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Larry R. Hygh Jr. | Read Nehemiah 8:1-3
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Sign Up TodayWith the blessing of Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, Nehemiah returns to help rebuild and repopulate Jerusalem. Those left in Jerusalem (a majority of the population having been in exile for decades) restore its wall in just fifty-two days. After such a feat, the people gather in the square before...
God of hope, help me to rise daily to give you the glory for all my many blessings. Amen.
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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”
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