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What is a Covenant?

I didn't have a sermon last week because we had the children do a skit. We recorded it for video and I am still working on providing it. Nehemiah 9:32-38 Listen Link:   http://www.firstcovenantcadillac.org/#!this-weeks-sermon/c20mw Now you need to know what was in this agreement (mentioned in the reading). Nehemiah 10:30-39  “We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons. “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts. “We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God: for the bread set out on the table; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals; for the holy