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Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

Building an Eternal City | The Writings | Nehemiah 2:11-3:32

Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

Ten Minute Bible Talks

Mental Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Are you living for God's kingdom or your own? Do you trust God in the face of opposition? Are you willing to serve? In today's episode, Tanya shares how Nehemiah 2:11-3:32 encourages us to take part in God's eternal kingdom by protecting, trusting, and serving. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Nehemiah 2:11-3:32

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0:00.0

Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.

0:05.0

Where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

0:11.0

I'm Tanya Wilm. I wake up in the morning and check my

0:16.6

image in the mirror check my status on social media, check the balance in my bank

0:21.8

account, check the way my clothes fit on my body. Check the balance in my bank account.

0:23.0

Check the way my clothes fit on my body.

0:25.0

Check my checklist for the day.

0:28.0

Check my house for things that need to be done.

0:30.0

Check my mood for things that are worrying me,

0:33.0

check my running list of people who have wronged me,

0:36.0

and I forget to check my heart for unforgiven sin.

0:40.0

I forget to check my desires and reorder my first love. I forget to check my

0:46.6

plans and place them in God's hands. I forget to check with God because I'm so busy checking in with myself. I can get so

0:55.9

distracted with the low-hanging fruit of busyness and building my own little kingdom

1:00.6

that I forget to be part of gods.

1:03.0

Whose kingdom are you building?

1:06.0

Yesterday Keith introduced us to Nehemiah.

1:09.0

He was a Jew living far away from Jerusalem.

1:12.0

His people had been living away from the city

1:13.8

for several generations, but his heart was still geared toward home.

1:17.9

While Nehemiah was working as a royal official

1:20.1

for the King of Persia,

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