The Friendship Bench
Our Daily Bread Podcast
Our Daily Bread Ministries
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🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. |
| 0:06.1 | Romans chapter 12, verse 6. |
| 0:08.9 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from Our Daily Bread. |
| 0:12.3 | The Friendship Bench was written by Poe Fong Chia and read by Tony Collier. |
| 0:21.2 | Nehemiah chapter 3, verses 6 through 12. |
| 0:25.8 | The Jashana gate was repaired by Joida, son of Pesiah, and Musulam, son of Bessadea. |
| 0:33.3 | They laid its beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. |
| 0:38.9 | Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibbon and Mespa, |
| 0:43.8 | Melitaya of Givian, and Jadon, of Maranoth, |
| 0:48.0 | places under the authority of the governor of Trans Euphrates. |
| 0:52.6 | Uziol, son of Herahia, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the next section. |
| 0:58.3 | And Hananiah, one of the perfume makers, made repairs next to that. |
| 1:03.6 | They restored Jerusalem as far as the broad wall. |
| 1:08.6 | Refahia, son of her, ruler of a half district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section. |
| 1:15.8 | Adjoining this, Jediah, son of Haramaph, made repairs opposite his house, and |
| 1:22.5 | Hatish, son of Hashibinaya, made repairs next to him. |
| 1:27.7 | Melchijah, son of Haram and Hashib, son of Pibania, made repairs next to him. Melchijah, son of harem and Hachib, son of Pahath Moab, |
| 1:33.2 | repaired another section in the tower of the ovens. |
| 1:37.3 | Shalom, son of Helohesh, ruler of a half district of Jerusalem, |
| 1:42.6 | repaired the next section with the help of his daughters. |
| 1:47.6 | The Friendship Bench, written by Po Fung Chia. |
| 1:52.3 | A young patient committed suicide because he couldn't afford the bus fare to the hospital for mental health treatment. |
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