest prayer on record. You have to remember that they just spent the last week having the book of the Law read to them and explained to them. They were reminded of all the good things God had done for them and they had been convicted of their sins. We'll pick up at verse 13 tomorrow and see what other miracles, signs and wonders of God they talk about.

It does us good to go back and remember the great things God has done for us. Take a moment and reflect over your life and think about all the times and trials God has brought you through. Remember how he took things the enemy meant to harm you and turned them into blessings. Praise and worship God for His goodness to you.                   

Daily Bible Scripture:

Nehemiah 9:1-12

1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

7 Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

Things to think about:

• Why were the children of Israel fasting and praying?

• What were some of the things for which they were thankful?
  

• What are you thankful to God for?
  

• Is there anything for which you need to repent?
  

Prayer of the Day:

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You that in this Scripture in the book of Nehemiah we see that the children of Israel heard Your Word read to them and were grateful to You for all the good things You blessed them with. They were also convicted of their sins toward You and repented. Help us to remember the blessings and praise and worship You and repent of our sins. In Jesus name, we pray. We love You, LORD. Amen.

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The book of Ezra comes right before the book of Nehemiah in the Bible. God used both of these men as leaders to the children of Israel during the same time period. Ezra led the people in rebuilding the temple at Jerusalem, and Nehemiah led them in rebuilding the wall around the city.

The Book of Ezra: A Story of Provision and Protection by Deborah H. Bateman is a Daily-Bible-Reading study of the book of Ezra. After seventy years of Babylonian captivity God commissions King Cyrus to write a decree allowing the Jewish people to return home for the purpose of building the second temple at Jerusalem. God is faithful to provide all their needs and protect them on their journey and throughout the process of the building of the temple despite the opposition and their own disobedience.

Have a blessed day,

Deborah

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