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Nehemiah 1:11 NIV
A. A Marked Person
1. Favorable location and time
Nehemiah 1:1 NIV
a. Born during the Babylonian exile (444 B.C.)
b. Psalm 137 (A Journal Entry)
2. Distinguished position
Nehemiah 1:11 NIV
a. A cupbearer (Genesis 41 and Daniel 1)
b. King Artaxerxes
B. A Problem
1. Hanani's discouraging words
Nehemiah 1:3 NIV
a. Spiritual discouragement
"great trouble and disgrace..."
b. Structural discouragement
"The wall is broken down and itsgates have been burned."
2. Newton's Third Law
C. A Prayer
1. Desperation
Nehemiah 1:4 NIV
a. Mourned
b. Fasted
c. Prayed
"Then I said:"
2. The God Nehemiah approached
a. Powerful
Nehemiah 1:5 NIV
b. Faithful
Nehemiah 1:5 NIV
c. Forgiving
Nehemiah 1:6-7 NIV
d. Listening
Nehemiah 1:11 NIV
“Nehemiah was great in persevering with people, but before he persevered with people, he persevered with God.” James Montgomery Boice
D. Care Enough to Act
1. Where are you positioned?
2. What breaks your heart?
3. How are you going about it?
4. What bold prayer do you need to pray today?
“We are not called to govern, as Nehemiah did, with an iron hand; but, we ought to be equally inflexible, decided and resolute for God, and for His Holy Will.” C. H. Spurgeon
Next Sunday: Plan Intentionally (Nehemiah 2, with a focus on verses 11-20)
