May 8, 2025, Nehemiah 1:4-11
May 8, 2025, Nehemiah 1:4-11
4 As soon
as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I
continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 5 And
I said, “O Lord God of
heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love
with those who love him and keep his commandments, 6 let
your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant
that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your
servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have
sinned against you. Even I and my father's house have sinned. 7 We
have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the
statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses. 8 Remember
the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are
unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples, 9 but
if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your
outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them
and bring them to the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell
there.’ 10 They are your servants and your people,
whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. 11 O
Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the
prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your
servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
Now I was cupbearer to the king.
These scriptures share
the heart of Nehemiah as he cries out in prayer.
If you were sharing your
attributes with others, how would it it reflect Christ?
Robin Adams
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