the joy of the LORD is your strength.

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    the joy of the LORD is your 
    strength. 
   (Nehemiah 8:2-6.8-10)

2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people) and when he opened it, all the people stood up
6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

  (King James Bible version)

Today Ezra the high priest remaindered us about the laws of God ,for those that have forgotten about it. He narrated it in such a way that everybody will understand and so that we will not live in sin rather live a life that will be pleasant to the most high God .he also emphasized in the last chapter about the importance of giving to people who we know that needs our help that it attracts more blessings from the Lord .

Let us pray

Eternal Father ,we thank you for this beautiful Sunday and a new week that you have giving us without us paying any price ,we say may only your name be praised.We pray that this reminding of your laws by Ezra the high priest sink into our mind so that we will not deviate from it .we pray and know you will answer us. Amen

Do have a pleasant Sunday ahead

Stay blessed.