Day 271 (Nehemiah 8-10)

[@susanmcdaniel9431]

❤amazed…touched…How God continues to reach out in love despite our actions toward Him- so humbled.

[@adeyinkaolowofela7867]

How wonderful and soothing to know that God will never give up on me. I am sooo happy and filled with joy to go through this Bible journey this year. It's life changing and so refreshing.

[@RaineRay60]

I am so thankful that God never gives up on us! It gives me hope that He hasn't given up on my family of prodigals. I pray for them to know "He's where the joy is!" 😀

[@Trikkypac]

I love that as the Word was read to the people, God did not just leave it up to the people to understand on their own. Instead he provided them with the Tara Leigh Cobbles of that day to guide the people with their own Bible Recaps. He is a faithful and good provider of everything we need and so much more and He is absolutely where the joy is!🙏We appreciate you TLC!!

[@valeriewhite2576]

Hey! bible Family and TLC and TBR team we are almost through the Old testament 😊yay 🎉 still enjoying the journey and looking forward to our journey in the New testament ❤ He's where the Joy is 😊❤

[@AnchoredinHIM]

As I was reading through chapter 9, I began circling all the the things God has done over the years to provide. I had to read slowly or I'd miss something because there were so many things! And then, after several things Ezra lists that He provided, it was followed by a "But they... forgot, were stiff necked, disobedient, rebelled, arrogant, refused to obey, stubborn, sinful, etc." However, it continues to remind us of His compassion every-single-time! He didn't give up on them. I'm so glad I can rest in the knowledge that He is everlasting and unchanging. If He never gave up on them, then He won't give up on me! I can get down in the dumps about awful I've treated Him and how quickly I, too, become stubborn and arrogant, but praise HIM for loving me anyway! "In your abundant compassion, you did not destroy them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and compassionate God." (9:31) Praise You Lord! You allow me to come back to you time and time again, after every set back and all of my failures. Thank you! Thank you for being my rescuer and my redeemer. I have nothing fancy to give back to you, but please take my heart and make it more like yours! I search for yours, God. Lead me, God, and let me stay focused on you! In His powerful name, Jesus, I pray, amen! Thank you BR family for studying along with me. We have almost made it through the OT and I fall more and more in love with Him and grow more in awe of Him with each read. ❤

[@waffle-e1z]

Amen!

[@monamorgan8614]

It’s unbelievable we are almost through the Old Testament, it was rough at times but we have almost completed it👍🏻🥰

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Amen! Now I love the OT more than the NT on this my 4th trip through the Bible with Tara-Leigh!

[@paulinagalindo9433]

Amen 🙏

[@mariatripp]

Amen 🙏

[@jeffandvikipendergrass]

Our God is a Promise Keeper because He is righteous (Neh 9:8). He is "a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love" (Neh 9:17). He does not abandon us because of his great compassion, grace, and mercy (Neh 9:19, 31). In His compassion He delivers us time after time (Neh 9:29). Hallelujah and praise God! 🙌🏽

[@eniolaokunlaya142]

God is so patient and persistent. Thank you God for not giving up on me 🎉❤

[@paulinagalindo9433]

Amen 🙏

[@mariatripp]

Amen! Thank you Lord 🙏❤🙏

[@ronshewchuk4013]

Amen

[@BobbieBland-f8j]

Aloha, praise the Lord, and good morning BR family. Glory be to God for his patience, understanding and never giving up on his people. He is faithful to his people only if you have faith, hope, trust and believe. He is where the JOY!!

[@valeriewhite2576]

Thank God for His Faithfulness ❤️🤗❤️ and for giving us the opportunity to have our heart changed buy Him 🙌🏾❤️🙏 Have a blessed day in His Presence for the Joy of the Lord is our strength 🤗🙏🙌🏾❤️

[@DonZimmerman52]

Is there a greater prayer in the whole OT? Even Solomon’s prayer of Temple dedication focused on his own dedication and works and majesty, but the prayer of the Levites in Neh 9 sums up the whole relationship between the patient, merciful, powerful, redemptive Lord and His people. At last, we see God’s people broken for their sins, weeping so much that they need to be reminded that “the joy of the Lord is their strength” (Neh 8:10). God is a God of joy-not judgment and retribution-but joy, and knowing Him and Who He has been and will be in our lives brings joy and joy brings strength! I’m then not weighed down by regret or fear of things beyond my control. When the enemy attacks with worry at all that’s going wrong, “the joy of the Lord is my strength”: look at all He’s done, and He never changes or leaves us.

[@dorimatney8639]

God is where the Joy is!!

[@rroumeli]

God doesn’t give up on us. He’s committed to our relationship. Hallelujah!

[@mariatripp]

🙏🙏🙏

[@driverdave1298]

In 2023, The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) begins at sundown on Friday the 29th. It lasts for a whole week, and we’re gonna be building an awesome fort (Suka)with our grandsons😊 It seems that all of the appointed days (moedim) are very family oriented. I praise God that we “get to observe His appointed days, just like we “get to go to the assembly (church). What a mighty God, we serve!

[@kamiliaball4731]

Thank You Lord for never giving up on Your children!🙌🏼♥️🙏🏼

[@ChrisSykut]

So glad God sent me this bible study and Tara Leigh!!!!

[@pisicacutecat4869]

One of my good friends told me about it. I then saw the interviews she did with Candace Cameron. Then at the end of last year the You version Bible app recommended it, so I knew it was a knudging of the Holy Spirit. 🙏🙌

[@paulinagalindo9433]

Amen 🙏 Me too! Enjoying so much.

[@mariatripp]

Amen! Thank you Lord 🙏❤️🙏

[@joanspuhler4643]

As TLC was reading through the "verbs" of what God has done for His people, I was struck by the servants heart He displays- God brought them food, water, shelter, etc. Our God is so so good❤

[@DonZimmerman52]

If I counted right, TLC identified 43 verbs! Our God is living and active!

[@paulinagalindo9433]

Amen 🙏

[@antoinettehereford8180]

The prayer in chapter 9 is beautiful. It is a reminder of humanity's sinfulness and God's faithfulness and that God has all of the power. "You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you" (Nehemiah 9:6 ESV). "But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them" (Nehemiah 9:17 ESV). "Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God" (Nehemiah 9:31 ESV).

[@DonZimmerman52]

It was an emotionally moving experience to walk through Ez 9, recounting (yes, that’s 43 verbs TLC highlighted!) the way His mercies never cease and His steadfast love endures forever! It makes me want to record my family’s journey, from joy to death to hope restored. And then Ez 10 tells how this wasn’t just emotion, but a time for action. It challenges me to record my response and commitment to His steadfast love.

[@dorimatney8639]

Amen! Action is often overlooked by us as we accept the gifts of God or enjoy His blessings. And in time of prayer and waiting on God, I am learning there is "action" that I am supposed to be doing. GOD is working and as I wait, I am growing closer to Him, learning more about who He is in His Word and in Prayer. He is transformeing me. GOD gives us gifts and you are very good at articulating Gods work in your life and helping shed a different light on each days rreading.Thank you for your comments!

[@melodynowak709]

Amen! God is faithful! We fail and forget and rebel. He reminds us and gives us consequences and then waits for us to cry out for Him. Then immediately He is there, ready to hear our confession, forgive our rebellion, and lead us forward into deeper relationship with Him! So often this happens when we hear His word and understand some part of His character. We have our eyes opened to a lie we had believed about Him or ourselves or how the world works. Then the truth comes in and shines onto the grey areas and the blur vanishes and we have that "aha!" Moment. Thank you God for revealing Your truth to us through your word! You never fail!

[@simonamaurice5192]

Yesssss!! Hallelujah and Amen!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@robins9729]

My God shot was similar to Tara Leigh's. In chapter 8:8 the Levites explain the passages of the Torah as they are read. God wants to be known! He wants us to hear, understand and be in relationship with Him! He us not a God who is far off, but a God who is near. I thank God for pastors and teachers (including TLC) who study His Word and make it clear to us so we can know and obey Him!

[@ambervenezia8220]

One of my favorite days! I love how they relished in his word and celebrate with a feast. makes me long so much for heaven, I imagine it will be like that!

[@Not2daysatan]

The realization that God never gave up on me is so very apparent. So grateful he was always running after me when is was rebelling and living in the world. 🙏🏼

[@revonda5204]

❤ Love your "name"! That's what we all need to say, probably many times a day! So agree with your statement, too. Been there..done that, too. So thankful He was there and still loving me & forgiving me! 😊

[@simonamaurice5192]

Yesss! Same!! Now, both of my daughters are in a prodigal season and I continue to trust that in the in same way He never gave up on me, He will not give up on them. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@TheTeddytumtum]

I loved the complete summary of everything that happened.

[@ISayToMyself]

I love those chapters that give us a summary of Israel’s history.

[@CotishaMcNair]

God is so faithful even when we rebel he still delivers us and saves us over and over again. He is righteous and faithful. He hears us and every time he forgives. He is where the joy is. 🙌🏽

[@dorimatney8639]

God wants us to feel joy. I have found such satisfaction and JOY in reading God's word every day. Human sin and our falling short is frustrating and disappointing. I love that Nehemiah and Tara Leigh BOTH remind us not to see the extensive failures of man, but to look for GOD in the daily readings. If we look for God, we find JOY! He's where the joy is! "Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the LORD." Nehemiah 8:9 NIV

[@gabchristie5305]

❤❤❤❤❤ 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I can’t believe I’ve made it this far!!! It’s all because of these videos! Thank you TLC & TBR for making these videos and bringing YHWHs words to life!

[@beechannel27]

This was one of my favorite parts of this book. I love how faithful God is. (2nd Timothy 2:13)

[@jeffandvikipendergrass]

God gives us an understanding of His word as He did the Israelites (Neh 8:12).

[@AbbaJoy1]

I love how they rejoiced when hearing the law. Imagine, too, being told to celebrate a feast!

[@susanepperson2957]

The commitment of the people is amazing. We see here the result of Nehemiah and his studying, obeying and teaching God’s Word. True heart confession of sin and commitment to God’s covenant is beautiful in this passage.

[@bayfishertom]

Nehemiah 9… my life’s story

[@KM-lu7nh]

I thank God for his patience.

[@fratboytrey8675]

One thing I personally noticed while reading (this is more of a theory as I obviously can not fathom God’s plan), was that during the transition from the Old to the New Testament we see a lot of repentance and humility from God’s people and makes me wonder if God had in his to plan to always bring the birth and ultimate sacrifice of Jesus but he was just waiting until his people were “ready”. Regardless of what the reality is, I will always have faith in God’s plan, I pray y’all will as well because God is good. God bless y’all today!

[@palanthia1]

Praise the Lord! God wants a relationship with us.

[@oas4562]

4th time in this year-long reading of the Bible. I may like to oversimplify things, but now for the first time I see that the prayer of salvation is the story of God's people. He wants us to remember Him. To know we are sinners, to recognize who He is and what He did for us, and to believe His truth, and receive His graceful freedom from sin.

[@margarethinkle5316]

I love the Old Testament and look forward to traveling with Tara-Leigh through the Word of God again in 2024, discovering each day that He is where my Joy is. By the way, Joy is my word for 2023. Thank you, Tara-Leigh. My life has been blessed by what you do.

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Amen

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Hey Bible Readers!

[@kendaz9506]

My God shot is Neh 9:30. Many years God bore with them, warning by the Holy Spirit through the prophets. O Jesus, we put you on that cross. You are long-suffering and merciful, grace-filled and living. Teach us to love like you, know You as Savior, and teach us to yield to Your plans for our lives.

[@marandarorie2314]

I love calling it priority time... I'm looking forward to finishing this plan for the first time. I've been way behind but I'm still pushing forward. I plan to do it again next year

[@rickwarner516]

Thank you

[@JoshuaOAdesiyan]

‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭8:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ [10] Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

[@linacarmelasardo8458]

🙏🙏🙏God, You are the best. Amen.

[@simonamaurice5192]

Simply the Best!!! ❤️❤️

[@marykayk1626]

This was instep with the war going on in Israel. God gave them this land, and fought, destroyed their enemies. They read God's word, which is comforting to hear the words/verbs. God's mercies. Cast their pursuers down. 😢

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Amen TLC!

[@AshleyRDB]

This weekend, celebrate the fest of tabernacles TBR fam.

[@faithjolene244]

I am!

[@GloriaRobertson]

Gives me thought, like a (400 year) break, anticipating Christ ministry!!

[@emilyh333]

I highly recommend going to celebrate Sukkot with people. It is pronounced Sue-coat though. The way Tara Leigh pronounces, it sounds like she is saying Sue-cot, which sounds like Sue-cah (Sukkah), which is the name for shelters/booths/tents in Hebrew that people create for the Sukkot holiday today. 😊❤️

[@linacarmelasardo8458]

What a God we serve. All honour and glory to You Father. You are always merciful 💖💖✝️✝️

[@diorocksmetalon5993]

Hey Bible Readers!

[@TheSteveBOliver]

On October 31 the people assembled again, and this time they fasted and dressed in burlap and sprinkled dust on their heads. Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners as they confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors. They remained standing in place for three hours while the Book of the Law of the Lord their God was read aloud to them. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the Lord their God. Nehemiah 9:1‭-‬3

[@jeankaniewski3091]

I always have such a hard time finding and getting the extras, like the “priority time toolkit”. I am subscribed, I do donate, but I never receive the emails or get get the extras. When I click on the link given in the video, it says I’m a subscriber already and the email is taken. I got the website and can’t find where to obtain these things, even after signing in. HELP PLEASE

[@debbiemyer3006]

I have never had that problem whenever I have clicked on one of the links. Hmm, perhaps these resources are getting put into your spam folder instead of your inbox? I hope this issue gets untangled for you. ~ a sympathetic TBR listener.

[@debbiedoeshealth]

I’ve had the same problem, but then it started working.

[@metamora54]

Mine show up in my junk email box!😂