Praying Through Nehemiah Chapter -1

"Lord, help us that we May not be just hearers of the Words but be the doers of it. As we read and meditate upon chapter-1 Lord, pls work mightily in our hearts that we bear 100 fold fruits to the seeds that are sown."

Nehemiah 1:1
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem.

"May we be like the parents of Nehemiah, in this ungodly world,pray and teach Your laws to our children day and night! May we not give up nor grow weary in doing so. May we trust and believe that when we do so, we will reap the harvest in dew time"

Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

"Bless us with Your heart of compassion Lord, when we see people, family and churches with broken walls, may we be moved with compassion. O Spirit of love, fill our hearts with burning love for the lost souls. Help us not to sit idle in our comfort zone, when souls are rushing to hell"

Nehemiah 1:4
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.

"May our prayers be not centred around ‘i’, ‘me’ and ‘my’ o Lord but for the precious souls you have placed around us. Help us to weep day and night before You Lord, that our loved ones and our people might not lose their eternal life with You! May our eyes be fountains of tears for the dying people whom you have placed in our lives!"

Nehemiah 1:5
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,"

"Help us o Lord, in our despair, not to forget that You are the Great, mighty deliverer and Awesome God, the God of all impossibilities and nothing is difficult for you! When we wonder at Your greatness, may we also not forget that You are a loving God, who is faithful in His words, who take pity on us, who walk with us in our troubles”

Nehemiah 1:7
We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.

"Help us O Lord, to humble ourselves in your presence that we will regret not only for our sins, but also for the sins of who sin against us! Help us to be like You, who took the first step of reconciliation, when we were yet sinners!"

Nehemiah 1:8-9
Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples, 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.’

"Help us O Lord, to diligently study Your words day and night, to store it in my heart, that I will be warned when I go wrong and I will be encouraged by your precious promises when I am in troubles. May your promises be the anchor and the solid rock that I stand on, that I will hold on to it tightly and pray it back to you in need"

Nehemiah 1:10-11
They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. 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 cup bearer to the king.

"Help me to remember that, I am very often, the answers of my own prayers. help me not to wait for someone else to come, instead wait upon you and go with the strength you give. At the same time, help me not to think I am the only one, who remain faithful nor I am the only one who prays fervently, but look at the 7000 knees, the Holy remnant of people whom you have everywhere in this world"

"O Lord, May I be a woman of integrity, like Nehemiah a who won his king’s trust even in exile. Help me to see, whatever I do as a worship to You Lord and be faithful even in the smaller things of my life. Let me not to forget that when I am faithful in little, I can be trusted with much”

As we move on to the next chapters, O Lord, keep speaking with us, encourage us, warn us, transform us, build us up, in the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen!!