LOVE Nehemiah 9:17

"They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them, . . ."

They refused to listen and failed to remember
Judges 8:34 . . . did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
Psalm 78:42 They did not remember his power--the day he redeemed them from the oppressor, . . .

the miracles you performed among them
Psalm 77:11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
Psalm 105:5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced, . . .
Psalm 106:7 When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.

They became stiff-necked
Jeremiah 7:26 " 'But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their forefathers.' "
Jeremiah 19:15 "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Listen! I am going to bring on this city and the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.' "

and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery
Numbers 14:4 And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt."

But you are a forgiving God
Psalm 130:4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
Daniel 9:9 "The LORD our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; . . ."

gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love
Deuteronomy 4:31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.
Psalm 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
Psalm 86:15 But you, O LORD, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

NOTES:
Read Philippians 2

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