Today is the 13th day of August. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. Welcome to the

middle of the month of August. Welcome to the middle of the summer. I guess

in the northern hemisphere it's definitely apparent here in the rolling hills of

Tennessee. I guess welcome to the middle of the winter of your in the

southern hemisphere. But no matter where we are welcome to a brand new

Chinese sparkly week. It's all out there for us friends. My brothers and sisters

we have a story to tell with this week. May our lives tell the story of God's

goodness and faithfulness. And since we're all here, since we're all around the

global campfire, we should probably take the next step forward in our journey

through the scriptures. And that next step leads us back into the book of

Niamaya. The Jewish exiles are rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem in order to

protect the temple of God. And they're doing it in record time. And it's about

half way done all the way around the city, but they are facing all kinds of

intimidation and opposition from external sources that are there to taunt

and intimidate and threaten them, but also from from the inside where certain

people with with a wealth with means are oppressing and enslaving other fellow

Hebrew people who don't have as much. And so there is a vision to rebuild the

fortifications around Jerusalem to protect the temple of God. There is that

vision and to bring that vision to fruition, it follows the path of opposition

and endurance. And let's continue that journey. So this week we'll read from the

New English translation. And today, Niamaya chapter 5 verse 14 through 7 verse

73. From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is

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