TSK · Nehemiah 8:10

You will celebrate all the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family, along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.

Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy.

as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies– the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.

The LORD strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.

Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their King!

Enjoy Work and its Benefits There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

Enjoy the Fruit of Your Labor I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

He touched my mouth with it and said,“Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.”

The Land and Its People Are Transformed Let the wilderness and desert be happy; let the arid rift valley rejoice and bloom like a lily!

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.

But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.

I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.