{"id":5013,"date":"2023-09-14T16:01:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazareneblogs.org\/pastorscott\/?p=5013"},"modified":"2023-09-14T16:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:01:22","slug":"devotional-on-nehemiah-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-nehemiah-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on Nehemiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vjt7nFEnbwM\/XwC-IF0WRSI\/AAAAAAABFaw\/_q4pd5EnktYMkVk8HuMSnn3XCLtI9pihQCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/IMG_20181022_172508.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-large\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2018 &#8211; Rocky Point CoE Campground &#8211; Queen City, TX<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCan you keep it down over there?<br \/>\nNehemiah 12: Jerusalem&#8217;s jubilation was heard far and wide.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a lavish celebration of praise and worship. The erection of the wall of Jerusalem symbolizes the dawning of a new day for the people of Israel. No longer are they a scattered, defeated people. Now, they\u2019re once again the assembled people of God. Their holy city is now a city again and their Temple is a prepared place of worship. Getting to this place hasn\u2019t been easy. God&#8217;s grace has worked in their lives and called them out of distant lands to return to this Promised Land. The rebuilding of the Temple was a years-long effort. The rebuilding of the wall brought unexpected challenges in addition to great labor. Now it\u2019s finished and it\u2019s time for celebration. No doubt, there\u2019s danger in celebrating when there\u2019s still work to be done. However, there\u2019s also danger in never taking time out for celebration. God is good to us. While it\u2019s true that he calls us to work in his fields, he also invites us to rejoice with him when significant victories are won. As his people we\u2019re a people of hope and joy. Even those who live in the settlements distant from Jerusalem hear the sound of jubilation. In the same way, those on the &#8220;outside&#8221; of our fellowship ought to know that we rejoice in the Lord who has done great things for us.<br \/>\nTake Away: We\u2019re blessed and we ought to act like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you keep it down over there? Nehemiah 12: Jerusalem&#8217;s jubilation was heard far and wide. It\u2019s a lavish celebration of praise and worship. The erection of the wall of Jerusalem symbolizes the dawning of a new day for the people of Israel. No longer are they a scattered, defeated people. Now, they\u2019re once again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1521,7],"tags":[144,166,637,1169],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5013"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14671,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013\/revisions\/14671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}