"When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven."
Nehemiah 2:4
"The king said
to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to the God of heaven, and
I answered the king, "If it pleases the king and if your servant has found
favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are
buried so that I can rebuild it.""
Nehemiah 4:4
"Hear us, our
God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them
over as plunder in a land of captivity."
Nehemiah 5:19
"Remember me
with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people."
Nehemiah 6:9
"They were all
trying to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will get too weak for the
work, and it will not be completed." But I prayed, "Now strengthen my
hands.""
Nehemiah was a great
leader and his most aspiring quality to me is that he prayed constantly. He prayed for
comforting and inspiration 1:4, for God's favor and boldness 2:4, when being
tormented and ridiculed 4:4, a prayer asking God to remember what he has done
5:19, for strength for him and the workers 6:9. These are by no means the only
prayers of Nehemiah in fact he himself states that he prays day and night to
God in chapter one verse six. We too must pray and pray with all our hearts. In
every and any problem pray.
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