HOW NEHEMIAH USED PRAYER (3)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) Despite the fact that the returned exiles had been in Jerusalem for many years, the walls of the city remained unrepaired, leaving its people defenseless and vulnerable. Upon hearing this news, Nehemiah seeks permission from the Persian king to go to Jerusalem. Arriving in Jerusalem, he mobilizes the people to begin rebuilding the wall. Faced with opposition, both from without and from within, Nehemiah perseveres until the project is complete and the city resettled. Seemingly impossible tasks can be accomplished when God is helping those who honor him and when their efforts are united.
1. What are the occsaions when Nehemiah used prayer?
#1) Text reference: Nehemiah 4:1-5
@1. But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish—stones that are burned?” 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.”
4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity! 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders. (Nehemiah 1-5 NKJV)
a) Occasion
@1. After being taunted and ridiculed by Tobiah and Sanballat.
b) Summary of his prayer
@1. "They're mocking you, God. You decide what to do with them."
c) What prayer accomplished
@1. Expressed anger to God, but Nehemiah did not take matters into his own hands.
d) Our prayers
@1. We are prone to do exactly the opposite - take matters into our hands and not tell God how we feel.
The End...
0. Introductiona) Despite the fact that the returned exiles had been in Jerusalem for many years, the walls of the city remained unrepaired, leaving its people defenseless and vulnerable. Upon hearing this news, Nehemiah seeks permission from the Persian king to go to Jerusalem. Arriving in Jerusalem, he mobilizes the people to begin rebuilding the wall. Faced with opposition, both from without and from within, Nehemiah perseveres until the project is complete and the city resettled. Seemingly impossible tasks can be accomplished when God is helping those who honor him and when their efforts are united.
1. What are the occsaions when Nehemiah used prayer?
#1) Text reference: Nehemiah 4:1-5
@1. But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish—stones that are burned?” 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.”
4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity! 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders. (Nehemiah 1-5 NKJV)
a) Occasion
@1. After being taunted and ridiculed by Tobiah and Sanballat.
b) Summary of his prayer
@1. "They're mocking you, God. You decide what to do with them."
c) What prayer accomplished
@1. Expressed anger to God, but Nehemiah did not take matters into his own hands.
d) Our prayers
@1. We are prone to do exactly the opposite - take matters into our hands and not tell God how we feel.
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