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Model Man of Prayer

Model Man of Prayer. Nehemiah 1:1-4. The Length of Prayer. He prayed for extended periods. The Length of Prayer. Nehemiah 1:4, 7 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

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Model Man of Prayer

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  1. Model Man of Prayer Nehemiah 1:1-4

  2. The Length of Prayer • He prayed for extended periods

  3. The Length of Prayer Nehemiah 1:4, 7 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. 7 We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

  4. The Length of Prayer 1 Timothy 5:5 The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.

  5. The Length of Prayer 1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray continually;

  6. The Length of Prayer • He prayed for extended periods

  7. The Length of Prayer • He prayed for extended periods • He prayed short prayers.

  8. The Length of Prayer Nehemiah 2:1-4 1 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before; 2 so the king asked me, "Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much afraid, 3 but I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?" 4 The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to the God of heaven, 5 and I answered the king...

  9. The Content of Prayer • He identified with Israel's failure in confession of sin.

  10. The Content of Prayer Nehemiah 1:4, 7 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. 7 We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

  11. The Content of Prayer • He identified with Israel's failure in confession of sin.

  12. The Content of Prayer • He identified with Israel's failure in confession of sin. • When he considered Israel's great need, he gave himself to intercessory prayer.

  13. The Content of Prayer Nehemiah 1:6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's house, have committed against you.

  14. The Content of Prayer Nehemiah 1:11 O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man." I was cupbearer to the king.

  15. The Content of Prayer Exodus 32:11-13 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. "O LORD," he said, "why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your ownself: 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.' "

  16. The Basis of Prayer • God’s Promises

  17. The Basis of Prayer Nehemiah 1:8-9 8 "Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, 9 but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.'

  18. The Basis of Prayer Leviticus 26:40-45 40 " 'But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their fathers—their treachery against me and their hostility toward me, 41 which made me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies—then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin, 42 I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

  19. The Basis of Prayer Leviticus 26:40-45 43 For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees. 44 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking my covenant with them. I am the LORD their God. 45 But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the LORD.' "

  20. The Basis of Prayer Deuteronomy 4:23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden.

  21. The Basis of Prayer • God’s Promises

  22. The Basis of Prayer • God’s Promises • God's Faithfulness

  23. The Basis of Prayer Nehemiah 9:7-31 7 "You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham. 9 "You saw the suffering of our forefathers in Egypt; you heard their cry at the Red Sea. 10 You sent miraculous signs and wonders against Pharaoh… 13 "You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven.

  24. The Basis of Prayer Nehemiah 9:7-31 16 But they, our forefathers, became arrogant and stiff-necked… 19 "Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert…

  25. The Basis of Prayer Psalm 116 1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

  26. The Influence of Prayer • He influenced others to pray

  27. The Influence of Prayer Nehemiah 4:9 9 But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.

  28. The Influence of Prayer Nehemiah 9:1-3 1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and having dust on their heads. 2 Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the wickedness of their fathers. 3 They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the LORD their God.

  29. The Influence of Prayer • He influenced others to pray

  30. The Influence of Prayer • He influenced others to pray • When they prayed the city walls were completed in spite of the enemy opposition.

  31. The Influence of Prayer Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

  32. Great things are always accomplished when God's people come together in intercession.

  33. Model Man of Prayer Nehemiah 1:1-4

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