September 23, 2026
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Reading along with us in Nehemiah and 1 Peter? Here’s today’s reading:
Nehemiah 1 (NIV)
Nehemiah’s Prayer
1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:
In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.…..Continue Reading
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What compassion and conviction Nehemiah has for his people that are suffering and for the purposes God is trying to accomplish through them and for them. Both are things to replicate as we too see God’s people everywhere who are suffering and recognize how God’s will is being thwarted and seeing what we might do about it. All of us can pray, as Nehemiah does, and recognize all that God is and all that God has done and is doing. How faithful He has been to the Jews and how He has acted in faithfulness even as the people were unfaithful. But now as they are seeking to reestablish something new in the promised land, Nehemiah turns to God for help. What a resource prayer is in our lives to ask God to intervene as we seek to do God’s will in our lives. And how He would orchestrate things for us to accomplish His will.
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Nehemiah’s heart went out to the people of Israel; he wept, fasted, and prayed when he heard of their current state. His prayer was reflective of faith in a God that has always provided and an assurance He would provide again. He recognized all God had done and continued to do for His people. It is a good reminder that we should never be so miopic in our prayer life but rather we should be praying for all believers all over the world not just those that we know personally.
Nehemiah is devastated by the plight of his people who were struggling in Jerusalem and had no protection from their enemies. He models for us how to pray in a powerful way. He fasts and prays to God, glorifying his name, proclaiming that he is faithful to his covenant, confessing his sin and the sin of his people, remembering his instruction about how they are to live. then petitioning him for what he is asking for.
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Nehemiah is overwhelmed by the state of Jerusalem and lays all his concerns before the Lord. He is a cupbearer to the king.
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