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Nehemiah continues and ends the prayer by saying this “I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.We have acted very wickedly toward you....
Nehemiah continues the prayer by saying this “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...
When Nehemiah prays “who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments”, he is stating the unshakable reality with which he approached the Lord in prayer. The issue...
The passage in Nehemiah 1 continues by saying that Nehemiah “prayed before the God of heaven”. This simple statement shows us that Nehemiah was keenly aware of who he was praying to. Nehemiah...
Nehemiah 1:4-7, 10-11 - “When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said: ‘Lord, the God of heaven, the great...
Psalm 119:129-136 [the letter Pe] 129 Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them. 130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. 131 I open my...
Psalm 119:97-104 [the letter Mem] 97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. 98 Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies. 99 I have more insight...
In his love for and desire to express the beauty and fullness of God’s word, the writer of Psalm 119 took the 22 consonants of the Hebrew alphabet and wrote a psalm of 176 verses, with stanzas of...
Romans 10:8-10 (NIV) - “But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare with your mouth,...
Deuteronomy 30:11-14 (NIV) - “Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to...