nehemiah - how we pray
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Assistant Pastor Chris Poirier's message, "How We Pray" from 5/18/2014 at First Alliance Church Raleigh, NC. Nehemiah was an amazing man of God and as he set out to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem he first fell to his knees and sought God.TRANSCRIPT
HOW WE PRAYFIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH RALEIGH, NC
MAY 18TH, 2014
QUESTION: HOW DO YOU PRAY?
HOW WE PRAYFIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH RALEIGH, NC
MAY 18TH, 2014
1THE WORDS OF NEHEMIAH THE SON OF HACALIAH.
NOW IT HAPPENED IN THE MONTH CHISLEV, IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR, WHILE I WAS IN SUSA
THE CAPITOL, 2 THAT HANANI, ONE OF MY BROTHERS, AND SOME MEN FROM JUDAH CAME;
AND I ASKED THEM CONCERNING THE JEWS WHO HAD ESCAPED AND HAD SURVIVED THE
CAPTIVITY, AND ABOUT JERUSALEM. 3 THEY SAID TO ME, “THE REMNANT THERE IN
THE PROVINCE WHO SURVIVED THE CAPTIVITY ARE IN GREAT DISTRESS AND REPROACH,
AND THE WALL OF JERUSALEM IS BROKEN DOWN AND ITS GATES ARE BURNED WITH FIRE.”
NEHEMIAH 1:1 – 1:3
4 WHEN I HEARD THESE WORDS, I SAT DOWN AND WEPT AND MOURNED FOR DAYS; AND I WAS
FASTING AND PRAYING BEFORE THE GOD OF HEAVEN. 5 I SAID, “I BESEECH YOU, O LORD GOD
OF HEAVEN, THE GREAT AND AWESOME GOD, WHO PRESERVES THE COVENANT AND
LOVINGKINDNESS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, 6 LET YOUR
EAR NOW BE ATTENTIVE AND YOUR EYES OPEN TO HEAR THE PRAYER OF YOUR SERVANT
WHICH I AM PRAYING BEFORE YOU NOW, DAY AND NIGHT, ON BEHALF OF THE SONS OF
ISRAEL YOUR SERVANTS, CONFESSING THE SINS OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL WHICH WE HAVE
SINNED AGAINST YOU; I AND MY FATHER’S HOUSE HAVE SINNED. 7 WE HAVE ACTED VERY
CORRUPTLY AGAINST YOU AND HAVE NOT KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS, NOR THE STATUTES,
NOR THE ORDINANCES WHICH YOU COMMANDED YOUR SERVANT MOSES.
NEHEMIAH 1:4 – 1:7
8 REMEMBER THE WORD WHICH 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 THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
SCATTERED WERE IN THE MOST REMOTE PART OF THE HEAVENS, I WILL GATHER THEM FROM
THERE AND WILL BRING THEM TO THE PLACE WHERE I HAVE CHOSEN TO CAUSE MY NAME TO
DWELL.’10 THEY ARE YOUR SERVANTS AND YOUR PEOPLE WHOM YOU REDEEMED BY YOUR
GREAT POWER AND BY YOUR STRONG HAND. 11 O LORD, I BESEECH YOU, MAY YOUR EAR BE
ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYER OF YOUR SERVANT AND THE PRAYER OF YOUR SERVANTS WHO
DELIGHT TO REVERE YOUR NAME, AND MAKE YOUR SERVANT SUCCESSFUL TODAY AND
GRANT HIM COMPASSION BEFORE THIS MAN.” NOW I WAS THE CUPBEARER TO THE KING.
NEHEMIAH 1:8 – 1:11
1THE WORDS OF NEHEMIAH THE SON OF HACALIAH.
NOW IT HAPPENED IN THE MONTH CHISLEV, IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR, WHILE I WAS IN SUSA
THE CAPITOL, 2 THAT HANANI, ONE OF MY BROTHERS, AND SOME MEN FROM JUDAH CAME;
AND I ASKED THEM CONCERNING THE JEWS WHO HAD ESCAPED AND HAD SURVIVED THE
CAPTIVITY, AND ABOUT JERUSALEM.
NEHEMIAH 1:1 – 1:2
3 THEY SAID TO ME, “THE REMNANT THERE IN THE PROVINCE WHO SURVIVED THE CAPTIVITY
ARE IN GREAT DISTRESS AND REPROACH, AND THE WALL OF JERUSALEM IS BROKEN DOWN
AND ITS GATES ARE BURNED WITH FIRE.”
NEHEMIAH 1:3
4 WHEN I HEARD THESE WORDS, I SAT DOWN AND WEPT AND MOURNED FOR DAYS; AND I WAS
FASTING AND PRAYING BEFORE THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
NEHEMIAH 1:4
5 I SAID, “I BESEECH YOU, O LORD GOD OF HEAVEN, THE GREAT AND AWESOME GOD, WHO
PRESERVES THE COVENANT AND LOVINGKINDNESS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS,
NEHEMIAH 1:5 PRAISE
6 LET YOUR EAR NOW BE ATTENTIVE AND YOUR EYES OPEN TO HEAR THE PRAYER OF YOUR
SERVANT WHICH I AM PRAYING BEFORE YOU NOW, DAY AND NIGHT, ON BEHALF OF THE SONS
OF ISRAEL YOUR SERVANTS, CONFESSING THE SINS OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL WHICH WE
HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU; I AND MY FATHER’S HOUSE HAVE SINNED. 7 WE HAVE ACTED
VERY CORRUPTLY AGAINST YOU AND HAVE NOT KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS, NOR THE
STATUTES, NOR THE ORDINANCES WHICH YOU COMMANDED YOUR SERVANT MOSES.
NEHEMIAH 1:6 – 1:7 REPENT
8 IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE ARE DECEIVING OURSELVES AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN
US. 9 IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND RIGHTEOUS TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS
AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
1 JOHN 1:8 – 9 REPENT
8 REMEMBER THE WORD WHICH 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 THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
SCATTERED WERE IN THE MOST REMOTE PART OF THE HEAVENS, I WILL GATHER THEM FROM
THERE AND WILL BRING THEM TO THE PLACE WHERE I HAVE CHOSEN TO CAUSE MY NAME TO
DWELL.’10 THEY ARE YOUR SERVANTS AND YOUR PEOPLE WHOM YOU REDEEMED BY YOUR
GREAT POWER AND BY YOUR STRONG HAND. 11 O LORD, I BESEECH YOU, MAY YOUR EAR BE
ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYER OF YOUR SERVANT AND THE PRAYER OF YOUR SERVANTS WHO
DELIGHT TO REVERE YOUR NAME, AND MAKE YOUR SERVANT SUCCESSFUL TODAY AND
GRANT HIM COMPASSION BEFORE THIS MAN.” NOW I WAS THE CUPBEARER TO THE KING.
NEHEMIAH 1:8 – 1:11 ASK
14 THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE WHICH WE HAVE BEFORE HIM, THAT, IF WE ASK ANYTHING
ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US. 15 AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEARS US IN WHATEVER
WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE REQUESTS WHICH WE HAVE ASKED FROM HIM.
1 JOHN 5:14 – 15 ASK
HOW WE PRAY
HOW WE PRAY1. PRAISE
HOW WE PRAY1. PRAISE
2. REPENT
HOW WE PRAY1. PRAISE
2. REPENT
3. ASK
‘OUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME.10 ‘YOUR KINGDOM COME.
YOUR WILL BE DONE,
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.11 ‘GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.12 ‘AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN OUR DEBTORS.13 ‘AND DO NOT LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR YOURS IS
THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER. AMEN.’
MATTHEW 6:9 – 13 (LORD’S PRAYER)
HOW WE PRAYFIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH RALEIGH, NC
MAY 18TH, 2014
HOW WE PRAYFIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH RALEIGH, NC
MAY 18TH, 2014