Joy and Strength in God | Audio Reading | Our Daily Bread Devotional | December 13, 2025
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🗓️ 13 December 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. |
| 0:05.2 | Nehemiah chapter 8, verse 10. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:12.5 | Joy in strength in God was written by Katera Patton and read by Tony Collier. |
| 0:21.6 | Nehemiah chapter 8, verses 5 through 6 and 8 through 12. |
| 0:27.7 | Ezra opened the book. |
| 0:30.1 | All the people could see him because he was standing above them. |
| 0:33.9 | And as he opened it, the people all stood up. |
| 0:38.0 | Ezra praised the Lord, the great God, and all the people lifted their hands and responded, |
| 0:44.2 | Amen, amen. |
| 0:46.4 | Then they bowed down and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. |
| 0:51.6 | The Levites read from the book of the law of God, making it clear and giving the |
| 0:56.3 | meaning so that the people understood what was being read. Then Nehemiah, the governor, Ezra the |
| 1:02.9 | priest and teacher of the law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, |
| 1:08.7 | This day is holy, to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep. For all the people said to them all, This day is holy, to the Lord your God. |
| 1:12.1 | Do not mourn or weep. |
| 1:14.1 | For all the people had been weeping as they listen to the words of the law. |
| 1:18.6 | Nehemiah said, |
| 1:20.1 | Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, |
| 1:23.0 | and send some to those who have nothing prepared. |
| 1:26.3 | This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the |
| 1:31.1 | Lord is your strength. The Levites calmed all the people saying, be still, for this is a holy day. Do not |
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