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The Concerning News

The People were Destitute

The City Was Defenseless

The Gates Were Destroyed

The Compassionate Reaction

Nehemiah 1:4 KJV 1900

4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

He Wept

He Sat down and wept. Maybe his brother Hanani should have said - you might want to sit down for this.

He Mourned

Mid Nov/Dec He Received the News - Mid Mar/Apr he approached the King

3 Months

He Fasted

He deprived himself of food that he might spend time seeking the heart of God.

He Prayed

The Consecrating Prayer

A Prayer of Reverence

Nehemiah 1:5 KJV 1900

5 And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

A Prayer of Repentance

Nehemiah 1:6–7 KJV 1900

6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned. 7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Neh 1:

A Prayer of Remembrance

Nehemiah 1:8–10 KJV 1900

8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. 10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

Neh 1:8-

A Prayer of Resolve

Nehemiah 1:11 KJV 1900

11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.