Justice & Generosity

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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# 258 - Justice & Generosity - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Nehemiah confronts injustice within Jerusalem, calling the nobles to repent and restore what they had taken from their own brothers and sisters. Through courage, justice, and radical generosity, God’s people learn that true rebuilding happens not only with stone—but within the heart.Episode 258 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Micah 6:8, He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(00:58) Intro with Yael Eckstein(01:47) Justice & Generosity(12:54) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:03.6	Look at them, pathetic.
0:06.3	If even the smallest of foxes should spring up and dart along that wall, it would crumble beneath them.
0:13.3	Rally the others. Let them know Jerusalem is defying Persia's peace.
0:18.3	They plan to strike in secret.
0:21.6	When our hands are busy and our backs are turned,
0:25.6	but we do not retreat, we do not pause, we prepare.
0:30.6	Weeks passed, the wall grew higher, stronger,
0:35.6	but so did the threats.
0:38.5	And though the sword still hung by his side, it was the hammer in his hand that told
0:44.8	the true story.
0:46.9	Jerusalem was not just defending herself from annihilation, she was rebuilding, becoming whole again.
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