Emphasis Preaching Journal

Can you identify with the people who began to cry when they heard what the law required? Are you sensitive enough to your sin that it hurts you? In God's name, don't stop there. Hear what these people were told. They were told that they should not mourn or cry but to go home and have a feast and to share with others. "Today is holy to our Lord, so don't be sad. The joy that the Lord gives you will make you strong (Nehemiah 8:10, TEV)."